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Fear makes it hard to be yourself<br />
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By: Fatima Sharaby<br />
Yeshivah of Flatbush<br />
Sarah was so excited to go on a shopping<br />
spree with her mom. Her friends were<br />
telling her where to go and what to buy.<br />
When she came to school the next week<br />
with a turtleneck sweater, her friends<br />
were making fun of her and told her to<br />
take it off. Sara came home that day giving<br />
all her clothes away to charity. Her<br />
mom spent all this money for no reason.<br />
Her mom told her, “You can be different.<br />
You can have your own style.” Sarah came<br />
to school the next day with another shirt<br />
that she just bought. Her friends rolled<br />
their eyes and made nasty comments.<br />
Sarah said, “I am not you. I can wear what<br />
I want.” Her friends realized they were<br />
wrong and apologized. Sarah finally felt<br />
comfortable.<br />
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It’s easy to stand<br />
with the crowd.<br />
It takes courage<br />
to stand alone.<br />
By: Sarah Benun<br />
<strong>Bar</strong>kai Yeshivah<br />
You’re with your friends at a restaurant.<br />
All of them order French fries and unhealthy<br />
food. You always ate healthy<br />
your whole life. You really want to order<br />
salad or soup but you order what<br />
all your friends have because you are<br />
afraid to be different. Order what you<br />
want and enjoy it!<br />
By: Gayle Zagha<br />
Hillel Yeshiva<br />
When there is a group of people who<br />
are all basically the same, the fear stops<br />
you from being yourself. If you are not<br />
acting like yourself, then how are people<br />
supposed to like you for who you are?<br />
Just act like yourself and be loved by<br />
them and let them accept you for you.<br />
Great prizes: submit lessons you<br />
learn from the stories see page 89<br />
By: Ruth Tawil<br />
Hillel Yeshiva<br />
You are going to buy shoes and you chose<br />
a pair that you love. You’re ready to buy<br />
them until you hesitate because you think<br />
that your friends might not like them or<br />
they will make fun of you. Then, you put<br />
the shoes back and you leave the store<br />
empty handed. Why should you care what<br />
your friends think about those shoes?<br />
They are not the ones who are wearing<br />
them; you are. What’s the big deal if<br />
you buy them and your friends don’t like<br />
them? You’re dressing for yourself not for<br />
your friends.<br />
By: Rebecca Sutton<br />
<strong>Bar</strong>kai Yeshivah<br />
Fear is something that always stays unless<br />
you’re able to overcome. For example,<br />
doing something different than your<br />
friends may sound scary but, once you do<br />
it, if they’re true friends, they will support<br />
you and accept you. Not doing it, letting<br />
fear take over, will make you be always<br />
scared and worried about what everyone<br />
will think. It will stay with you until you<br />
get older unless you face it. So, why not<br />
take a chance and live a life?<br />
By: Celia Cohen<br />
Hillel Yeshiva<br />
There are many different situations in<br />
which people are too fearful. One example<br />
is a person wants to grow up to<br />
become a scientist or have an academic<br />
career but they won’t follow their dreams<br />
because they are afraid that someone will<br />
make fun of them and call them a nerd<br />
or a genius. They are afraid that they will<br />
lose their friends. They will choose to not<br />
go to college just so that they can fit in.<br />
It’s not good to be fearful of the person<br />
you really want to be. You end up becoming<br />
a person your friends want you to be.<br />
96 <strong>Bar</strong>/Bat <strong>Mitzvah</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> 718-909-6060 View magazine online at BMmagazine.com
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