By Adina Cohen There was a girl named Rose. Rose is very good at writing plays. One day, Rose asked Rhonda to act in her play. Rhonda was not good at acting but she wanted to be in the spotlight. She stole all the credit from Rose because she didn’t compliment Rose for writing the play. I…
By Maurice Djmal A few boys were going out to eat at a non-kosher restaurant. One boy was scared to ask them to eat at a kosher restaurant instead. So, he went along with them and didn’t say anything. A month later, he was with the same friends again and they were going to a…
By Max Setton We all aspire to accomplish goals in our lives. It’s up to us to decide whether those goals will be accomplished. My mother always repeats the same thing to me, “Whether you say you can or you can’t, you right either way.” This is a very powerful line because it’s telling…
By Raymond Cohen When Bill was in 9th grade his whole life changed. He was that class clown who always fooled around in elementary school. It was his first year in high school and he wanted to change his act and start doing well in school. His goal was to get into honors and…
By Nancy Tobias I went to my new friend’s’ house for the first time. I was really excited and anxious. We decided to go to the park. We went with her whole family. In the park, I fell and really hurt my foot. I didn’t want to cry in front of the whole family, I…
By Claudine Chehova When I was in 7th grade, there was a 7th grade play. All of my friends used to think it was weird to be in the play but I was scared they would make fun of me. I told one of my friends and she laughed at me. I thought to myself,…
By Emma Dayan There was a girl. She was always a really shy person. She was also really smart and got good grades. In school she kept to herself and never spoke, just in case she was wrong. One day she was in class and the teacher asked a question to the class. The question…
By Dylan Sutton There was once a little boy who was transferring to school. He was currently in 3rd grade with a lot of friends and would be moving during the summer going into 4th grade. During that summer, they boy was going to go to camp with all the brand new kids he…
By Rachel Chehova Taking risks is important part of being successful in life. Taking risks requires being confidence and calm. In every situation a person should outweigh the pros and cons of taking the risk. A person should ask themselves, what’s the worst that could come out of taking this risk? In most situations, the…
By Esther Cohen When I was in 8th grade, I had to decide which high school I was going to attend. I was very uncertain because the next 4 years were going to direct me in to the college of my interests. I wanted to make sure I would be able to keep up…
By Victoria Shuster If you have an idea and you’re terrified to even say it, don’t let fear stop you from saying a good idea. Just do it.
By Sandy Esses I am scared of the dark. My basement is very dark and sometimes I think that a monster is going to come up and pop put of nowhere and eat my face off. I can never ever go to sleep. But when you think about it when you blink it is just for second.