By Chayala Lev When Shira walked into her house it was awfully quiet, too quiet. “Why can’t my family have fun,” she thought to herself. Her sisters were busy studying and her brother was buried under his book. “Do you want to play a game?” Shira asked her brother. “Nah,” said her brother not looking up…
By Hudis Hoch Lea stepped out of the house into the streaming sunlight. She needed a break. Chani was getting on her nerves again. Lea hated sharing a room with her sister. She sat down on a chair and wondered, as she did everyday, why Chani was so annoying. The problem was Lea was a perfectionist…
By Shira Safia Sometimes when I get a bad mark, I could think about the other times when I got a good mark. I could thank Hashem for my good marks and learn from my bad mistakes. When my brother annoys me, I feel so angry at him but then I remember when I fell…
By Yehudis Kahan Sara sat in dance class watching her two neighbors dance along with the dance teacher. Why couldn’t she do those gymnastic moves with them? Why do they get solos and she does not? But wait, she also has something they don’t have. A talent that she is good at is tap dancing. Does…
By Gitty Silber Malky went over to her friend Shaindy after school on Tuesday. When they got there, Malky was amazed. Shaindy had her own music room full of instruments which she played. Shaindy showed her all of them and played it for her. Malky was jealous. Shaindy had so many musical talents. She went back…
By Reena Shilian Chava wakes up every morning thinking that she will never survive with her annoying brother, David. David ruins things, breaks her toys and picks on her. One day, when Chava came home, she found out that her birthday present was missing. Without thinking twice, she stomped into David’s room and started shouting at…
By Goldie Perlowitz Ahuva’s sister wanted to borrow Ahuva’s new favorite shirt because she had a Bat Mitzvah in 15 minutes. So Ahuva said, “Ok, fine. But be very careful not to ruin it.” After about 3 hours her sister came home from the Bat Mitzvah. Ahuva saw 3 stains on her new favorite shirt that…
By Esther Mehlman Frustration: When I don’t get the mark on a math test that I expected or wanted even if I studied the whole night. The truth is, a lot of things go wrong – all the time. But I think it’s important to move on. This is because if I was always thinking about…
By Rena Gross One time, I got a kidney infection for weeks. In those weeks, I missed my class play, I slept through my brother’s wedding. I was very upset that I slept through my brother’s wedding and that I missed my play but I got over it. It is very good to get over things….
By Michelle J. People always tell me that I have a good singing voice and that I should perform on shows, but I get nervous. It’s very scary to sing in front of people. What if you mess up? One day, I got offered to sing in a show in Brooklyn College, where hundreds of…
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 Theela C. When I was a young girl, I had a fear of roller coasters. Every summer in camp we would go to six flags. All of my friends would go on the scary rides, except me. Whenever they would go on the rides, I would have to sit on the side myself and…
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 Nancy M. This year I plan to do very well on the SAT. I hope to receive an incredible grade so that I will get into a good college. In order to do this, I must work really hard and study every single day until I take the SAT. I know that this will…
By Claudine H. In tenth grade, chemistry was a difficult subject for me. I failed almost every test. I studied so hard. Harder every time and still couldn’t pass. Every test I failed made me feel worse and worse. The regent was coming up and I was a wreck. Every time I thought of chemistry…
By Lily Mishaan In Navi Class, we had a test that my friend did not study for. As she was taking the test, she was struggling to think of the answers. She was ready to give in the test when another girl in the class walked passed her desk holding her completely filled in test that…
By Esther Chera The saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” means that if you friend wears the coolest outfit and you love her because of what she is wearing on the outside not on the inside. You should love your friend because she is honest, caring, friendly, helpful and not selfish. She can be…
By Shaya Yakobzon For me, it’s very hard to wake up for school. But, today, I said to myself, “Just wake up for 20 seconds.” So, I tried and in 10 seconds I fell down. I did it again, until I made it. I went down the stairs to wash my hands. I said to myself,…
By Yossi Ostrovitsky One sunny day, I went to get a bike for my birthday present. My first two wheel bike. When I got home, I tried to ride it. I went one foot and fell. I tried and tried and tried. One year later, I finally learned how to ride a 2 wheel bike.
