Rose Mistake

Throughout middle school, Rose’s blonde hair and perfect test scores made girls envious. However, this did not last. In 8th grade, she became school president and everyone began calling her a “goody-good.” At the end of that year, Rose made a mistake that led her to lose many of her friends and switch schools. I still wonder why she would ever jeopardize her success by smoking in the bathroom at school. I believe that Rose made the mistake due to peer pressure; she wanted to prove to herself and to her “friends” that she was not a “goody-good.” She was persuaded by some people she called her “friends,” but in reality, they were just jealous of her. As a result of the incident, Rose’s friends dropped her. Rose felt so embarrassed that she stayed home from school for days, and eventually transferred to a different school for the following year. The pressure placed on her, caused Rose’s life to take a turn for the worse. Seeing what happened to Rose, showed me how much we can affect others. This allowed me to realize that I wanted to affect others, but in a positive way, unlike the way my former friends affected Rose. I realized that I did not want to be friends with these people anymore. What they did to her was bound to happen to me. This is why switching schools to Ramaz,

I began to do this on social media. At the time, my followers on Twitter was around 6,000, which was fairly robust for a middle-schooler. Often, when I checked Twitter, I would see that I had messages from familiar, as well as unfamiliar, names. They would reach out to me because they needed somebody to confide in. When people continued to reach out to me, I realized that I had a talent for listening. Even if I didn’t have advice to share, I learned how important it was to be there for someone. In addition to this, I learned how much it meant for people to feel validated; all I had to do was say, “I