By Allegra Timsit In one of my classes, homework is worth 35% of my grade. I did everything. Then, at the last question I got stock. I couldn’t figure out the answer to the question. I tried and tried over and over more than 20 times. I didn’t want to give up an lose 35%…
By Gabe Saff In modern times people only do stuff to satisfy others instead of yourself. If somebody buys clothes they buy what they believe is cool to other people. You don’t hear about people that do the ordinary things. You hear about the people who stand out and try to make a statement….
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 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 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…
By Linda Sasson One day I wanted to try to play baseball with my friend. I started to throw the ball up in the air and I tried to hit it but I missed. I kept trying to hit the ball but it was no use, because I kept missing. My friend said, “Give it…
By Sophia Rofe Rachel’s goal was to become a great actress. One day Rachel was invited to do the play, “Romeo and Juliet”. Rachel practiced for months for this play and now it was finally here. She went on stage and started to say her lines. Right before intermission everyone applauded. During intermission Rachel…
By Jonny Sultan Lebron James entered the NBA at age 19. Coming right out of college, he was ready to play versus NBA stars like Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, and Tim Duncan. At 6”8 Lebron played his first game with only 5 points. He got so much criticism for coming right after high school. The…