BreakFromReality
Super-Earth
- Joined
- Feb 28, 2018
As the sun starts to rise on this late August morning, Josh Miller pulls into the Garrettsville High School parking lot. He glances at the student lot as he passes through it, remembering when he parked here as a student just a short five years ago. Back then, he was a household name in the small Midwestern town -- a five-star quarterback, recruited by top Division I schools ranging from Southern Cal all the way down to Florida.
He decided to stay somewhat close to home, and attended Michigan. However, he didn't see much playing time donning the maize and blue, as a series of injuries derailed his collegiate career. After a failed effort to make an NFL squad for training camp, his dreams of turning pro ended, and he was left to live just a normal life.
While that reality would crush your average 22-year-old former high school star athlete, Josh sought out a way to stay in the game even though he'd no longer step foot on the gridiron.
Upon graduating from Michigan, he decided to return home to fill an opening at his alma mater. He'd be teaching U.S. Government, which was always a senior blow-off class, and serving as an assistant on the football coaching staff. While it was a far cry from making millions of dollars, living in huge houses and traveling the country to play a game, coming home to teach and coach allowed Josh to start all over again.
With his portfolio in his left hand and his bag slung over his right shoulder, Josh walks through the nearly empty parking lot to the front doors of the school. His short, dark brown hair is neatly done, and his piercing green eyes are hidden by a pair of sunglasses. A red polo shirt clings to his toned frame, and black dress pants complete the outfit. (To him, it only makes sense to wear the school colors on his first day.)
Upon opening the door, he looks to his left and sees Mrs. Jacobs, the longtime school secretary, sitting at her desk preparing for another school year. He stops by and chats with her for a bit before making the walk down to his new classroom.
Coach Bill Walker occupied this room for the better part of three decades before his retirement at the end of the previous school year. He was Josh's position coach all throughout high school, so Josh looked at him as a second father. It only made sense that Josh would come onto the staff and carry on the tradition that Coach Walker established all those years ago.
Josh opens the door, turns on the light and heads into the room. Just sitting down at the desk makes him think how strange it is to be on the other side of the teacher/student dynamic, and he expects it to get even weirder when the students start filing in. This year's senior class includes his sister and most of her friends, which will make the dynamic that much more interesting.
With a couple hours to go until the first bell, Josh goes over his brief lesson plans for the day, then begins to study the gameplan for Friday night's season-opening game against Roosevelt High.
He decided to stay somewhat close to home, and attended Michigan. However, he didn't see much playing time donning the maize and blue, as a series of injuries derailed his collegiate career. After a failed effort to make an NFL squad for training camp, his dreams of turning pro ended, and he was left to live just a normal life.
While that reality would crush your average 22-year-old former high school star athlete, Josh sought out a way to stay in the game even though he'd no longer step foot on the gridiron.
Upon graduating from Michigan, he decided to return home to fill an opening at his alma mater. He'd be teaching U.S. Government, which was always a senior blow-off class, and serving as an assistant on the football coaching staff. While it was a far cry from making millions of dollars, living in huge houses and traveling the country to play a game, coming home to teach and coach allowed Josh to start all over again.
With his portfolio in his left hand and his bag slung over his right shoulder, Josh walks through the nearly empty parking lot to the front doors of the school. His short, dark brown hair is neatly done, and his piercing green eyes are hidden by a pair of sunglasses. A red polo shirt clings to his toned frame, and black dress pants complete the outfit. (To him, it only makes sense to wear the school colors on his first day.)
Upon opening the door, he looks to his left and sees Mrs. Jacobs, the longtime school secretary, sitting at her desk preparing for another school year. He stops by and chats with her for a bit before making the walk down to his new classroom.
Coach Bill Walker occupied this room for the better part of three decades before his retirement at the end of the previous school year. He was Josh's position coach all throughout high school, so Josh looked at him as a second father. It only made sense that Josh would come onto the staff and carry on the tradition that Coach Walker established all those years ago.
Josh opens the door, turns on the light and heads into the room. Just sitting down at the desk makes him think how strange it is to be on the other side of the teacher/student dynamic, and he expects it to get even weirder when the students start filing in. This year's senior class includes his sister and most of her friends, which will make the dynamic that much more interesting.
With a couple hours to go until the first bell, Josh goes over his brief lesson plans for the day, then begins to study the gameplan for Friday night's season-opening game against Roosevelt High.