By Juliet Nasar When you have a bad day, like you failed a test, or you can’t concentrate on school. What do you do to bounce back or feel better? I go to school and try to get distracted with other things. Then when I come home everything is all better. One other thing I…
By Lauren Araman A way for me to bounce back is to think of my blessings. I am so lucky to have amazing parents. My mother is always there for me when I am having trouble. I have a caring father, that if I ever have an issue, he will always stick up for me. If…
By Rena Chaiklin When I am not so happy and kind of sad, I think of all the good things that I have, the things that I am proud of about myself. I think of the time when I had a good laugh with my friends. I think of that what happened to me-that it could’ve…
By Frieda Sasson Sometimes, when people have friends over for a sleepover, the next morning you might want to do netilat yadayim and pray but you are worried about what people will think. You think that they might make fun of you if you pray. But, you shouldn’t think about what other people think when you are…
By Sophie Greenberg Two girls were out in a park. One was Anastasia and the other, Katie. Anastasia was a very quite girl but sometimes she would try to talk. Katie was always talking; she talked and talked and talked. One time, when Anastasia was talking, Katie came up and interfered in her conversations. But, Anastasia kept…
By Paulina Cohen Adrianne was at school one day when her friend Grace was walking down the hall and slipped and droped all of the books all over the floor. Adrianne ran to Grace and asked if she was okay. Then, she helped pick up all of the books. The next day, Adrienne was walking in the…
By Pearly Hanono Once, my friend was in a horrible mood because she got a bad grade. Everyone was trying to get her in a good mood. No one liked to see her upset. During lunch, she thought to herself, “Wow, look how many people care about me. Look how many people want to make me…
By Albert Saadia A great example of honesty is when I am in class and I was talking to someone else and the teacher gets the other person in trouble. I can’t just make the other person get in trouble. I have to be honest and tell the teacher that it was me that was talking…
By Hersel Chomali Eric had been practicing all week. Today was the day Eric’s team played the undefeated white team. As the game started, Eric had butterflies in his stomach. At half time, the score was 12-19, but Eric was still confident. During the second half white team was winning, but Eric was still confident….
By Ellen Hakim One time, I was baking brownies for Shabbat. It was my first time baking. When I put it in the over, I left metal spoon in the batter. The spoon melted in the brownies. I didn’t want to bake again, because I thought I would fail. I baked again and now I…
By Melanie Ades All her life, Melanie wanted to be on the gymnastics team. That was her main life’s goal. She went to Aerial’s gymnastics every Friday to practice. She asked her coach if she can be on the team one day. Her coach replied, “You can be on the team if you practice…
By Irwin Sutton A lot of times when I was in 1-5th grades the teachers would give out tickets to win prizes of extra points on a quiz if I just raised my hand to answer questions. I could’ve gotten so many extra points or tickets for prizes. I was just so nervous that…
By Ofir Zahavi The first inner quality that comes to my mind is patience. With technology today, almost everything is instantaneous or at least expected to be. Just like when someone tries to watch a video, people get frustrated when they wait only an extra minute. Today, people need to remember just how it used…
By Marlena Cohen Joy has a test right after recess and she knows that Lucy already took the test. Joy walked up to Lucy and said, “Hey, what were the questions that were on the test?” Lucy knows why Joy asked, but she is not going to say because she knows it is wrong. But,…
By Jake Bivas A very embarrassing time in my life was not long ago. When I was about 10 year old, I told myself that I wanted to start playing basketball. I told my parents and they signed me up for a community basketball league. When I played, I always wanted the ball to get…
By Isaac Cytryn There was a young boy who wanted to learn how to swim. His name was Michael. His father was trying to teach him but Michael couldn’t do it. He tried to do it by himself. He was drowning. His dad went to catch him. His father didn’t want him to do it…
By Isaac Alboucai I think the most important inner quality is to have a positive attitude. For example my friend had a really bad day in school. During his first period he lost recess. During the recess, he was in principal’s office. During the next period, he got his test back and found out that he got…
By Albert Sitt It is very important to identify your hidden talent. When you are picking people for your team, don’t just pick your friends. Pick people who you think would give you the best chance of winning. It is also very important to thank people behind the scenes. When you do this, they will want to…
By Linda Gammal In the beginning of the year, I forgot a lot about keriah and how to read it. When I was finally in keriah class, I was called on and I froze. The teacher has asked me to read. I started at a slow pace and then I got faster and faster. I realized that…
By Daniel Braha One day, I was with my friends. They all had penny boards. I said to myself, “That looks cool.” So, I asked my dad if I can have one and he said, “Yes.” I was so excited. All of my friends were outside my house with their skateboards. I rushed out…
By Linda Gammal Lauren, a new girl moved from Brooklyn to Deal. She didn’t know anyone and she also had speech problems. When she came to school, she forgot about the dress code and everyone laughed. When she was walking down the long hallway, she went to say, “Hi” to some girls, but it didn’t…
By Claire Salem Once there was a girl who wanted to become a baker. But she kept on failing. She kept telling herself, “I can do it. I am not a failure.” She kept on baking, because she loved to bake. She never gave up. One day, her mom asked her, “Why don’t you…
By Juliet Nasar Abigail’s dream was to get into Harvard Law School. She was very smart. When it came time to take the SAT’s she was very nervous. She was so nervous, that she couldn’t think straight and got a very bad mark. She was very depressed. Some time later she took the SATs…
By Rena Chaiklen You have an assignment in one of your classes to write a story. You have a really great idea and work very hard to write it. When you get to school the day that it’s due, you are very confident and happy with your story. You go around showing it to everyone…
By Abe Mavorah My goal in life is to become an awesome basketball player. I really want to be like Lebron James. Even though I miss a lot of shots, I keep on trying to reach my goal, so I can become successful in life. If Lebron misses a shot he still tries harder every…
By Lauren Araman Mary was nervous. She walked on stage in her purple dress. It was happening. She was singing perfectly and hitting every small note. When it was time for her to really stretch a note, she choked. Everyone stared in shock. She just went along and forgot that it happened. When it came…
By Arlette Cojab Caroline glided onto the ice at her rink. Her friend Madison was right behind her. Caroline invited Madison because today was an important day. Today was the day Caroline would try an Axel jump in front of her ice skating instructor. An Axel jump is a jump where you push yourself off…
By Lizzy Nasar There was a girl named Esther. She loved to play basketball. In fact, after homework, every day, she would play. One day in school there was an announcement. “Girls, basketball tryouts are next week in the gym.” Esther thought that she should try out. She asked her friends Rachel and Laya if…
By Lizzy Nasar All her life, Melanie wanted to be on the gymnastics team. That was her main life’s goal. She went to Aerial’s gymnastics every Friday, to practice. She asked her coach if she can be on the team one day. Her coach replied, “You can be on the team, if you practice more….
By Joe Betesh I have experienced many embarrassing moments in my life. One that really sticks out has to be when I started to make videos. Starting out, I made videos that were horrible. Kids made fun of me and told me that I should give up. Instead of listening to them, I worked even…
By Esther Sutton Two girls stood behind the curtain at their ballet recital. “I’m next. I can’t do it. I just can’t,” one girl said to another. Her friend responded, “Of course you can. What is stopping you?” “Don’t you remember last year’s show? I tripped and fell and what if it happens again?…
By Teera Ades One day, Adina was in gymnastics class. She was with all of her friends. She was always behind on what they were learning. Her goal was to do cart wheel on the balance bean. While she was trying to do a cart wheel on the balance bean, she fell. All of her…