By Phyllis Hadar A few summers ago all my friends were going to one camp that my mom didn’t want me to go. All I could think about was how I was going to miss out on so much fun this summer. My mom told me, “If you want to go, then go. But, make…
By Daniel Beyda One time, my friend and I were really excited because he got the new iPod touch. We started playing on it and eventually we got tired. So we took a break to get water. When we came back, we started playing again and then, by mistake, I spilled my water on the iPod….
By Joey Massre My friends wanted to go out to the movies when we had a test the next day. I didn’t know what my friend would think of my when I told them I couldn’t go. I stayed home to study. When I got my test back, I was so happy that I…
By: Charles Grossman When you are facing a challenge not to let it affect you When you are growing up we are taught to have emunah or faith in Hashem the key to dealing with stressful challenges is to make sure that you prepare yourself as best you can for the challenge, and in the back…
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By Cookie Cohen Cindy wanted to lose weight. Cindy made a commitment to herself that she would lose weight. Cindy tried and tried. One day during lunch time there was her favorite lunch on the menu. Cindy told herself not to eat and she saw all of her friends eating her favorite lunch. She said…
By Nelly Alfaks One day I decided that I wouldn’t speak Lashon Hara anymore. I was in my friend’s house and we were talking about a girl in my grade. We kept on speaking about her, until, my friend realized we were speaking Lashon Hara. So, we felt very guilty and we tried to…
By Frieda Haber One day, I decided to start losing weight. I told my mom I want to start eating healthy and exercising. She told me it’s not easy and that I will have to work hard. I thought about it and decided, no matter what, I am going to achieve my goal. I…
By Evelyn Antebi I committed myself to save up my money to buy big things instead of little things. I wanted to buy a laptop. So, every day I tried to spend my money wisely. But, one day walked into a store bought something small. Then, I walked into another store and another and just…
By Aviva Schapiro Someone is baking a cake for the first time. She works really very hard on it. Then, it flops. It comes out really bad. The whole thing is messed up. Some people would just get upset and say I am never baking again. But, if they try really hard and follow the…
By Racheli Mendelsohn Aliza was an all around great girl. She was always cheerful and no one ever saw a frown on her face. It was December and everyone was getting applications to various camps. All of Aliza’s friends thought up of a great camp that Aliza would love. When Aliza heard their opinions…
By Rachaeli Scharf If you don’t like the way you look or you need to loose weight, in the beginning it’s hard. Nothing is happening. But you keep trying and you push yourself into doing it and you’ll see you’re improving. You will finally reach your goal.
By Chana Fradel Bohensky If a girl decides she will be nicer to her sister and then her sister makes her really mad by coloring on her homework, she could just yell and scream, at her sister or she could say Gam Zu Letova. And call a friend to ask her to fax over…
By Chavi Lopin You have a basketball championship. You are not good at basketball. The mean girl stares at you, waiting for you to miss. You tell yourself that you are not giving up. Finally, when you got the ball you score and your whole team is proud of you. All because you told yourself,…
By Toby Fink Rivky worked on her book report for 9 hours straight. She was ready to go to sleep. She pressed “Delete” instead of “Print” and accidentally erased it. She was about to blow up at anyone who was near her. Then she counted to 10 and retyped it. She redid her entire…
By Joyce Kassin Everyone at some point fails. Most people look at a failure as a very bad thing. But you don’t have to. When someone fails that could be your motivation to reach your goal and do better even if you don’t get it the first time or even the fifth time. Never…
By Vivian Gindi When I was learning to ride a bicycle, I kept on falling and I couldn’t stay on the bike. I got a scrape on my knee and cut on my ankle. But, I decided to be determined and I jumped right back on the bicycle. After so many times, I actually…
By Lauren Laniado My goal is to one day get on an honor roll. What I do to encourage myself is telling myself that I can do it. I also tell myself that nothing is impossible. The word itself says “I M Possible.”
By Shelly Greenstein One time I said that I would not drink any soda until the summer. I tried and I did it for 2 weeks then I couldn’t help it and I drank some soda. Once I drank it I decided to try again next time. So I tried it again and I…
By Claudine Hadef I want to accomplish getting better grades. I’m always on the iPad or computer. It distracts me. I get good grades but I want better. I want an honor roll, but I keep getting distracted whenever I study. Sometimes, I just zone out during the test and forget what I studied….
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 Shayna Spitzer Once I was learning how to rip stick. My friend taught me and she was an expert at it. She taught me step by step. So, I tried and I wasn’t balanced enough and I fell straight off into the street. I was thinking, “Would I ever learn?” I didn’t have faith…
By Joe Mamiye One time a boy on the middle school hockey team was put into a game to score the game’s winning goal. The problem was that he didn’t score the goal and the game went to a shootout. This boy was supposed to also score the game winning goal in the shootout…
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 Andrew Stein On my first day at my new school I tried to make friends by being nice and playing well. In our first recess I went to play basketball with the kids in my class but they didn’t include me. So, I decided to shoot on another hoop to show them how…
By Joel Paley Mike always wanted to learn how to ski. He went to many mountains during the winter to ski. He practiced for almost a year. He decided to join a skiing contest. The object of this contest was to see who got to the bottom of the mountain first going around obstacles….
By Cerise Rishty There was a girl, named Julie, who loved to dance. She went to a dance class every day. One day her teacher said we are going to have a dance recital next week. Julie was jumping with joy. She invited her whole family and all her friends. Every second she had she…
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 Rachelli Hoffman A girl named Chana always wanted to try to dive. One day, she went to the pool. She ran to the front of the pool. She held her hands out towards the water and jumped off the edge of the pool. She felt her body fly through the air as she…
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 Raymond Arking People always try to do amazing things, but sometimes it just backfires. I think people should start out small and then try bigger. For example, I tried to get a touchdown in football. But, the ball bounced off my hands and someone on the other team caught it. (It was an…
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 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 Jimmie Shrem One day, Avi enrolled himself into a tennis tournament. He practiced for days only stopping for food and sleep. The day of the tournament, Avi felt confident that he could win. As the tournament started, Avi started to feel very nervous. He saw that all the other opponents were much bigger than…
By Hiram I have a goal to be the best chazzan. It didn’t work out so well. In shul I was chazzan and the rabbi was fixing my mistakes. I had a bunch of mistakes and I got embarrassed. The next week I was chazzan again. I made fewer mistakes and I felt much better.
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 Joe Ades There was once a person who loved to run in races. His dream was always to be in the Olympics and to come in 1st place. He never ran a race but he told all of his friends that he is going to win, and that he is the best runner. The…
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 Moshe Lati Who knows that moment when there are 3 seconds of the game and your team is counting on you to take the game’s winning shot? Well I do. I had the ball in my hands and I was so nervous. The one thing I was thinking was let’s say I made…