Essay About Friendship for Students

I remember feeling my stomach do a flip turn as I watched who entered the room. A friend of mine was sitting in front of the Honor Council. At my high school, the Honor Council is an elected group of six students including four faculty advisors, which hears cases of students who have broken the school's honor code: "I pledge on my honor not to lie, cheat, steal, plagiarize, or vandalize." I was elected at the end of my sophomore year to the position and had promised my peers to hear cases with…

There are many characteristics and traits that anyone looks for in a friend, some physical and some personality based. If I were to create my ultimate best friend, I would choose a list of features that would solidify our friendship. Such things would bring us closer through all of the good times, the deep conversations and the endless days overcoming life's obstacles together. The first and only physical trait that I desire from my friend would be for them to be “fun-sized”, or short, just…

Shaela: Caring, Intelligent, and Humorous “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”- Thomas Aquinas. One of my best friends in the whole world is Shaela. Interestingly, her mother is my father’s sister, which makes us first cousins. Within four months after our lovely cousin Arwen was born, I was born, and four months after that Shaela was born. Because we are so close, Shaela and I can be discovered spending a good portion of our free time together…

Words Matter It was a gloomy day in California. A group of teenagers dressed to impress, waited outside a room all wanting the same job; the opportunity to help new students settle into a new home and school. Aliya had always felt passionate about helping the new immigrants because she knew what it was like to move to a new country and know nothing about it. Aliya studied her competition. It was hard to see as the lights were off, but she could make out another girl and two older looking guys.…

the return of the dullness of boarding school, until Father Jean, the headmaster, introduces three new students. One of the new students, Jean Bonnet, is the same age as…

Many influences in my life have shaped and built me into what I am today. Influences from family, friends, teachers, pastors, etc who all have contributed to my life in one way or another. Self-concept is your overall perception of who you are. Self-concept is influenced by many factors, such as your own experiences and relationships, beliefs, attitudes, and values you have about yourself. Whether you have your self-concept completely figured out or not, as in my case I believe I am still…

Friendships where the friends follow each other can create effects like strong values in one another or great singing duos such as the “Bella Thorn and Zendaya Coleman duo.”(Johnni) These two girls dance and sing in Disney channel and have empowered girls all…

After reading from the book and listening to what we talked about in class relating to the concept of one’s identity, I realized that I have not actually deeply thought about my identity. However, now I am able to take the time and realize that even though I have not thought deeply about it my entire life has influenced my identity. Ever since I can remember, one of the most important things in my life has been my family and friends. I have been very lucky because I grew up in a family where I…

Skimming through the school supplies, another school year about to start. I rummaged through the notebooks as the aside fills up with equally as anxious students with their parents. As I politely waited for a family to make their way to the end of the aisle, allowing me to take a closer look at the binders, I spotted an old friend. Vanessa, was a friend I knew I could always rely on these past few years, but all that felt like an ancient memory. We hadn’t spoken in almost a year. She…

companionship, although there is a point where they will want to be independent from you because your life stages are vastly different. In a study done by Martina and Stevens (2006), fostering friendships in older aged women who had little contact with family was looked at. Martina and Stevens had the women attend a friendship enrichment program; the results demonstrated that the women were able to make new friends or…