High school is one of the foundations in a person’s life that make them who they are today. In middle school, watching movies High School Musical, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, A Walk to Remember, and Mean Girls, I would get an idea of what it would feel like to be in high school. After my eighth grade graduation, I was above and beyond excited to begin this new journey in my life. High school is an option for reinvention. This was my one chance at a first impression and I was ready to have a fresh new start, to experience new things in life, and to make the best out of these four years in my life. Watching High School Musical, I learned that we should never let anything hold us back from experiencing new things in life; just like how Troy and Gabriella were forced to sing karaoke together when they were completely terrified to do so, yet they still gave it a try and ended up have an amazing time. This is what my …show more content…
Each of these characters had their own struggles with individuality in social pressures yet they still had a strong friendship. During my sophomore year, my friends and I have also faced some pretty tense struggles. This was the year I transferred out of Fa’asao Marist and over to Pacific Horizons. It was hard because there would be times where my old friends needed me and I wasn’t there for them or where I need them but they weren’t here for me. Some of us fell into peer pressure and made bad choices, some of us faced issues with our families and ended up needing a place to stay, some of us were healthy one day and weren’t the next day, and some of us just needed someone but had nobody. However, we still managed to stick together to support each other and help each survive. I’m glad that I had friends I struggled with because friendship grows stronger in times of need and you’ll really start to see who your true friends are in times of
I envision high school as an essential stepping stone for everyone. The era where every individual lacks the complete confidence in defining who they are or what they want to be. The four years of high school was the moment and opportunity to seek the interests that stood out to me the most. The experiences you make and the people you associate with are a crucial part of finding yourself.
Each friend and family member played an important role in the main character’s life that encouraged and allowed their path of
People say high school is supposed to be the golden years of your life. I don’t know what else in life is to come; however, my philosophy is to live in the moment and make the life you’re living in the present worthwhile into the future, not only for you but for those who surround you. I live my life participating in our community and getting involved in our school. The activities, and the people I’ve formed relationships with, are what have formed me into the person I am today. The person I am today is not perfect, but I have learned from the mistakes I’ve made.
Friendship can lift you up, strengthen and empower you, or break you down, weaken and defeat you” (32). In The Pact, George, Rameck, and Sam lifted each other through the hard times. They helped each other reach their dreams, even though they had their rough times. George, Rameck, and Sam all lived troubled lives while growing up. They all suffered with financial problems, and judicial problems. Their friendship helped them succeed and eventually gave them a more stable live style. Friendship is very powerful and can help you in so many ways.
High school is meant to be the time of your life, but for most seniors just like me it can be some of the most emotional and crazy time. The things in my past make me who I am today, and the things I do now are the first footsteps into the future. I’ve learned a lot about myself in these past four years, and I still have so much learning to do. This is my high school story; the good, bad, and the ugly.
Friendship is like a flower. It must work hard to spread its roots to obtain nutrients, build a strong stem to maintain balance, and develop a bud to fight against the elements. All of these steps are important and a flower cannot bloom until each phase is complete. Much like the phases of friendship. Understanding human imperfection while spreading roots within a relationship gives the opportunity to find the important nourishment. Fighting against the urge of human prejudice verses self-sustainment creates a balance only maintained by a strong stem. And being exposed to the struggles such as losing a friend helps the bud battle against the elements. Although there are many obstacles, and torments to overcome the beauty from a bloom of friendship
The most supportive of friends are manifest during life’s toughest of obstacles. They are the ones that help us power through the storm. Karen Karbo claims, “Most of us would prefer to think that we love our friends because of who they are, not because of the ways in which they support who we are. It sounds vaguely narcissistic, and yet the studies bear it out.”(156) while Yvette and I stated off as simple associates, she was soon to be reviled as my most supportive friend. She was just another co-worker. However, after our bosses went through a divorce, our most dependable co-worker moved, and another reunited with her drug habit, Yvette was the only one I could depend on. Together we became an unbreakable team. We could run the front office without any flaws. Since our friendship was growing we became even more supportive of each other, if one was slacking the other would step up and make sure the task was completed. We would switch off on answering the phones and taking on a challenging customer. Occasionally we would go out for a drink to destress from work. We had just started taking our girls out on play dates, and hanging out on weekends. One night my mom called me to let me know she had made other plans for the following night and I needed to figure out another arrangement for my daughter. Most nights I depend on my mom to watch my daughter so I can go to class, and when she is unable my sister will step in. In
Take two kids, for example, who have been best friends since the first grade. Later in high school, one of the two friends is heading downhill with their life. This is a time when the friend needs the other friend the most. If the other friend isn't there for them, then it can be really hard. We depend on our friends to help us out.
