Mutual Friends

what he thought of me it was to the point and my way or the highway. He did not listen or care what other people thought of me. The stereotypes I had were very emotional presence and I also very over communicative about everything. I thought all my friends had to know and I expected them to also give this male the silent treatment. Which some did and the other did not give him the silent…

rider, she rode bus to and from school everyday along with her best friend Sean. She and Sean were inseparable since the day they met in preschool. When Tekica got made fun of because of her name. Sean always stood up for her, he always stood by her side, and she always did the same for him. Within the years of friendship, they both built a strong bond towards each other. They also learned from each other. "You know you 're best friends when they buy you food for no reason." Sean said walking…

basketball by speeding up my reflexes using drills my basketball coach taught me for basketball season. I could shave ten seconds off my 5K time for cross country. Then, I will be able to make varsity. Branching out with my friend group and possibly make a few -two or three- friends in each class is something else I can try. Also, challenging myself to stay in a positive mindset this week and next week as I continue through my first two weeks of high school is another possibility. By continuing…

How I Know I Matter To My Friends Over the years I have become really good friends with a lot of people. However, I have two friends that absolutely mean the world to me and they will tell you the same thing. These two guys are named Jacob Bullock, and Will McCoy. They both went to a rival school “West Jones” while I went to Laurel High. Will and I met each other as soon as we started kindergarten. We both went to Saint Johns for elementary school. After 6th grade we were separated but stayed…

The first couple of months of school were quite challenging as I was trying to handle the workload and learn the language. Although I spoke some English upon arrival to the country, my language skills were certainly nowhere near what one might consider college adequate. However, it was not the language barrier that was of utmost concern. Shortly before I moved to the country, my father became strangely ill. By the time I started attending college his health was still not improving, and no doctor…

Sitting in class my stomach was twisting inside me, the teacher 's voice was a dull buzz, background noise to my thoughts. Anxiety rose like bile in my throat and made it hard to breathe. I couldn 't stop thinking about it, i was finally going to tell someone. The thought of telling made my stomach nearly combust, but i had been keeping this in for far too long. The air was so hot and damp in the classroom, it only made my anxiety worse and no matter how hard i tried i couldn 't focus on the…

Jin vs. Junior A part of growing up is changing and accepting yourself for who you are. Although transferring to a new school may be inevitable how you handle this experience is what counts in the end. Everyone goes through a series of events that either change your life in a favorable way or unacceptable way when being apart of two cultures. In this case Junior and Jin must both battle with many different problems because they are trying to find an identity while being apart of two different…

With rain ferociously pounding the roof of our vehicle and sharp bolts of lightning illuminating the sky, we bounced along as the primitive roads struggled to maintain their shape. The six-hour drive was not much of a warm welcome to the country—weaving through the severely impoverished urban areas near the airport, then tossing its passengers about in a tropical thunderstorm. While our van climbed to the Haitian central plateau and several of my team member’s stomachs surged with motion…

appreciated. As we get to the church we were heading to I was getting nervous. I was just nervous to see everyone. I kept telling myself not to cry. I walk into where everyone was and it is very awkward. Everyone was expressing their grief for our dear friend Levi different. Some were crying, some were smiling, and some were not even talking at all. I see his brother and sister (I am very close with all their family) and his sister is balling and his brother is just sitting there thinking why. I…

moment, I had never experienced a true challenge. I did not know what it was like to be anything but happy; like I said, it was an ordinary life. In this life, my best friends in the whole world were: my twin sister, Noelle; Sophia,and her twin sister; Rachel. We experienced life together, we loved each other. My family and friends were so happy. After my bestfriends and I experienced an exhausting, arduous day of spelling and simple division, Noelle and I went home. At our house our momma had…