By Ziva Saada When Joyce came back from soccer, she had a frown on her face. She said she was a loser. She told her mom, “I’m never going to play soccer again. Sign me out. I’m a failure.” Her mom told her that she was a smart girl and could do it. But Joyce…
By Vicki Swed Maybe you have a good idea but you are afraid to say it because someone might make fun of you. Or, you are afraid to say it because the idea might get rejected. You are missing an opportunity because of your fear. It stops you from achieving your goal all because you are afraid…
By Ellen Hakim One time, I was baking brownies for Shabbat. It was my first time baking. When I put it in the over, I left metal spoon in the batter. The spoon melted in the brownies. I didn’t want to bake again, because I thought I would fail. I baked again and now I…
Pamela Franco I have a goal to do well in school. There was big test that I studied so hard for. When I got it back I saw that I didn’t do as well as I thought I would. The next time I had a big test I just wanted to give up. My…
By Esther Haddad When I see people out for lunch they usually all eat the same kind of food. One day I saw a girl who was on a diet, and she couldn’t eat the food that her friends were eating. So she brought her own home lunch. Her friends didn’t let her sit with…
By Orly Alchkifati One time when I was little I was shy and scared to sing in front of people. Everyone wanted to hear my voice and how I sing. I was scared they wouldn’t like my voice and would laugh at me. When I sing I express myself and who I am but because…
By Regina Saada Getting out of your comfort zone is a fear most human beings face. I used to be afraid to attempt to shoot a shot in a basketball. I was afraid that I would miss and be humiliated. No matter how many times my coach would encourage me to shoot, I was too…
By Jordan Plaut One day a boy named Bob was waiting to get a test back from his teacher. That day, every kid got their grades back and nobody failed. The only person in the whole grade who failed was Bob. But Bob didn’t stop studying and he got 100 on the retake.
By Sylvia Azar My goal in life is to be an author. I wrote a short story for school and no one liked it which made me very sad. I had to read it in school and everyone laughed at me. It was the most embarrassing moments of my life. However, I didn’t let…
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 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 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 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 Adele Saka Miriam was on stage overcoming her stage freight. There were about 100 people watching her as she just stood there. She tried letting her voice out but nothing came out. She stood there until the backstage crew had to come out to get her and apologize to the audience. Months later,…
By Margo Chabot Allison’s goal is to be an artist. Allison and her friend take an art class. They were painting a sunset. Allison’s sunset came out horrible. Everyone’s art work was so much better. The art teacher said, “You have to practice at home.” The next art class, they were still working on sunset….
By Lauren Araman Mary was nervous. She walked on stage in her purple dress. It was happening. She was singing perfectly and hitting every small note. When it was time for her to really stretch a note, she choked. Everyone stared in shock. She just went along and forgot that it happened. When it came…
By Lizzy Nasar When I started playing hockey it was hard for me. I played with all my friends and I was the only one who didn’t score even once. I was very embarrassed. I went home that day very sad. But, I wasn’t going to give up. I was going to practice every day….