Situation: . This Past Summer I Was More Happy And Content

In life, there are many times where an individual may feel alone. Personally, this past week can attest to that notion. Moving into a college dorm, saying goodbye to my loved ones, and taking on a new chapter in my life, have all been accompanied by a new set of emotions that I have never felt before: homesickness, freedom, peer-pressure. However, looking around everyone seems happy, and it feels as if I am trapped in a space that no one else appears to be in. But, internally they may be battling the same struggles that I am. That is what can be drawn from “The Wisdom of Sociology: Sam Richards at TedxLacador,” the idea that behind the facade, our personal struggles are all connected.

The things I did over the summer was fun and exciting. Memorial Day weekend we went camping with Mark and Erin, my parent's friends, and their two boys, Brock and Dylan. It was a blast. We went hiking,fishing,and played baseball and mini golf .The things I did in June where play outside, ride bikes, and walked to the gas station. I got a new tablet it is called the amazon fire seven. My brother’s friend Hayden got a car,and we went out to eat for almost every meal. I use to have two ducks, but one of them died. We went to the beach to go swimming. I had so much fun in the month of June

Junior year was the year that I was elected at Konawaena High School's Student Body Corresponding Secretary and the junior class Vice President. With these two major responsibilities, I found it difficult to balance the duties of an officer, school assignments, and having a job. I found myself prioritizing my roles as an officer over my school work, which you can only imagine did not work out so well. Throughout the school year I realized that I almost became a zealot about student activities, and this is where things in my social life went wrong, or so I thought. Friends of mine since the very beginning starred to become nothing but familiar faces, and soon enough, nothing but memories. I then began looking at the priorities of my "friends" and the priorities that I had for myself. They did not seem to match up. I soon found myself with a new group of people on

In school I always had great group of friends we all keep one another in line. But it was my senior year and I had so many great plans of how it will turn out. So the beginning my school year was great until a week before thanksgiving I went on a trip to Disney World with my

This summer was an alright summer besides my sister getting lost and two people drowning. On the bright side, I got to go on many rides and water parks and spend time with my cousins. In all of this, I learned to keep your loved ones near because one day they might disappear. Hopefully the next summers to come will be better than this

To me, I was just a helpless little 7-year-old that they had ripped me away from his friends, family, home and life in Costa Rica, a relatively unrecognizable, spanish-speaking country in Central America, and moved to this rural, musty little town in the middle of nowhere, Texas in who cares, USA. We had had this same overly-emotional conversation 2 dozen times before-or that’s what it seemed like at least-but it was this 25th time that convinced me that if I didn’t choose to adapt to my new environment by becoming more outgoing and extroverted then I would end up becoming some outlandish, depression isolationist who was not useful to any aspect of society, and that thought, to this day, is the most terrifying thing I have ever

I wasn’t very happy with that considering that meant losing my best friend. I didn’t want to see her hurting anymore though so I sucked it up and put a smile on my face. Although her house is only 33 minutes away from mine, it was still really difficult to plan things. She had joined their marching band and was really involved with her family and spent a lot of time with them. We did find time to hang out during the summer but it wasn’t often. The start of freshman year was really hard, I didn’t know what to do. All my friends has bestfriends at the same school and so i always got left out, it’s still the same way this year. Formal, homecoming, sadies, aloha bash, gym night, i was always the one who didn’t have a friend to go with. I’ve definitely improved at finding new friends, but Emerson will always be my best friend.

This summer I hung out with my friends a lot. We went to eat, drove around, and went to the drive inn. My friend Kara and I went to the river many times this summer. On the Fourth of July we went to the Niobrara, and floated down the river. Kara, Kenndal, and I all went to Chamberlain on Kenndal’s birthday. In Chamberlain we went to Dairy Queen, went to a rummage sale, and saw the dignity statue. I had a very fun summer with my friends.

I had never felt more alone in my entire life. I knew my sister and my parents were there with me, but I wasn’t able to run down the street anymore to talk to Mira, or call up Angelica and tell her to meet me at Town Square in 10. There was a lot of adjusting to do, but slowly and surely, I did it. I was still too nervous to join summer community activities and make new friends, so for those 2 summer months I was satisfied reading books to fill my time. I’d read books at South Lake, the Starbucks near Woodbridge High School, and all around Irvine to familiarize myself with my new home while feeling at ease. Thus, once school began, I was back to the old me- bubbly, open-minded, and all

The years of 2017 and 2018 have been incredible, but emotionally draining, and I feel like a summer break will do me some good. Some of the things that happened in 2017 were: meeting Dylan, grieving over the death of my nana, starting my last year of high school, and going to the city of light with my mom. In 2018 I experienced becoming an adult at the age of eighteen, helping my boyfriend move from house to hotel multiple times, and the best of all, graduation. It’s been a rough school year, but I honestly would not change anything because all of this happened and made me the woman I am today. It took me a while to decide on the things I wanted to carry and the things I wanted to leave behind and I have made that decision.

I gave up on making friends because I felt it was selfish of me to do so when I was needed so badly at home. The times I did get the courage enough to make friends I would go to their houses and I would boil with envy and jealousy. Their parents while very loose with their rules and many of my friends being very unruly children. None the less they were still parents. I often at times felt as though you were my peer and not my mother. I often at times felt betrayed by you because you were supposed to care for me and instead I spend my days caring for you and looking after you and your broken hearts that the many men of your past left in a shatter pile.

This was my last vacation with my family. I slept most of the time and complained about not being able to have my phone or how hot it was everyday. I shouldn’t have done this because I could’ve been having 10x more fun without all the whining. Just be thankful for what you got and don’t take anything for granted. I learned to not be in such a hurry for time to pass, you only have so much. I’m almost done with high school and then I am off

This summer was full of surprises and things I never thought would happen to me. Last month I moved from Venezuela, the place I was born, it was really hard for me a new country, a new language, new school, and new persons, everything is so different from Venezuela that it was almost overwhelming. However I pulled

As for my friends from my childhood and high school, I feel that I don’t talk to them as often anymore now that I spend more time with my new friends in college. It’s weird that our communication all stopped. Our bond isn’t the same as it used to be even when we saw each other over break.

I’ve been in school for 13 years of my life ,i grew up with most of the same kids; We were a huge family almost, everyone always looked out for eachother.  I was participating in a lot  activities. Since the beginning of freshman year, I participated 3 years of color guard, i met new people with the same interest as me. Almost every friday we had a football game and Saturday's was our competition days; we all bonded as a section when we all got ready and did each others makeup. Then,