Elementary school was not fun for me. I was an outcast, someone who didn't have very many friends and because of that, people often saw me as a target. In elementary school, I was always made fun of, but from 2nd to 5th grade, I had friends to distract me from the bullies. In 6th grade, that had changed. Suddenly I found myself as a small fish in a sea full of sharks. A girl who used to be my friend was the ringleader of all of this. At lunchtime, she would torture me with relentless insults about what my hair looked like, what clothes I wore, and anything else she could get at. It got to the point where I refused to go to lunch at all; instead, I'd go to the library and immerse myself in silence. Libraries had never really interested me before and honestly, I just wasn't a book person. Eventually, the librarian took note of all the days I spent in the library and asked me if I liked to read. When I said no, she looked shocked and asked why. I told her the truth: books never really interested me. Instead of letting me off easily, she told me to go look at one of the main shelves and check at least one book out for the week. One book in particular caught my eye enough for me to check it out; a book by Meg Cabot titled 'How to Be Popular'. …show more content…
'How To Be Popular' is about a girl in high school named Steph Landry who wants nothing more but to fit in and be popular. She uses the advice of a book called 'How to Be Popular' in order to transform herself. At the end of the book she realizes that she doesn't need to fit in with what people want her to be. She can just be herself. When I finished reading the book, I realized how much it really applied to me. All I was looking to do was fit in with my peers, but what I really should have been doing was trying to be myself. Because I was nowhere near confident enough to try that, I continued to spend my lunches in the
The teens all learned that society categorizes everyone. It believes that everyone should fit into a certain group. Once the teens were able to open up they realized they weren’t like everyone else. They were all unique in their own way. They were then able to break past the stereotype and become friends. They started to understand themselves at a deeper level.
...ecommend this book because out of the many books I have this is one of my favorites. This book has been credited not only by me but famous organizations, for example the National Observer said “What it’s like to live lonely and unwanted and cornered by circumstance… There is rawness and violence here, but honest hope, too. Another example is the, The Chicago Tribune which stated “Taut with tension, filled with drama.” This book relates to the world and life of especially teenagers because today there are social classes like the popular kids, the cool ones, and the nerds. All of these groups have their own social status and they don’t relate to each much like the Greasers and Socs didn’t relate to each other a lot. Then there are some people like Ponyboy who a part of a certain group but they don’t fit in because they are different and their own self or an outsider.
Richard Wright, in his essay “Discovering Books,” explains how reading books changed his outlook on life and eventually his life itself. The first book that widened his horizons was an overtly controversial book by H. L. Mencken. I have a story not so dissimilar from his.
6th grade came and my friends and I were split up, and some of my friends were in the same hall as me. I was put into what the students called “the dumb hallway”, some people weren’t as smart as the other kids in a different hallway but, let’s get back on track. Begin called a “dumb kid” started a little of my depression. I didn’t do my homework unless, it was important and I didn’t do my classwork at the best of my ability. I used my phone to read a lot instead of paying attention
Entering middle school, I was scared because I looked differently compared to the other kids around me. I feared that I might get bullied by upperclassmen or even my peers. Though it did help that my elementary was literally 5 steps from Luna Middle School, the middle school that I attended, so that was nice. Even then there was many new faces in that school. I was entering Middle school, “ the next chapter of my life” as my mom called it, extremely unfit. I was 5 foot 6 inches and I weighed 170-175, I was pre-diabetic and my liver was showing complications.
My dad taught me that books could be my teachers, my mom taught me that our backyard could be my classroom, and my sister showed me that you could bring books into the swimming pool. I did not know it when I would spend hours in the pool reading a book that my parents weren’t encouraging it in vain, but my family life, for good reason, was centered on books. We were the planets orbiting around one sun that was the bookshelf. Little did I know that books would be the catalyst to academic success in my early life, and I owe it all to my family. Although a life with a book in your nose might seem boring, I was never bored. Living through the characters vicariously, I explored Narnia with Lucy, attended Hogwarts with Harry, and rode dragons with Eragon. Of course
Middle school and high school was very difficult for me. I was always categorized as a freak, Goth, or Satan worshiper. I did not wish to be categorized in any of those groups. Over the years I have been turned away by many people. They think that I am a freak and that I will cast a spell on them or something. At lunch time, I would be the kid who sat all the way at the last table. I would sit all the way in one of the corners on the edge of the table. I remember this one time at lunch in 9th grade this girl threw something at me because she did not like my shirt. I cried the whole bus ride home. I did not understand why someone would do that to some one. I did not talk to no one.
Otixan comes from a tribe of Dragonborn that have secluded themselves from other races from a long-lasting grudge due to this own of the biggest taboos of his people was no outside literature was to be read or taken. Otixan being one of the main tribe’s eldest spawn has learned that we do as we are ordered and what we do is for the tribe. Otixan being in his position trained his best to move up in ranks and earn his honor for his father’s tribe, he soon ranked high enough to join the Nightclaws who were their elite raid squad who went down to certain locations under the cover of the night to get items, resources, and on the occasion prisoners that were held for multiple reasons. On his first raid Otixan when in full of excitement of the hunt and the freedom of
It shows that if girls do not conform to the society’s norms, they will be excluded and will never be able to fit in. The only way anyone could be able to fit in is by completely changing the way they look and are. Many teenage girls are forced to think that they have to look a certain way in order to be perfect, even though these teenagers are already normal and healthy they try to alter their beauty in order to conform to the norms of society. Many teenagers would do whatever it takes to be able to feel pretty and be accepted by society even if means going through surgery at a young age. Most girls aren’t strong enough to take in all the pressure of looking perfect and end up taking their lives. Young women in the world today are forced to change the way they are so they won’t be judged and called names (in other words get bullied) just because they aren’t as girly, hearty, and skinny as the other young women around them. This doesn’t only affect teenagers, it affects women in general. It affects
I am a self-proclaimed bibliophile. I have always loved books and reading as far as I can remember. The very first book I purchased with my own savings was Nancy Drew Files. I was eight then. I used to love spending my free time in the library as a kid, browsing different books of different genre. Over the years, I’ve considered reading as both luxury and a necessity.
Ever since I was a child, I've never liked reading. Every time I was told to read, I would just sleep or do something else instead. In "A Love Affair with Books" by Bernadete Piassa tells a story about her passion for reading books. Piassa demonstrates how reading books has influenced her life. Reading her story has given me a different perspective on books. It has showed me that not only are they words written on paper, they are also feelings and expressions.
Bullying within an elementary school begins right from the very first day of school. By the end of Kindergarten, over 20% of students report being bullied within that year. By the end of elementary school, 9 out of 10 students report being bullied at one time or another. The students, who bully during elementary school, are more likely to have it carry on with them for their middle school and school years. The aggressive and violent behaviors towards students in elementary school not only carry on after graduation from high school, but they end up having criminal records.
What does it really mean to be popular? Pop*u*lar- adjective: regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general. (Zahn) During middle school, teachers and parents tell u that if we question the status quo and listen to our hearts, we will be our best selves. (Koppelman)
Just like waking up in the morning and inhaling my first conscious-breath of the day, reading is something essential to me. As I child, I used to dream of having my own and private reading place where I would sit and spend my whole day reading my favorite books without any disturbance. Thanks to my dreams, I now have a wonderful private library in my house. This place is not similar to any other ordinary library but a mini place where you can find a massive number of interesting books of different varieties.
Now that I’m older, people meeting me after a long time come up to me and exclaim that we remember you, you were the little girl who always had a book in your hand. As I grew older, my love for reading also grew; my interests extending to every kind of book, except for schoolbooks.