Making the transition from middle school to high school is a huge stepping stone in a teenager’s life. High school represents both the ending of a childhood and the beginning of adulthood. It’s a rite of passage and often many teens have the wrong impression when beginning this passage. Most began high school with learning the last thing on their mind. They come in looking for a story like adventure and have a false sense of reality created through fabricated movie plots acted out by fictional characters. In all actuality high school is nothing like you see in movies, television shows, or what you read about in magazines.
Most people believe that their true friends are the ones that hang out with them during the week and have a fun time when they are together. Laurie Halse Anderson uses conflict to show how your true friends are revealed during your darkest moments. By dealing with a difficult struggle, people can learn who their true friends really are.
People say in high school you begin to discover who your true friends are. These friends support you through your best and worst moments. In middle school, I developed what I believed was this type of friendship, and that it would withstand the test of time. Sadly, our friendship grew apart as we discovered more of our identity in high school. Instead of using our differences as a tool to strengthen our friendship, it divided us into different worlds of high school. Despite the loss of that friendship, friendships of endurance are possible. In “A Thousand Splendid Suns”, written by Khaled Hosseini, Laila never gave up on the friendship she had with Mariam. Laila is young and outgoing, while Mariam is quiet and practical. These two very different
As a child, the thing I was looking forward to the most was the random, yet perfectly choreographed, dance numbers and songs. High School Musical made me look forward to being able to magically sing and dance in time with my peers in order to recreate the moments as seen on T.V. Unfortunately for me, these dreams never became a reality. Even now, as a high school student, I sing like a dying cat and dance like a fish out of water.
You know, it is really strange how quickly time passes, after spending my whole childhood wishing I was an adult, now here we are and it's a little hard to grasp. It feels like just yesterday I was standing here in the same position at eighth grade graduation. Ahh, middle school, such a joyous time for all of us, free of maturity and not a care in the world. The biggest decisions I ever had to make then was deciding which group to stand with at passing time and choosing which shirt from my extensive collection of Stussy and No Feat apparel to wear. We were all naive to the danger that lurked just around the corner. We were unaware that the carefree world we lived in was about to come crashing to the ground in a blazing inferno of real school work and responsibility ... otherwise known as high school.
I took a long, hard look at the people around me and figured out what their good attributes were and why they were significant in my life. When I figured out who they were as people and what they could give as a friend, versus what I needed as a friend, I made my decision. It wasn’t a decision that was said out loud or one that was publicized. I just directed my energy towards the people who needed my friendship in return for the friendship they had shown me. When I realized who was a true friend and who was not, it hurt. There was a lot of pain, knowing somebody didn’t care as much about me and my well=being as I had wanted them to. It wasn’t until later, that I realized they could still be in my life, just not as much involved it as they once
Growing up in school you have your friends in 1st, then in Jr. High, and then when you get to high school you might not even know or see your friends from 1st grade anymore. For the few people who’s had a friend from 1st grade till college I think that someone they need to hold on to because if they stuck with you through all them year I know they’re there for the right reason and there not just there for a season. As Elizabeth Dunphy says, “It’s the little things that matter, that add up in the end, with the priceless thrilling magic found only in a friend.”