By Raymond Cohen When Bill was in 9th grade his whole life changed. He was that class clown who always fooled around in elementary school. It was his first year in high school and he wanted to change his act and start doing well in school. His goal was to get into honors and…
By Daniella Babaee During freshman year I tried out for the volleyball team. I thought that I had a good chance of joining the team, even though a lot of people tried out. To my misfortune I didn’t even get first cut. Discouraged, I went home and thought I would never try out again. My…
By Collete Betesh When I was younger, my friends were malicious and mean to me. But I stuck with them because my fear of being a loser was ruling me. As I grew and became more secure and confidence with myself. I swapped my old ruthless friends for kinder ones. I have been extremely happy…
By David Cohen An example of overcoming failure is when someone takes a test in school. The night before the test he really didn’t study that much and he was very nervous while taking the test. Two days later he got the test back and he failed. The teacher came up to him and asked…
By Rena Shamah I was very nervous at my job interview. I am scared of being alone with people. I get very awkward. When I arrived at my job interview. I started to get all red and I completely blanked out. When she asked me the questions I was humiliated. Then next week I got…
By Rena Shamah I was very nervous at my job interview. I am scared of being alone with people. I get very awkward. When I arrived at my job interview. I started to get all red and I completely blanked out. When she asked me the questions I was humiliated. Then next week I got…
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 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.