Assignment 10 - Kyle Hosey

I sit next to Alex Lozano in 4th period English. To me, the most important thing about Alex is his love of the Pittsburgh Steelers and all sports in general. There is nothing more frustrating to me than a classmate who openly cares not for the magnificent world of sport, and with whom I cannot discuss the results of last night's football games (Daniel, I'm looking at you). Alex and I go back to before high school, when both of us played baseball for Southeastern Veterans Park. I remember that we were both a little more quiet - reserved may be a better word - than everyone around us, parents included. Everyone else kind of wanted to be rowdy, wanted all the attention. I was never like that, and I don't think he was either. It didn't seem that either of us sought a great deal of social contact - if it happened, so be it. All that said, my perceptions might be somewhat inaccurate - I quit baseball five years ago, and we were never on the same team. But getting reacquainted over the last two months hasn't really changed them - maybe it's just because D.Zhu and A.Russel are in the same hour, but I still characterize Alex as reserved and naturally polite, not as a joker. I have noticed that he sits with them at lunch, and certainly appears to be in that social group - maybe on the periphery, where I prefer to exist. If all of this information seems vague, speculative, and uncertain, well, it probably is. I simply don't get close enough to most people - even longtime acquaintances - to learn enough about them to make anything more than a semi-accurate judgement of character. Certainly, Alex has more important qualities than liking sports, but unless my own personality changes, I doubt I will feel confident in stating them.