An Albatross to me is something that is given to us to help us through tough situations and get through hard times, but we take them for granted, push them aside, and then we suffer because of the poor decision we make to ignore it. Some albatrosses that we see in our lives are all around us. Some examples are guidance counselors, coaches, parents, exercise and eating healthy, and studying. Guidance counselors are albatrosses because they are designed to help you succeed in your studies in school and they do all they can and put so much effort into keeping your grades up by getting tutors, extra help from teachers, and many many more things, but most students don’t even know who their guidance counselor is! They just think they can get by with terrible grades and no one will care. But those students will soon find out that they need their guidance counselor when they find out they were denied a full ride scholarship for sports because of their grades. Coaches and parents are the same way. They are there to help you get better at the things you do, they are there to help talk to you, and they help calm you down whenever you need it. But when people ignore their parents and coaches, they start to behave differently, they might get cut from the team or be riding the the bench, or they might even get into some drug related habits. Exercise and eating healthy can be an albatross because they are developed so that you are both physically and mentally ready to do anything you need to do. They help you start off the day right and they help you keep focused in school. But when people ignore these and “wear them on their neck”, they start to gain weight, they become out of shape, and they become unhappy with the way their look, which ends up to even more work to try to lose the weight. Most people respond to these daily actions by simply doing the things they are supposed to do. They visit their guidance counselors regularly so that they keep on top of their grades, they keep good relationships with their coaches and parents so that they not only have someone there to back them up when they need help, but also so that they can do the things in their daily lives even better. People exercise daily and constantly eat healthy food so that they can stay focused every day with their daily activities, and so that they can be satisfied with their physical appearance. Moeller can address some of these “albatrosses” by keeping the food in the cafeteria healthy and delicious, having the coaches and parents constantly involved with school and sport activities, and by having the guidance counselors be assertive and have their students come visit them at least twice a month.