It’s The Little Things
friendship
whatever the outcome, you will remember Take a chance and say, “Hi.” Extend your circle, meet someone new
Big Difference
Friends help everything, Salvador Santiago (12) , Lesly Gonzalez (11), Maira Martinez (10) and Xiomara Marin (11) hanging out and having a good time during Springfest together. “Being with your friends just makes life and everything else easier,” Gonzalez said.
That Make A
Written by: Kayla Metcalf, Erica Heine, and Kelsey Merritt
Friendships may be the biggest things in our high school lives. They are an op-
portunity to meet new peers, find out who you really are, and what you may want to become in the future. When you come into high school with your best friends, often
times they won’t be there by your side when it comes to figuring out who will be in your senior prom group or asking if your outfit looks good on you. Through the roller coaster of high school, you will come to find the friendships that are built to last, and the ones that were bound to fade away. No matter the outcome, you will remember these friendships forever. You may not notice those outside of your circle, but have you ever thought that they could end up being one of your close friends, apart from your circle? Many of your peers may look at you and know who you are, but do you look at them knowing who they are? “I often had the chance to get to know other peers in my senior class when it came to activities or in classes where I had the opportunity to work with others. In the end, I was very grateful for that,” said teacher Tori Maehara. When you look back at high school 10 years from now and look through your senior yearbook you may regret not getting to know that quiet kid sitting in the back of your math class. “I didn’t know really anyone when I came here,” said Dea’Naisa Willingham (12). “I remember my first day getting invited to lunch by Timothy Blanchard (11) and we just started talking and getting to know each other. Then we both ended up joining the BSU (Black Student Union Club) which kept us close friends and gave us the opportunity to meet more people with the same interests.” Many of students here at GHS may feel that there are cliques and those who are stuck on the outside may not get acknowledged as much. “I feel that certain people who have a lot friends and are well known, tend to only be focused on by the people inside of their circle. Those are the students that we don’t often see taking the time to get to know the ones on the outside,” said Christina Wohlers (12). Many of us wonder if you can’t, won’t, or just don’t care to take the time to do this now, how are you going to foster new friendships once you’re out in the real world or off to college, when you don’t have these group of friends around you? If you take just one second out of your time to introduce yourself to that quiet kid in the back of your class, you may just make him feel like he matters. You may not realize it, but it’s the little things such as saying hi to one of your peers, that can really make a difference in someone’s life. It could open all of our eyes to realize that we are all in this together.
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