Imagine being a student in high school and getting shoved in a locker. A kid Dani let her friends shove her in a locker during basketball in 9th grade. On August 31, 2016 I interviewed a 17 year old girl in my english 11 period 4 class. I seen her around school but never actually had a conversation with her. She is currently a junior at Hempfield Sr High School. While interviewing Dani Kendra, I discussed many interesting things about her family life, school activities, and personality and hobbies. The first thing i discussed with Dani was about her family. Dani was born in Romania. Romania is located in Europe beside Hungary and Serbia. Dani is 17 years old and her birthday is September 3, 1999. She moved to Greensburg, Pa when she was a baby, around two years old. Dani lived in Greensburg area for 6 and half years. She doesn't want to live anywhere else but Greensburg. Matt is her step brother and her only brother. Dani has one dog …show more content…
Dani’s hobbies are drawing, playing basketball, lifting and listening to music. Dani’s favorite kind of music to listen to is country music. Being nice is one of many of Dani’s personality traits. If Dani won a million dollars she would buy a pick-up truck, and build her own gym. Toy Story is her favorite movie because she likes to play with little kids toys. If Dani could be anyone in the world she would want to be Arnold Schwarzenegger for a day. She wants to be him for a day because he likes to lift. Dani would like to go back to the 80s because of the music they listened too. Dani is most like Sam and Icarly because they are crazy and wild. Having freedom is Dani’s best thing about being a teenager. Being in high school for four years is Dani’s worst thing about being a teenager. When teachers aren't nice and when people don't have a good time are some things that get on her nerves. Dani’s biggest fear is heights and little insects that scare
2) Hannah tells stories of her “other” life in which she attends school and looks forward to the weekends. As Chaya, her new friends are again shocked by the fact that she-a girl-attends school. Hannah explains that he...
To start off Melinda is a freshman. The first year of high school. High school is tough, but it becomes extremely tough due to the fact of her having no friends. Plus home is not any
Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, is a story written in the first person about a young girl named Melinda Sordino. The title of the book, Speak, is ironically based on the fact that Melinda chooses not to speak. The book is written in the form of a monologue in the mind of Melinda, a teenage introvert. This story depicts the story of a very miserable freshman year of high school. Although there are several people in her high school, Melinda secludes herself from them all. There are several people in her school that used to be her friend in middle school, but not anymore. Not after what she did over the summer. What she did was call the cops on an end of summer party on of her friends was throwing. Although all her classmates think there was no reason to call, only Melinda knows the real reason. Even if they cared to know the real reason, there is no way she could tell them. A personal rape story is not something that flows freely off the tongue. Throughout the story Melinda describes the pain she is going through every day as a result of her rape. The rape of a teenage girl often leads to depression. Melinda is convinced that nobody understands her, nor would they even if they knew what happened that summer. Once a happy girl, Melinda is now depressed and withdrawn from the world. She hardly ever speaks, nor does she do well in school. She bites her lips and her nails until they bleed. Her parents seem to think she is just going through a faze, but little do they know, their daughter has undergone a life changing trauma that will affect her life forever.
Much like the movie classic The Breakfast Club, American Teen is a documentary film that focuses on five different stereotypes of high school students. The five stereotypes discussed in the film are “the typical popular girl, the basketball star, the good-looking guy, the band geek, and then finally, the rebel, or in this case, the arty type” (Roberts & Burstein, 2008). The adolescent I chose to analyze from the film was the band geek. The band geek in this film was Jake. “He was funny and outgoing one-on-one, however, he was very shy in certain group situations” (D-Man, 2010). He played the clarinet in the marching band and also really loved video games. He lived with
At first, Hannah was a pesty, teenage girl who didn’t care about her family or religion. After undergoing a harsh journey, Hannah soon began to change her attitude. She now understands her family and her heritage better. As Hannah’s mind shifts, the theme is developed. Hannah understands how the events in a person’s life can impact the person they are today. In addition, she learned that it is important to remember our history. Those who do not remember the past are destined to repeat
High school sophomore, Samantha Baker woke up on the morning of her sixteenth birthday, hoping for an overnight transformation. While on the phone with her best friend, she stares at herself in the mirror, praying she had grown a few inches and a set of boobs. Much to avail, she has not and her day goes on just like every other one. She has the added pressure of being a bridesmaid for her older sister Ginny’s wedding, the next day. After being felt up by Grandmother Baker, Samantha deals with the ridicule and torment of her annoying little brother and takes the bus to school. During her study hall class she takes a silly quiz another friend had given her. The quiz ends up in the hands of her crush, Jake Ryan! The anxiety sets in.
What can you learn about adolescence by watching five very different teens spend Saturday detention together? With each and everyone of them having their own issues weather it be at home, school, or within themselves. During this stage of life adolescents are seen as rude, disrespectful, and out of control. But why is this? Is it truly all the child’s fault? Teens have to face quite a few issues while growing up. Adolescence is the part of development where children begin push back against authority and try to figure out who they are or who they are going to become. Therefore, we will be looking at adolescent physical changes, their relationships, cognitive changes and the search for identity as depicted in the movie The Breakfast Club (Hughes,1985).
