By Eddie Sutton It was the fourth quarter 3 minutes left a player names Jacob was on the bench. So far the players make it 35-31 the other team was winning and it was 1:30 seconds left. Jacob was getting mad because he thought he was going to play, then coach said Jacob go in the game….
By Esther Dweck My friend was the writer of the play that our school was producing. The writing was wonderful and everybody who heard them loved it and was excited to come see the play on the opening night. The people in the play rehearsed and loved doing it. On the opening night before they started…
By Florence D. In life, there will be many challenged thrown at us, but it is our job to overcome them. Last year a friend of mine hurt my feelings and did something unforgivable. This was a very hard obstacle for me to overcome. I am sure that most girls fight with their friends and then…
By Sol B. Making mistakes is part of life and the reason for most people’s success. I’ve endured many failures, but one in particular stands out. It was a freshman year and I had to take my first global test in high school. That night, I studied as much as I thought was enough to succeed….
By Barbara Beyda One summer all my friends went to a sleep away camp. I didn’t really want to go. So, my closest friends and I decided not to go to sleep away. We went to a different camp together. It ended up being the best summer ever. I would have never went to…
By Ruthie Gindi There was once a girl who left all of her friends for the summer to go to a sleep away camp. She risked losing all her friends to try to make new friends in sleep away camp. At first, she had a hard time fitting in. She felt uncomfortable around those girls….
By Elliot Beyda My goal as a high school student is to reach my potential as a student. I know that I can do much better in school. But, one of the reasons I am not doing as well as I should is because I am lazy. One of the goals I set for myself…
By David Maimon In 6th grade a young boy loved to play basketball. He loved the game so much and tryouts were coming up for the school team. It was all his friends were talking about for months. Everyone were confidence they would make the team, but this young boy was not. So, because…
By Rachel Russo This past year, when we were assigned a science project, I was given a group of girls that had all different talents. One person knew how to draw, one person knew how to type, one person knew how to sculpt, and one person was very organized. Since everyone knew how to do something…
By Gaby Sued One day there was a girl named Anne. In her play she was the background dancer and she wanted to be in the front. Anne said that is good to be hidden because then you are the one that probably wrote the poem for the play or did something else significant. In the end…
By Yisrael Meir Ovadia If a person is pressured by social media, their friends aren’t true and real. For example, if someone has a Facebook account and they post a picture of his friend to look cool, and he just wants people to like him. Another example someone is cool gets an app on his tablet, then…
By Gabrielle Harari There was a girl named Sara who was the head of the play. Sara needed to find three more people to be in her play. Sara didn’t want to pick the popular girl as the lead role just because she is pretty. Sara needed to see how she acts and sings. It turned out…
By Eric Haber When you play a game, you can’t win without teamwork. For example when in basketball the guy is far from the basket and he could pass but he wants all the credit so he keeps on shooting and he misses. He never passes and misses all the shots. Or he could have teamwork and…
By Jack R. Dweck A good friend likes you for who you are. Not if you’re rich or not. Let’s say you are rich and you friend likes you because your father owns the Knicks. But, if you are not rich and you don’t own anything than they should like you for who you are.
By Susan Ezon One day a girl that I wasn’t really friends with was crying. I went up to her and asked what happened. She said, “Nothing.” I knew it had to be something. I asked her again, “Please tell me, maybe I can help you?” She said, “Can you promise you won’t tell anyone?…
By Sol B. Making mistakes is part of life and the reason for most people’s success. I’ve endured many failures, but one in particular stands out. It was a freshman year and I had to take my first global test in high school. That night, I studied as much as I thought was enough to…
By Florence D. In life, there will be many challenged thrown at us, but it is our job to overcome them. Last year a friend of mine hurt my feelings and did something unforgivable. This was a very hard obstacle for me to overcome. I am sure that most girls fight with their friends and…