By Abie Nahamias Someone who is a bad friend might only like you for what you have. And if you get into a fight and you re afraid, your friend will stick up for you. He will be happy for you when you accomplish what you set to accomplish, like not getting jealous.
By Nelly Alfaks One day there was a play in a class. Everyone wanted to be the spotlight role, Cinderella. Some people wanted to be the hidden talent, the director. If someone wanted to be the spotlight, they have to be active, because everyone is going to pay attention to them. If you are the hidden…
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 Sarah Zeitoune Once, my friend and I signed up for the school talent show. We were so excited. It worked out perfectly because she was a good song writer and I was a good singer. The talent show was in 4 days and we needed to start. Today was Wednesday and the show was on Sunday….
By Vivian Gindi Two years ago my friends and I had to make a model bridge for school. Instead of taking all of the credit, the project director said that since I am good at writing, I will write the essay. Since another girl was good at designing, she will design the bridge. We all need…
By Sari Gindi Last year, I was talking with my friend and another girl came and they both ran away from me. I didn’t know where they were going. That girl laughed at me and told my secret that I told only to one other person. I knew she told everyone. I was getting so mad. But,…
By Susan Falack I love basketball. Every night, I play basketball. I love to shoot it in the basket. One night, I tried to shoot from the three line. I tried and tried but I just couldn’t do it. I practiced every night and day. I kept getting closer and closer. One night, I tried and tried…
By Danny Erani A bad friend is someone who bosses you around, someone who knows your secrets and will tell everyone. A good friend is someone who is fair and shares with you.
By David Dweck The sign of a good friend is when they can keep secrets, when people like you for who you are and not for what you have. Someone could have a simple house but a very nice personality.
By Ikey Dayan Why do people choose a friend who may take advantage of them? People do that because they want to be popular and they want friends. They also do that because they think that person is cool. So, if they are friends with the cool kids they will be cool. What is a sign of…
By Raquel Cohen If someone tells you that you can’t do something, you’re not going to be good at it, you should show them you can do it and prove them wrong. If you have faith in yourself, that’s all you need. Don’t let yourself get belittled. Stand up and show them that you don’t get…
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.
By Eddie Zeitoune If I was the coach, to make a basketball team, I would make everyone try everything to see who is good at what. I would tell them they are all good but I would make it fair, I would put someone who is good and not so good. It’s not nice to make anyone…
By Morris Salamon The way I will compliment the people on my team if I am the leader is that I will compliment the passer by saying, “that is a nice pass, but try to pass to the guys who are open.” I will compliment the power forwarder is, “It’s nice shot but trying to get open…
By Isaac Quibrisi Teamwork is when you help people. Let’s say you are in basketball game, if you pass the ball around, someone will get open and will respect it.
By Yakov Elias Michael was at Robert’s house. Michael used his laptop, enjoyed comfortable couches ate good food. In school, when they were making basketball teams, the other captain didn’t pick Robert and Michael did the same. They didn’t pick him because Robert wasn’t a good player. Robert went to sit on a bench and started crying….
By Jacob Hedaya In school, my teacher in social studies class announced that she will make groups in the class and each group will have to research and make a project on their tribe that she will assign. My group and I decided to make a poster and a slide show. We worked for a long…
By Sara Halwani One day a girl, named Gabrielle, came home from school and told her mom that she is the director of the school play. Her mom spoke to her about choosing the right actors to star in the play. Gabrielle thought about it before she had the talk with her mom and said to herself…
By Joseph Ezon People choose friends that take advantage of them because they want money, toys, to be in a big house, be popular and try to be cool. The sign of a good friend is if you get in a fight with someone and he is on your side. Also, if he includes you in everything…
By Joyce Betesh One day, a new girl arrived to school. The “It girls” (the popular girls) went over to her to see who she was. They asked her, “Who are you?” The new girl answered, “Hello, to you too. My name is Jessica. What are your names?” “We call ourselves the ‘It girls’.” Jessica was confused….
By Olga Tawil Friendship through social media has changed over the years. Social media can lower your self esteem. When you see profiles with more followers than you, you feel less important. You feel bad that you aren’t as popular or don’t have as many friends. But, that’s not true. Most friends on social media are fake…
By Eddie Tawil When Michael got a new skateboard, he took a picture of it and he got a lot of likes. Michael really hates to skateboard but he only bought it to be popular. Michael was only acting to like it. Also, his friend told him that it was so cool. His friend also told him…
By Brenda Heffez Sarah and Michelle were best friends. Sarah was smart and kind. Michelle wasn’t so smart but she was still kind. It was Tuesday and an assignment was due in English class. Michelle didn’t complete the assignment and asked Sarah if she can borrow it. Sarah wasn’t so sure about giving Michelle the work because…
By Steven Sutton Peer pressure. It’s one of those times where every day is Purim, Purim with a social media. You see all of these people doing things that you don’t like, but do it for popularity. You see them doing things in their costumes with friends. You look around and say, “I want to be cool.”…
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…