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Muskaan  Zoe

   I believe humans are fundamentally meant to be flawed. We all make mistakes which then lead to us learning our lesson, but then turning back to do it again. We all turn towards others for advice and still make the wrong decisions. It's like its an unintentional program in humans minds to make mistakes before we grow from them. But I've also learned that we bounce back even harder from our mistakes when we try again   One time, I was working on having better time management skills. I was practicing writing assignments down and even cutting down my social time. Well eventually I got bored with this new routine and gave up. So I began to be lazy and not turn assignments in on time. After a couple weeks of nothing my lazy streak, I picked backup the pace and finished the class with an A. I realized I wasn't perfect, but I still had to do the best I could so that my imperfections wouldn't label who I was.

      Two years ago, I wish I would've known that self love is the best love. I grew up thinking true love was dependent on someone else. That love didn't grow within! I was foolish to believe that me loving myself wasn't enough. I felt like if I didn't have a boyfriend or bunch of friends, well then there was no love in the world for me. I even went as far to say that when my parents were too busy to show me attention because the universe didn't want me to have real love!    Well here I am two years later, and I've found true inner peace within.Yes I might have times where I slip up and feel lonely inside, but for the most part, I am happy! I no longer long for tons of friends or for guys to take interest in me. People come and go like fashion. Yet, I will always be here. I've learned having inner self love helps you become free and independent. If only I'd had known that two years ago!

Robert Xing Muskaan

  Usually for Fall Break, I sent at home and scroll through social media looking at how much fun everyone else is having. I mean, I usually don't expect much more than that. Its only two days for pete's sake. As soon as you get to your destination, it's time to turn right back around. I had settled with the fact that I was just going to go to Southern's Homecoming Game and stay home. My parents had something else in mind though.  After many days of wondering why my parents did not want me to go to the game, they had told me we were going on a mini getaway. We decided to go to Mississippi to see "cruising the coast". That was a weeklong event of seeing cleaned up vintage cars race down the coast of Biloxi. The next day we decided to go to Foley Alabama to go shopping. Even though our trip ended early because of Hurricane Nate, I'm still glad we decided to go somewhere this Fall Break.

Ethan H ook Matthew Bickham

   Solo by Kwame Alexander is about an African-American teenager who is deals with living in a dysfunctional family. His main issue right now in the story is that he does not know who he truly is.  His dad is a rockstar, his sister is an awful singer, and his mom is no longer around. His life is somewhat loopy with the distraction of having a girlfriend, trying to keep up with grades, and not having many friends. In a way, this character reminds me of me.   I also live in a somewhat dysfunctional family. My parents work basically twenty four seven, my sister is sophomore in college, and I'm the youngest out of two. So technically, I'm always alone. I sometimes need help with the whole growing up thing and no is ever around. I don't have too many friends so like the main character in my book, I sometimes feel alone. This book keeps me intrigued because it involves all the aspects of being a teenager in this day and age. Social media, social life, growing up, relationships

We used to be best friends. You came into my life and told me you would stay. You did not stay. We learned each other secrets, fears, and goals. Our parents met each other and became friends. We planned to go to high school and college together. We thought we had it all planned out. Until one day, I got a phone call saying you were moving to Atlanta at the end of the school year. What happened happen to the promises of being friends forever. Guess forever was pretty short huh? All the phone calls and mailed letters to each other’s houses stopped eventually. I still reminisce on our bond. I wonder if he misses me as much as I miss him.

  Yesterday for homework, my class got the assignment to read Da-Duh Memorian and I was immediately overwhelmed by the amount of pages we had to read. It seemed as if the pages were a "never ending waterfall." Eventually I cracked at a couple of pages at a time, and it all came together. With a several do overs, and many erasings, I got it done! Here are a few things I got out of the short story.    This story is about a humble yet strong child from New York who visits her grandmother in Barbados. This grandmother isn't just any sweet old granny. She's a sass talking, stubborn, and somewhat violent woman. She believes her world is the right way, and hearing that the world is becoming something else breaks her heart. In an odd way, this character reminds me of myself.