Friends

you have a huge circle of friends around you. At school, at your job, near your neighborhood, everywhere. However, what you don’t know is who is your best friend and who is just a friend, acquaintance even. Every person you know could walk up to you and start a conversation with you. Having a large group of friends is great because you always have someone to talk to. But there is always that one friend who is a bit more special that the rest of them. This is your best friend, the one who can…

. We all lose friends; it is inevitable. Despite our efforts, friends drift apart and move away, or we merely find other social groups that suit us. During this time, we may remain close friends or distant acquaintances with one another. We may even experience an outfall due to an argument or betrayal. In rare cases, unforgiveable actions thrash the line of friendship. Depending on the situation, every individual acts differently. Burdened by low self esteem and eternal struggles,…

discovering her six year old watching “Happy Tree Friends.” The name “Happy Tree Friends” might sound like a show that means no harm to children although kids are being exposed to inappropriate and violent scenes. UCLA neuroscientist Macro Iacoboni argues that children often mimic what they see after seeing the same thing several times. Katherine goes on discussing her interview with the creators of the show “Happy Tree…

In today’s society, changing those around oneself can be difficult, but changing one’s own action and thoughts is quite simple. In his book, “How to Win Friends and Influence People”, Dale Carnegie illustrates various ways in which to gain the favor of nearly anyone in any environment. The urge to write the book stemmed from the realization that many people “lack finesse and understanding” and “needed more training in the fine art of getting along with people in everyday business and social…

decipher between the useful types of friends you associate with and the piggybackers that do not genuinely care about you. In every clique of gossiping teenagers holds a general variety of friends. Although the individuals themselves are unique, the concept of their friendship is basic and is in every circle of friends. Surprisingly common kinds of friends are true-blue, moochers, episodic, and party girls. Every high school girl searches for that one true-blue friend. This species is rare.…

I have great friends, the best friends. One of my main friends is Baylee Huston. Her and I have been friends since pre-k, that's 14 years. I remember we became friends because we had the same teacher. We clicked instantly and never had any fights. We’ve had great memories over the years. I will never forget the time when we were in pre-k and we found a dead rat and picked it up and buried it under the playground equipment. Then we went and picked a flower and laid it on top then started spitting…

Our parents tell us constantly that the people with the biggest impact on us is our friends. High school is split into different groups of people; you have the jocks, the brainiacs, and the kids who don’t care about anything. Who are we kidding, there are none of those kinds of people in Alpena High School, everyone here loves school! If we have all these different groups of people to choose from, how do we know which groups are the right ones? The people that you spend a majority of your time…

and as a result, my grades began to fall, I was making bad choices, and I had the mentality that I really didn’t care about anything. I began to turn away the people that cared the most about me, but a few months into my freshman year, the same friends that I thought cared about me, actually ended up spreading terrible rumors about me and bullied me for the remainder of the year. Even after the way that I had treated my mom, she comforted me with open arms and showed me nothing but unconditional…

first, we began to become close friends for we had a lot in common. There would always be subtle transactions between the two of us, but never anything too serious that we would stop being friend. As the year went on. As mentioned earlier, we all began to explore the campus’ variations in activities and there was one particular one that caught my counterparts eye, which was the title of Ms. Freshmen. My then friend was so overly intrigued in this position and as a friend, without any doubt, I…

In Arnold's life, there are a number of factors that isolate him from the outside world and stop him from having the better future he wants. Arnold has been physically isolated since he was born but conquers this challenge when he finally makes a friend. Arnold lives on a reservation that has next to no money. Very few people have left the isolation the rez in search of a better future.…