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Written by: andy789456, on 06/18/2013
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Summer Reinvention: My plans are to become an all-rounder this summer and excel in everything.

Written by: Kanika Garg, on 06/17/2013
“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence”, keeping this in mind, these summers I’ve transformed my plans from doing the usual activities to work towards being an all-rounder. This means that in these holidays I’m working according to a time-table which assures a little time to all works so that I may learn all kinds of activities including cleaning, washing, cooking, s...

Summer Reinvention: Running

Written by: timeflyswhenyoureplayingmusic, on 06/17/2013
You know that time of year where it’s hot out? Not just hot, I mean sticky hot. The kind of hot where all you do is want to do it lay in bed naked with the air conditioning on all day. Well, it was that kind of day. Blood pumping, heart pounding, music flowing. I jogged through the park, maintaining my breaths, trying not to wheeze. “I can do this, I can do this,” I thought. I was bound and determined to finish this mile. I never thought I’d be able to run a mile three times...

Summer Reinvention: Learning to Live as I Breathe

Written by: annacflowers, on 06/16/2013
The summer of 2013 is the summer before my senior year of high school. I plan to make it one that I will never forget. Saying that I am going to learn to live as I breathe is simply my way of saying that I see this summer as a chance to live in the exact moment I am in. The past is the past but only if I leave it there. The future will work out for me if I stop worrying. This is the summer to live in the present and to embrace the carefree feelings of adolescence. I have a jo...

Summer Reinvention: A different kind of change

Written by: salma, on 06/16/2013
Summer Reinvention: A different kind of change“One day I’ll do it” I began. I always insisted this lie to slip through my teeth.As my brain was buzzing from endless surfing on the internet, I came across a video of a girl surfing and such. “I wish I had the guts to be like her” I mumbled sadly.Remember when I stated the fact that I always say things like this but never actually try? Yes, I don’t. But this time, inspiration really squeezed its way through my rejection barr...

Summer Reinvention: Making a Dream Become a Reality

Written by: violinfreak8, on 06/15/2013
College is a whole new world. It is a chance to find yourself. It is an opportunity to meet new people with similar views and personalities. It is a chance to focus on your passion. With college auditions in the near future, I know it is crunch time for me. Being smart does not cut it. The fate of my future lies in a 15 minute audition. The judges base their choice solely on their first impression of me and on the amount of talent that I display in that short amount of tim...

Summer Reinvention

Written by: avatarnovetsky, on 06/15/2013
This summer, I’m looking for a fresh start to a good year. Through this past year, I’ve battled with overcoming depression and started to make friends who were able to support me. This summer, I’m going to show my support and appreciation towards them and I’m going to start my own system to help kids who were in a situation like I was. In order to show appreciation to my friends, I’m going to make an effort to help them and reach out to them when they need it, much like the...

Summer Reinvention: 3.1 Miles to Victory

Written by: lauradrama, on 06/15/2013
“Is there anyone out there, ‘cause it’s gettin’ harder and harder to breathe…” “I feel ya, Adam Levine,” I think to myself as I pound past the Kroger. “I’m definitely having trouble breathing.” Unfortunately, it’s not too long before my brain beats my body and I lumber back to the car, beating myself up for not running a better distance. Beating myself up about running is nothing new. 10 years of being slower than every kid in my PE class led to a dark outlook on exercise. ...

Summer Reinvention: To be me

Written by: Pinkunicorns12, on 06/14/2013
This summer i want to be me. I want to do exactly what i want to do. I am going to volunteer with my best friend. I am going to be on a swim team so i can swim my heart out. It may not be the best swim team ever but there like my small family away from home. I am going to go on family vacation with my mom and step-dad. I will also go with my dad and step-mom. I will try try try to get along with my step-mom even if she isn't the best parent in the world ...

Summer Reinvention: Making My Own Decisions

Written by: tikiturbo, on 06/14/2013
In order to make this summer my most memorable, I resolved to make more of my own decisions. I can guess you must be thinking, “What does he mean, ‘Make my own decisions’? Do people order him around all day so he never does what he wants?” Thankfully, I have nothing restricting my free will. At least, nothing that people can see. The reason I say this summer will be my most memorable is because I am going to break the chains that I have placed on myself that are my true repre...

Summer Reinvention: The Ultimate Gift

Written by: dxiang28, on 06/14/2013
Summer has always been held with great reverence in my mind. It is a 90 day period for my body to rejuvenate and for my mind to wander. It is a time of relaxation and excitement, a time where I can connect with more of my friends or curl up with a book late at night. However, after fifteen years of having almost identical summers, I opted to transition, to try to get a change of scenery. I chose to volunteer at Camp Aldersgate, a camp based locally in my city (Little Rock, AR...