By Avraham Lieber I came to school carrying a big bag of potato chips. We had a Siyum. We started davening and learning very excitedly. Finally it came time for the Siyum. But, my Rebbi said, “It’s time to say a Dvar Torah.” It was so tempting to eat. But, I showed respect and waited until…
By Binyamin Schwartz You want to go out and play but, maybe, you should do your homework first. The ice cream truck comes and you have money but maybe you should save your money. I have a problem with these things. I tried and tried and I succeeded. Don’t let your laziness, your pleasure, get the…
By Yehoshua Heschkel Mosak By lunch, everyone is hungry. And, everybody wants to be first. If Yossi will go ahead of everybody and push, it will be not fair to everyone else. He will have to control himself. What should he do? Either go ahead and make everyone angry. Or, go to the back of the…
By Asher Bienenstock First scenario: Ari got home. “Hello Ma, what’s for supper?” “Ari, how was your day? And your favorite supper is ready, meatballs and spaghetti.” “Yay,” Ari walks into the kitchen. Instead of taking a lot, he takes a small amount at a time. All of a sudden, Ari’s little sister throws a meatball…
By Yehoshua Leib I was playing hockey and I was skating down the rink. I had a shot but instead I passed it to a kid who noone would pass to. Noone knew how good he was. He shot from half of the rink and he scored. Everyone started to pass to him. He was the…
By Biyamin Zechwartz Working as a team is very important and thing get done a lot quicker. When doing a choir, one person can’t do it all. There needs to be a drummer, a pianists, a guitarist, a lot of things are involved. Your talent is only your talent. And you might have more than one…
By Yossi Ostrovitsky Dovid, Chaim and Mordechai were playing basketball. Mordechai has the ball but he is not very good. Dovid is behind him, who is good. Dovid is open, so Mordechai instead of shooting and missing passes to Dovid who shoots and scores. If Mordechai would’ve shot, he would have missed. So, he used team…
By Ahron Dovid Kozlowski I was once playing basketball with a classmate, he was good at scoring and I was good at defense, shooting and passing. So, we used teamwork and it worked. I passed to him, he scored. I dribbled it up till the hoop, passed to him and he scored. We kept on using…
By Moshe Strauss An example of teamwork is writing a book. There is an author and an illustrator. The author might know how to write well, but when he tries to draw a picture it comes out terrible. The illustrator might know how to draw well, but he does not know how to write a story….
By Azariah Dov Rotberg I tried to make a costume. First I couldn’t find ideas. Then I couldn’t make it. Now I couldn’t pick materials and then I couldn’t saw. So, I called my friend. Chaim is very creative. Shragi is very artistic. Boruch has good taste and Aaron knows how to saw. As a team…
By Mordechai Landa We have a big test that the whole school takes. It’s very major and you get good prizes. We have a few. First it’s a Bereshis test, second is a Brachos test and last is a Pesach test. I try very hard to get a good mark. 2 years ago I got a…
By Shimon Press Last year in fourth grade I was making a book with my class. I wasn’t very good at writing. So, I kept on practicing. And whenever we did writing on something my teacher always read our writings to the class and mine was always so boring. I kept on practicing and I made…
By Simcha Braunstein When I was 8 there was an older boy in camp who I admired because he was a rocking pitcher. I decide to try to be as good as him. Every day I practiced. By the league I pitched and it was terrible. We lost almost every single game. First I got very…
By Sruly Akerman I am in a choir and one time the head of the choir was looking for a kid for a solo. He picked me to try for a solo. But he gave it to another kid. I was gong to stop trying but I practiced a lot and next time he picked me…
By Shimon Kadosh One day Chaim said to himself, “I am going to get a touchdown in football.” When he got a pass he quickly dropped the ball by accident. All his classmates started screaming at him. The next day he stayed on the side by recess until a kid came to him and told him…
By Shlomo Zalman Chaim wanted to be a waiter. Since he didn’t have any experience he had a hard time doing it. He dropped the tray by the wedding. He was very embarrassed when everyone laughed at him. But his boss told him that happened to him also and he should try again. He did try…
By Chaim Shmaya Ovstatcher One Thursday afternoon I went fishing. I was there for 2 hours and didn’t catch any. I was deciding whether I should stay or give up and leave. I continued for another hour, I didn’t catch anything. I was embarrassed. I ran home. The next day I went back, but this time…
By Sholom B. Hunger I had a goal to win a race. At the beginning of the race I thought I would win because I was ahead of everyone who was running the race. I started to fall behind one person, two people, three, four, very soon I was all the way behind. But I never…
By Heshy Hunger We had to write a story in class. I wanted to write a good one, I read my story out loud after we finished and everyone smirked. The next day we had to write another story. A voice inside me said, “Don’t even try, they laughed behind you,” but I decided to try…
By Yitzchak Fruchtandler I walked into the class the fist day of school. I decided that I wanted to be mekayem the mitzvah of “Veachavta Lereyecha Kamocha” – loving each and every Jew. There was a kid in the class who used to be my best friend. But, during this summer’s vacation when he was playing…
By Nosson Dov Rotberg Reuven wanted to be good at math. He feels like he should stop trying because he failed his test. The next time he had a math test, he started studying all over again even though he was very upset. He tried to forget what happened with last test and focuses on doing…