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By Madalyn Zalta A good friend is someone who you can trust, doesn’t use you. If your friend always asks you for homework every night, and when you need homework she is not there, that’s a sign of a friend using you. You shouldn’t be friends with someone who does that. If you take advantage of someone,…
By Morris Sutton Twitter, Facebook and instagram are all examples of fun social networks. But I think we should decide who is it really fun for? It is amazing what one post or word can actually do to one. It is really important to think before you post on a social network, because anyone can see it….
By Charles Seruya One day my 3 friends and I were walking to a pizza shop. About half a mile away we came to a street that we didn’t recognize. We were lost for about half an hour. One of my friends said, “Hey, the pizza shop is that way.” We didn’t believe him but we were…
By Alan Sassoon I think Facebook affects friendship because if someone follows you and he is your friend and you don’t follow him back he might think that you don’t like him anymore and stop being friends with you. When you post a picture, it might look like you are making fun of someone when in reality…
By Jeanne Rahmey On Facebook, friendship can be gone by a click of a button. All you have to do to end a relationship is type something mean that a person won’t say to another person to her face. All there is between one person and another is a screen which can make all the difference. Social…
By Charles Haddad People use others because they will get to use all the things that the other guy has.
By Sarah Gammal The difference between real friendship and fake friendship is real friends are always there for you and they help you when you need them. Real friends cheer you up and care fro you. Fake friends just use you to get something they really want. It’s disrespectful and mean. Being a real friend is so…
By Pamela Franco We had a math project and we got jobs. I was the director and my partner was the presenter. I worked really hard and I did it very well. It was the day to present. I was sick so that I couldn’t come to school. My partner did not work on the project and…
By Sam Dweck What is a sign of a good friend? They share with you, they are there when you need them, and they accept you for who you are. A sign of a bad friend is when they are mean to other people but nice to you. They don’t share with you. They use you by…
By Violet Cohen Something that happened to me when I didn’t give up was when I kept trying and trying to make a roller coaster with my brother. We tried 17 times and it never worked. Finally, on the 18th time, I put the last piece on and it finally worked. It took us 2 hours but…
By Claudia Chera We all want to be the main character. Out of everyone, we all want to shine bright. For example a girl is chosen to be the color war general. We should be happy for her. From her spotlight talents to her hidden talents, she has a great cheerful personality to her hidden talents of…
By David Azrak I am not man of change nor am I one that ever pushes himself to adopt. With that said, however, I can recall a story from my post in which a similar situation occurred. Basically, everyone was leaving this certain summer camp that we all went to for several years. And I was…
By Morris Sutton Social media has many pros and cons just like most things in life. Social media has corrupted many minds. For example, it can boost our morale and self confidence but not in a real and true way. Yet, it manipulates our brains into thinking we’re all that. But, in reality, we are not. Social…
By Nina D. Social media can be harmful to friendship, to the way you see and feel about yourself and gain respect for yourself. The second you log onto social media, you can gain 500 followers. But, the second you log off, they disappear. They are not there to support and care about you. All you…
By Yosef Mizrahi A bad friend is someone who will invite you over and not do anything with you. He would just play on his xBox the whole time. He would never let you talk in conversation, will cut you off when you are saying something. A good friend will try to make you have…
By Alex Zemmol One day, I was playing football. I made a bad pass and it caused us to lose the game. From then on, whenever I play football, even if I get a chance to make a pass in the beginning of the game, I try as much as I can, to do…
By Violet Cohen Something happened to me that I didn’t give up was when I kept trying and trying to make roller coaster with my brother. We tried 17 times and it never worked. Finally on the 18th time I put the last piece on and it finally worked. It took us 2 hours…
By Ralph Sarway If you fail a test, you lose confidence in your self. I know this, because it happened to me. Last year, in 5th grade I was not doing well in Mishna. But, I kept on trying and trying and at one point I lost confidence in my self. But, there was…
By Michael Gammal One day I walked up to my dad and asked him if I can read from the torah. He replied to me, “Yes.” The next day I got my part to read. I practiced it. On Saturday it was my turn to read. I went up to the torah and read it…
By Jacob Tawil “Slip!,” Pete fell again. He lost the ice hockey game for his team. After the game, the whole team wanted Pete off the team. Pete was so sad. So, he quit, because he did not want to be on a team when he was not welcomed. The next day, a kid from…
By Sam Cohen I wanted to be a good cook. But, when I served my food, I could tell people didn’t like it. I asked them what was bad about the food. They told what they didn’t like about it. I took their advice and the next time I cooked it was much better.
By Steven Sutton The buzzer sounds and the game is over. The team starts saying hateful things at you. They lost and it was your fault. How will you feel? Probably pretty badly. But, that isn’t a reason to give up. Practice makes perfect. Next time come out stronger and don’t be nervous in…
By Shoshana Dweck Everyone has a goal that they want to achieve. Ruth has always dreamed of being a ballerina. She asked her mother if she can take ballet classes. Her mother signed her up. The day after her first ballet class, Ruth had bruises all over body, and skin tears on her feet….
By Lizzy Nasar When I started playing hockey it was hard for me. I played with all my friends and I was the only one who didn’t score even once. I was very embarrassed. I went home that day very sad. But, I wasn’t going to give up. I was going to practice every day….
1. Violet C. Something happened to me that I didn’t give up was when I kept trying and trying to make roller coaster with my brother. We tried 17 times and it never worked. Finally on the 18th time I put the last piece on and it finally worked. It took us 2 hours but…