Summer Reinvention: Learning to Love and Accept my Body

Written by: care.durrans, on 06/13/2013
Imagine a gorgeous summer day. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and you are simply relaxing on the beach with your friends. You at this moment, feel the cool salt water graze your toes, and as cliché as it sounds, realize you have absolutely no worries. With the warm sun on your skin, and your best friends by your side, you are very comfortable in your skin, and extremely content with life. This scene has always been a desperate dream of mine. Ever since my twe...

Today

Written by: momarkheil, on 06/13/2013
Her I saw him today,For the first time in what seemed like a lifetimeHis eyes were different- So tired, so oldHis smile changed- so forced, so coldHe wore my favorite color, it matched his gaze- so longing, so lightIt was as if he was a stranger once moreBut that wasn’t always how it wasWe used to walk hand in hand across the busy halls and roadsWe used to be able to speak from sunset to sunrise, whispering how beautiful the stars wereWe used to call one another so...

The Summer I smiled

Written by: momarkheil, on 06/13/2013
The Summer I smiled Summer was always a time of year I dreaded, to be all alone everyday for hours just watching the world fly by without me. Summer scared me, it meant losing those I clung to so desperately because I had no one. It meant waking up alone and sleeping alone with out the hope that in the morning I could go to school and see him. I missed him so much last summer, he did not come. My birthday is in the summer; he never came. He forgot; he didn’t care. Summer hur...

Summer Reinvention: A Summer to Remember!

Written by: Cardellichio, on 06/13/2013
I know I will make this summer a very indelible one. There are many things that will be different about this summer that will be quite different from any of my other summers in the past. Some things will be good, others won’t be as fun, but all in all, they will be contributing factors to a great summer. One thing that will make my summer better and very memorable is my driver’s license. I will be getting my license early in the summer, which will allow me more independenc...

Summer Reinvention: I Don't Have Time For Waiting- I Want To Change Now

Written by: mylifemystory14, on 06/12/2013
"This summer this," and "this summer that". Uh, I’m tired of waiting. I can’t just give myself a time frame to do something. I can’t postpone my life. Every year, I have chosen to believe that I have got nothing, but time on my hands. I put things aside until the last minute and I’m tired of it. I won’t settle for excuses. My life doesn’t work that way. I end up in a slump that I can’t wriggle out of. I end up hyperventilating and stressed out, but worst of all- I end u...

Summer Reinvention: Farewell Rummy and Rhubarb Pie

Written by: whaleslikebaroque15, on 06/11/2013
Thick with dust and condensed lake water, the muggy air hangs heavy over the small Oklahoma town. Greenery covers the majority of the Midwest landscape, though in the more metropolitan areas (the Southern Baptist church on the corner and the fabric store on Saturday afternoons), concrete parking lots and brick structures replace prairie grasslands and cypress trees. Mosquitoes dot the sky like stars, buzzing and obscuring the blue, and in the evening, glittering fireflies tak...

Summer Reinvention: Finding My Identity

Written by: jordangormaly, on 06/11/2013
Summer Reinvention: Finding My Identity She discovered herself this summer. She finally stopped pretending. And it wasn’t because of the exhilaration of warm nights and the tingling of sun soaked skin. It was all, and only, her. She found it, by herself. And every single night, she screamed, and splattered, and ran dry every last bit of those sleeping emotions. No barrier, no pressure, no restraint. She drowned herself in Mother Earth--absorbing every last bit of Her pure...

Summer Reinvention: Unforgettable Summer

Written by: jawatkins18, on 06/11/2013
John WatkinsMs. LeApel #210 June 2013 The summer’s outcome depends on the things you do during that summer. If you want to have a summer that you will remember forever you have to do things that make you, as an individual, live like it’s your last day on earth. Personally, I plan on spending my time at the beach and hanging out with friends. Depending on the conditions I will either be surfing or Scuba diving off the coast of La Jolla and experiencing San Diego to t...

Summer Reinvention: An Adventure in Entrepreneurialism

Written by: Megiris, on 06/11/2013
This Summer, I'm starting a business. Yes, I'm only fourteen, and yes I'm very inexperienced, but I believe that I can and should make a difference in the world. This business is how I feel I should begin with my changeFor my business, I am providing personalized, one-on-one mentoring in a few different subjects, both in person and online. I have always been passionate about learning, and I have always loved people, and found it easy to look for the good in them. These ar...