The interview I conducted took place in the courtyard of my complex in Smallville, with the interviewee and myself. For the purpose of his paper and to protect the adolescent privacy lets call her Regina. Regina is a fourteen-year-old adolescent female of Africa American descent. She is above average in height and carries a very shy and nonchalance deposition. She is a very attractive young lady and does above average work in her school setting. She appears to be a normal every day child with a lifetime of experiences awaiting her.
How do you write about the major, live-changing events of people you've never met? How do you write about sensitive issues in an engaging, but still thought-provoking way? How do you write about your own demons so that others do not follow your path? Writer Laurie Halse Anderson could provide the answers to these questions. Written at a time when difficult topics, such as sexual harassment, were just beginning to be spoken about, her stories were a combination of her struggles and the struggles of teens across the country. Through her gift of storytelling, Laurie has brought previously taboo topics, such as date rape and depression, to the attention of teenagers and adults worldwide.
Especially in high school, you see and interact with many people on a day-to-day basis. Some are your close friends you know really well, while others you barely know. Therefore, one of the struggles of high school is getting to know people you don’t usually see outside of class. Having to interview Marissa Braddock, someone I don’t see outside of class, gave me an opportunity to learn new things about her. Being involved in multiple athletics, being extremely committed to family, and having dreams and aspirations to travel when she’s older reveals Marissa to be a very well rounded girl.
For Dani to make everyone around her believe that she fit in, she found it necessary to purchase a four-hundred-dollar pair of shoes that she could not afford. This action shows Dani physically changing her appearance for others’ acceptance. The night Dani was supposed to go with her best friend, Freddie, to his first paying gig at a Bat Mitzvah, she instead she went to a party with Alexa and her posse and she begins drinking which she refused to do before becoming friends with Alexa. During this night of drinking and smoking, she forgets about her priorities and forgot to pick up Freddie for his first gig. Freddie being the only person that was nice to Dani when everyone was bullying and stuck up for her. He missed his first chance at becoming a professional DJ because Dani decided to forget about her priorities. Dani’s loyalty vanished as soon as she became
Movies have always been a huge part of my life, often offering an escape from my own reality. I discovered the film The Breakfast Club as a high school student dealing with my own teenage struggles, enthralled with feeling understood during a difficult period of life; the common trials and tribulations confronted by teenagers offering in-depth lessons behind the entertaining aspects of the film. By portraying a diverse range of students navigating through stereotypical notions and relatable challenges to establish their personal identities, The Breakfast Club effectively captures the timeless struggle of adolescence, making it a relevant and engaging narrative for every generation. Each student is unique, their true personalities often overshadowed by their stereotypes. Andrew is “the athlete” in attendance, his character initially reflecting the assumptions made by teenage boys
Before Miles went to his new school his father said, “No drugs. No drinking. No cigarettes.” (Green 10 pdf) Miles’ father warned him very heavily about not doing drugs, however, he did drugs in high school before. When Miles goes to high school, he gets lost in the world of peer pressure and he end up doing drugs, drinking alcohol and smoking. In the real world, many high school students tend to fall into the traps of peer pressure and they end up drinking and doing drugs illegally. This story captures the real life perspective of high school with peer pressure, stress and troubles, instead of the fake, “all smiles” perspective of high school that some movies, such as High School Musical, portrays. Additionally, the main character, Alaska, relates to the world because she is a girl that lives a hard life and is depressed on the inside, yet she still manages to have a smile on her face. Many people in the world are going through very hard times, however, they still manage to be happy or they try to give the appearance that they’re happy. Personally, I can relate to Alaska Young’s situation, after losing my grandma and uncle to illness a couple of months ago, I am faced with tremendous amounts of depression and deep sadness. However, on the outside, I tend to have a smile on my face and I don’t show others how I truly feel deep down on the inside. Alaska does this for a while and she slowly
The first day of school started and Kandy was in 10th grade. Her new clothes got her a lot of attention, everyone complimented her about how they loved what she was wearing. That was the only thing she was confident about, her clothes. She knew that her style was awesome. Her best friend, Ang, was in two of her classes. Kandy thought that this would be the best year of school because she never had any friends in any of her classes before. Turns out they both had the same lunch. They would talk up by the road, on the sidewalk, to Speedway everyday for lunch. For some reason people would always honk at them and one day a girl yelled out the window and called them sluts. Obviously because she was jealous. The first few days of school went by fast, then kept getting slower and slower.
Mara was a beautiful girl; she lived with her mother and two sisters. Mara was very smart. She would always made sure that she was her best at very thing she did. One thing about her was that she was very competitive. She always made sure that she was the best in her class. She loved to read. She began reading at an early stage. When she was in middle school, she wouldn’t do things girls her age did. She would stay in side her home most of the time reading or doing her house work. She loved her mother and her to sister, to an extent that she would sacrifice what she has to help her family out.