Personal Narrative: Alynna (I & Apos)

This year, I have three superb friends. They inspire me to do by best at just about everything. Audrey is inspiring when it comes to Cross Country, something she’s not the best at. Katie motivating when it comes to my writing, and C.j. encourages me to do my best, and always learn more.

I have raised my voice for, and will continue to raise my voice for, people less fortunate than myself. More specifically however, I often stand up for and help my autistic older sister, Abby. Ever since I can remember, I have felt obligated to fulfill my duty as a "little-big brother", because she is older than me. Whether it be taking her to school, taking her to baseball games, or playing "Dogoply" with her, I have tried to imprint a positive attitude on her so that she can continue to grow into an even greater person than she already is. One time after a football game junior year, I was hanging out with my classmates when the topic of Abby came up. They all talked about how they were the best of friends with her and how they loved her. Sure, all of

I interviewed Ms. Ashley Rogers. She told me that her mother is a person that has had the most impact in her life. Her mother was successful in her career and as a mother. She showed her how to be an upstanding citizen and a good person. She showed her how to be a leader to others when needed and support those who need it as well. She supported her through every career change or decision she made in school. The most important decisions she makes as the leader of her organization is that working with her department chair and other teachers it forces her to make decisions that show them how to do better at their job. She encourages creative thinking within her organization by making students think outside the normal. With her coworkers she

The ride to school was short, we didn't talk much, we don't have to, just the company of each other is enough for us, I walked into school with April by my side as we always did, and we prepared for hell.

Aba, I've known you since the first grade, when you crushed that spider (thanks man, I couldn't stand all those squeals) and from then on I’ve been so thankful. You've made me and so many other people so happy, but this isn't about other people so im just gonna focus on you and me. So this is probably going to be long if you know anything about me you know I write a lot. So let's go back to the very beginning.

Kelsey is the most creative person I know. My older sister Kelsey is one of the most important people in my life and I’ve always looked up to her. I was actually surprised when Kelsey said I could interview her, she usually tells me to go ask mom whenever I’m asking her something. After interviewing my sister, I learned a lot about her. Before interviewing her I didn’t know how hard it was for her to get through school, I had no idea it was such a big commitment for her to make. I already knew she loved what she does for a living, just didn’t know how much it meant to her.

It's Kevin. You were doing great in school and that was a good sign that you can keep on going without me. It really impressed me how good you were doing and how much you paid attention and improved. God has a plan for this and he made you the way you are no matter how smart or dumb you are. My advice for the future is to its to keep working hard in school. Also keep going on adventures and write in the adventure book. Max you were a good friend even through the tough and easy time. In the short time we were together we made the best of it. Getting purses out of the sewer, running through ponds, and even going on quest, and lots of walks. Thanks for

On July the 3rd, a new baby girl was born. She had bright, bold, blue eyes, with little rolls around her arms and legs, that was me! I was held warmly and cuddled in my mums soft arms. At that moment I became Ella Grace Romaniuk!

I interviewed Apryl Patterson from Payless Shoe Stores. She is the Manager of the 11th Street location in Beaumont, Texas. She has been with the company for four years and Manager for 3 years. She supervises five associates at this location. Each associate performance is evaluated every month. The ranking is from one to five within the store and one to 60 in the district. The evaluations are on how well each associate’s conversion, sales, dollars per transaction, and units per transaction are for the month. If an associate is in the bottom two for two consecutive months they will be terminated. There is also an evaluation of the associate after they have been with the company for 12 months. This decides if they receive a pay raise or not.

I know you don’t really want to talk right now and that you are trying to figure out things for yourself. But, rather than falling into our pattern of internalizing things and waiting to long, I had to make sure I shared a few things I want you to know (based on my assumptions) before I perseverate on it too long.

The first day wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, but it wasn’t great either. I got lost so many times and the only thing more embarrassing than being lost in the hallway is asking someone for directions, which I had to do twice. I only had one class with my friends, but all three of us were in there. And Samantha Kline was in my second period social studies class. We had started hanging out during school for the last month of eighth grade, and I didn’t have her number, but we liked each other. I don’t know about liking each other. I liked her but I didn’t know if she liked me. She was cool. Popular but quiet. And very pretty. She had played basketball in middle school and had practiced with the high school soccer team for the second half

The year of the bland and the boring, the self-conscious and the self-righteous battle. The year that was loser like and lame. During my “intermediate” school period, I didn’t succeed of much. To this day I don’t remember much from these years, that’s how unimportant they were. I had my first crush on this man-of-a-boy that I never had a chance with, and still never will. He was the school sweetheart and almost everyone had a crush on him. With long brown swoopy hair, blue eyes and crazily tall, how could any fifth grader not fall for him. I never even spoke to him and got jittery any time I made eye contact passing in the hall. I had a kiddy diary where I wrote about how I was going to invite him to my birthday party, and he would suddenly fall in love. This is the only thing that kept me busy during my low life/ no life during fifth and sixth grade.

We were so close in elementary school. You would always talk about how you still missed me after I moved and now I don't know you anymore. Even though we see each other every day, it's painful since I still miss you and I know you probably felt the same way too.The reason why I unfriended you was because I was jealous that you replaced me (which I regret doing years ago). I know shit like that happens, but I try avoiding you to not look like a stalker. Well, I'm happy for you now. Sometimes the feeling of missing someone feels great, in a way. I'm sorry that I put you though any kind of pain. I've lied to you many times. I'm sorry that I haven't talked to you. It was mainly since I didn't know what to say at that time. It sucks because when you started ignoring me, I realized this. I know that I was/am a jerk, that I wouldn't change, that I'm arrogant, and stupid. Something changed me when I moved schools. It wasn't easy for an introvert like me to make friends like it was before and I was with the wrong people who did stupid shit that got me in

the orchestra trip in my eleventh grade year the new England six flags i would never forget on the bus ride to Massachusetts you were chilling kind of across from ale and me but just one seat behind drinking a beer that you snuck on the bus and then proceeded to offered ale and me some in my mind i was like dam this girl savage and a bitch but once we got there some how i ended up in the same group as you even tho i was supposed to be in a completely different group but got to know you more which was cool i remember how at the end of the trip the award show or whatever it was called that everyone goes too you and i left to try to hit some last rides up before everyone had to get back on the buses we only hit two rides but i had the best time doing that like dam you are a really cool person and you weren't a total bitch to me but you did say after the trip don't think will still be friends so once getting off the bus at the high school i said bye to everyone but you and as i was walking away you called out “what about me” and i said “i thought we weren't friends” with a smile there i could tell you i got kind of hooked on

I am truly glad that I did that for you-that I gave you hope for the future. However, it has been two years and your plans to obtain