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Written by: t3ch3y, on 06/10/2013
We are all products of our parents and the people we have been surrounded with. The thing is that at a young age there is a lot of things that we can’t understand at all. What’s right and what’s wrong is solely based off of what our parents have scolded us for when we were kids, and things we have heard them say. Parents taking there kids to church every Sunday, which is basically making them believe at a young age in this God or that God. Another factor in this are your circ...

Summer Reinvention: Becoming “That Girl”

Written by: juliapugliese, on 06/10/2013
With each hasty step I take, I feel my anticipation grow. The sun beats down on my forehead and although I am profusely sweating, my mind is on other things. This season is what I have been waiting for. Throughout the school year, I felt suffocated by the continuous stereotypes and expectations thrown at me everywhere I turned. Friendships required regulations and specific conditions, schoolwork piled up into mountains, parents demanded more, and all I could do was overburd...

Broken Friendship

Written by: Mrs. Hernandez, on 06/10/2013
This is about two friends who were best friends for about 4 years because the reason why this happened between these friends is that we were best friends but now we went our separate ways now. It wasn't like that before because we used to be so close but now we aren't anymore and whenever I see my ex-best friend it still hurts me everyday now and then. And it hurts me to see my best friend at school every now and then in the hallways, and at lunch too. But I guess it happene...

Summer: Prepare, Venture, Serve

Written by: Brigham, on 06/10/2013
For months, you are looking forward to the day when school will finally be out for the summer. As it gets closer and closer, you begin to count down the days until eventually, the last yearbook is signed and it is time for a two to three month break from your studies. So what do you do to make this summer one you’ll remember? Look outside of yourself and live without regrets. With summer break comes a large amount of free time, which can be used to prepare for upcoming eve...

Summer Reinvention: Reconnecting, Preparing, Reminiscing

Written by: reedpiper33, on 06/10/2013
Last summer three friends and I formed a quartet together. We tried to rehearse twice a week, but we rarely did so; two of us were taking SAT classes, one was involved playing in a youth symphony summer program, and the other was in color guard. We still managed to rehearse enough to do a pair of concerts in mid-August, but it was not quite what we wanted to accomplish. During the school year, we gave up trying to schedule rehearsals since three of us were taking five AP cla...

Summer Reinvention: Time For a Change

Written by: Dubravka, on 06/10/2013
Time after time, my summers have been filled with a mixture of countless hours of lost sleep from the past school year, pointless TV shows, and scrolling through pages and pages of social media trying to account for the life I don't have. Uneventful is the word that comes to mind to describe my lazy summers. Sulking at home with nothing to do, I dream of all of the creative things I could be doing, yet I choose the life of idle solitude. It is the lack of motivation and blata...

Summer Reinvention: Reality is Overrated

Written by: rin_kuang, on 06/10/2013
As students, three-fourths of our year is devoted to school; to studying, to taking tests, to worrying about grades, to facing reality. As a student heading into senior year, it is especially important to take the real world head on; to plan for the future, to think about college... Last summer, I spent my days studying for the SAT. This past school year, I spent my time working my way through four AP classes. So finally, this summer will be my chance to take a step back and ...

Summer Reinvention: Looking to the Future while Holding on to the Past

Written by: vbobba, on 06/10/2013
Summer marks the end of another school year, another year of persistent studying, sleepless nights, and the occasional procrastination. But after two short months of summer vacation, school begins again, and the vicious cycle continues: ten months of hard work and perseverance, then a brief two-month respite. We fight to hold on to every precious, ephemeral moment of relaxation we have in the summer, yet the days seem to slip through our fingers like grains of sand. Alas, sum...

How will you make this summer one you'll always remember?

Written by: BubblyMisaki, on 06/10/2013
As school draws to an end, my friends buzz about their exciting summer plans. Summer is the time where school students sleep in until noon, have drama marathons, volunteer for community service hours, go on extravagant vacations, study, or just do nothing at all. Some might build a rocket, fight a mummy, climb up the Eiffel Tower, discover something that doesn't exist, or give a monkey a shower, which is exactly what Phineas and Ferb did during their summer break. To hones...

Summer Reinvention : Summer School Is Cool

Written by: pgarudadri, on 06/10/2013
As the days dawn earlier and the night falls later, us eager teenagers wallow in the well-deserved fruits of free days and unconfined schedules, except for the summer school kids. Most kids consider summer school torture or punishment. I, however, have dedicated my summer to classes at UCSD. In order to better prepare for my future, I enrolled in a series of classes on an introduction to biotechnology. Biotechnology will prepare me for the career of medicine that I am pursui...

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