Live in the Present
When girls are 15, the most important things to them are phones, friends, driving, and boys. We sometimes feel like we cannot be ourselves around certain people, so we change to meet their approval. When you think about it, that is completely stupid. You should never change for anyone and always be yourself no matter what. That is the advice Victoria Azarenka would give if she could go back to her 15 year old self.
Today, October 11, is the "International Day of the Girl." Important women around the world have come together to say what advice they would give themselves if they could go back to 15. Victoria says "Follow your dreams, always be yourself, never be afraid to show the real you and have fun; Always live in the present." So many young girls today are just ready for time to fly by and go off to college, find their soul-mate, start a life, etc. In my opinion, they do not need to worry about everything that is ahead of them right now, they need to concentrate about what is happening right now and live in the moment. Do not let one minute slip away because you will regret it.
Too many teenage girls will change the way they are just because they might not fit in with a certain group of people at school. I completely agree with what Victoria says about always being yourself and to never be afraid to show the real you. Girls are not following their own morals and letting other people influence them, and this is leading to some really bad situations. Some of these situations, can ruin your entire life and everything that you have worked for could be gone. You never need to change who you are, to please someone else.
I hear so many adults today say that high school was the best years of their life and they wish they could go back. I know it is really hard to believe, I even find it hard to believe, but everyone needs to make the most of these years and have fun. We need to stay true to who we are and live in the present so we can live out our dreams to the fullest.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/11/world/gallery/international-day-of-the-girl/index.html?hpt=hp_inthenews
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Stand Up
Stand Up
If someone is different than you, or weird does that make them any less important than you are? Should teenagers pick on other teens because they are different than they are and might not like some of the same things they do? In my opinion, to bully someone is one of the most hurtful things you could do. The sad thing is, it is happening more and more everywhere today. In the article I read, a girl got voted to be on Homecoming Court as a joke. We just voted for our Homecoming maids and I witnessed the same thing happen.
Making fun of someone can hurt them more than you can imagine. Even if it is something like voting them on Homecoming Court as a joke, it can make you feel "like trash," says Whitney Kropp, the bullied teen. Whether people notice it or not, a lot of teens are having suicidal thoughts and hurting themselves because they claim that no one likes them and they get made fun of everyday. It is a serious issue that is being over-looked because people do not know how to handle it. Bullying needs to be stopped.
When our school voted for our Homecoming Court last week, I saw almost the same thing happen. Some of our students decided to nominate girls that were less fortunate than they were to show out in front of their friends. To me, that is not funny at all. Just because they do not fit into a certain "group" or "clique" does not mean you can blow them off like they are nothing and put them in a situation where they are not comfortable and are going to fail.
Bullying has become a huge issue in our society today. Kids do it to be cool and to fit in with a certain group, but they do not realize that they are ruining other kid's lives. For all of those being bullied and put down, just listen to Whitney Kropp and "stand up for what you believe in and go with your heart and go with your gut."
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