596-word version:
Proffering myself to Master Lee, my long mentor since elementary school in Taekwondo, a Korean martial art, as an assistant coach, I was able to learn a valuable lesson from the least of the expected. As we were preparing for a series of tournaments one in June, one in July, and two in August, of which the July tournament was the biggest of them all, we had no time to waist...

 

650-word version:
Proffering myself to Master Lee, my long mentor since elementary school in Taekwondo, a Korean martial art, as an assistant coach, I was able to learn a valuable life lesson from the least of the expected. As we were preparing for a series of tournaments one in June, one in July, and two in August, of which the July tournament was the biggest of them all, we had no time to waist...