By Marielle Marcos There is a shy girl in my class. She has a hidden talent of writing. I know that she spent so much time writing the play and making it the best. At the end of the play, when we introduced to the audience the people in the play, I took the writer of the…
By Patty Shrem There was a girl who was the director and the head of the play. But, she didn’t know how to act so well. So, she gave acting part to someone else, who wasn’t poplar. The unpopular girl was really good. After the play was over the popular girl told the unpopular girl, “You were…
By Amanda Heskiel In color war, Sarah was the general. We split up the team. We needed to make songs and then to sing as a team. Esther was chosen to write the songs. She thought that Rachel was much better in writing songs. Esther gave that job to Rachel. When Rachel finished writing it, she gave…
By Danielle Amar There was once a girl who was shy. She was always scared to express how she felt or give her opinion in a situation. She was always nervous when walking in to school and see who she would become friends with. I think that you should always be yourself and express…
By Raquel Mann Because of fear you can lose a lot of adventure and taking risks in your life. Take risks you gain a lot of opportunities for adventure in your life. For example, if you go to Six Flags with your friends, the first time, they go on roller coaster you sit out…
By Fortune Sahalon Susan was trying to eat healthy. Her friends invited her over on Saturday. She was happy that she was starting to lose weight. But, she was upset because, she knew she won’t be able to stop herself from all the unhealthy food by her friend’s house. She still went because she didn’t…
By Terry Sitt The most important thing in life is to take chances. One day I went on a trip to Great Adventures. I didn’t want to go on any of the scary rides. I was petrified of them. The second I got to Great Adventures a chill ran down my spine. When my friends…
By Amanda Heskiel Sarah is 12 years old. She knows how to swim but she is afraid to dive. One day, she had a pool party with all her friends. They were all diving and doing all tricks and she was in the shallow. She was waiting for them to finish because she didn’t want…
By Sonny Setton This past summer, I went to work at a camp. However, I am naturally a quiet and shy person. I normally have a hard time meeting new people. This past summer was actually very fun because of all the people I met. I became close with my co-counselor who happened to be…
By Joelle Cohen Once upon a time, I was on the debate team. It was fun and everyone thought I would win. Above all, I was passionate about the debate’s subject being it was animal testing. When the debate started, I was surprised at the intelligence of the kids on the other team. They showed…
By Allan Bailey I am in a candy shop. There are hundreds of candies to choose from. If I buy the same candy every time, I won’t be able to experience a new flavor combination. That would be the safe way. However, if I have a mindset to take a risk and buy a new…
By Yafit Kamkhehji Probably the most common fear in life is meeting new people and finding true friends. Fear causes people to feel weak, to feel that they’re not capable of doing things because people are better than they are. You lose the mental strength to try new things to take risks that will…
By Moey Levy My goal is to be a hair stylist. When I tell people that I want to be a hair stylist, they laugh in my face. They tell me that I should be a doctor or a businessman with my exceptional math skills. I get to practice my skills and people usually…
By Chen Benamo A time when I was uncertain was when I switched classes in school. Even though I knew it would be good for me, I was uncertain and reluctant because I was comfortable and familiar with my class. I didn’t want to take the chance of not liking my new class.
By Molly Ben-Shlomo I was uncertain to which high school I should go to. Half of my friends continued in same school they went to in elementary and half were going to a different high school. I knew to change schools would be hard. I went with what my heart told me to do. I…
By Sammy Maya All my life I wanted to be a doctor. Ever since I was little I was striving for good grades so I could achieve this goal. I graduated elementary school at the top of my class and had a 98 average in my first 2 years of high school. Then, one day…
By Rafi Srour When I saw people in my school dressing in the latest style clothing it made me curious how I would look in it. I went to Macy’s. Even though I looked awesome in everything new I put on, I still had fear that my friends would find it unusual. I finally had…
By Danielle Tuachi When you see that someone popular has something that you want just because they have it will you get it? Put yourself in their shoes. When they most popular person in your class gets that popular item and you don’t even like it. you will go home and beg your parents for it. Then…
By Jeanette Tebele When I had a science project with my friend Pamela, we had to make a copy of an animal or a plant cell. Pamela gave us the idea to do an animal cell. First, we went to her house and were looking for all foods to use for it because we were making it…
By Eric Shlomo An example of a bad friend is if you have plans with your friend and he goes to his other friends instead, or if you fall and he starts laughing at you.
By Joseph Hirsch Sign of a good friend is when two friends are fighting and a day later it’s over. A bad friend would keep trying to start up with you and be mean to you.
By Yaakov Grunsfeld Social media kids all over the world are using Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Kids are following and friending random people to look popular. It might look cool to pull a prank or act mischievously to fit it. When a kid feels he ranks low, he would want to do something silly and funny to…
By Rosie Benmashiah You are afraid to take your test. You studied so hard. Your mother and teacher are confident that you are going to succeed. But, when you are about to take the test, you start to shake. You’re nervous and you start to write different answers that don’t connect to the questions. This fear…
By Moshe Benhamu When I got home one day, I went on Facebook. I saw that people began to follow people who surfed. I went online to get a picture of a kid surfing. I posted it in Facebook and I got more followers. Social media strips our individual qualities. If you like music and people don’t,…
By Mark Barsano A sign of a good friend is a person who cares and motivates you. One time at the basketball game, there was one good player and one bad player. The good player said to the bad player, “Keep trying. I think you are a great player, even though people think you are…
By Moshe Illouz James had a goal of being a famous actor. He went to an audition feeling confident. He froze during the audition and was laughed at and embarrassed. James felt like giving up, he read an article online about his favorite actor not getting the role the first time he auditioned. The actor…
By Baruch Shabot My first time playing football was very scary. I knew my team was going to lose because of me. I didn’t know how to catch the ball; I didn’t know any of the rules. So, I sat down for the rest of the game. But, then I was taught how to play…
By Leslie Antar My friends and I went to a food store. Everyone was eating the same and I liked something different on the menu. I didn’t like what they were eating. They were eating pizza and I wanted sushi. The mom asked, “Do you want anything?” I said, “Sure, I’d like some sushi.” Then I got…
5. Leslie A. I was in my bed thinking about a fight. Someone was going around telling Lashon Hara and the person that they told it to, changed around the words and told someone else, and it started even a bigger fight. I was saying to myself, I don’t want to be that person. From…