The show stoppers

 
I guess when I think about the people that I’ve met this year I can say all my friends are show stoppers. They are amazing .Everyone with a golden talent of their own .All with a voice trying to reach every single individual. All different but compatible. Maybe our behavior isn't the greatest but hey that’s just who we are. We share laughs .We share secrets, stories, clothes, memories .Just about everything you could share .We are all are capable to getting somewhere big in life. Even those with an F, D or C grade point average. Maybe some people don’t see it but I see it. In fact, I see it in myself .In fact maybe I am not the best cookie in the jar, but I know that in my life I am not just living to live, I am living to make a difference maybe not big. But when did size ever matter.

Obviously kids like me are here to learn, maybe you teachers don’t realize it but when we fail we still tried. We didn’t try with a frown but we tried with a smile hoping for the best but the best just decided not to come. Moving on.

 Today they were talking to us about us being remembered in four years time. I feel that us, 7th and 8th graders, and our teachers are like pillars that hold the middle school together .The front office just seems to control the elementary and preschool. Nobody has seemed to care up until now. Up until we combined our voices together to create a voice that cannot be left unheard. I guess our voices have been taken the wrong way. Our conclusion was basically that you think we come to Chabad just for the fun and not to learn, when in fact we come to learn.

When I was at my old school, I knew nothing and I could never write a full sentence. I knew nothing about my Jewish roots, I didn't know how to pray and for my school spelling bee I got out on the word octopus on the first round. Chabad saved me. Not only do I own my own Sidour now but I celebrate Shabbat and go to Shull every Friday and Saturday, and every Friday and Saturday I feel G-d’s presence around me. I learned how to write, how to do math and I got a tad bit better in science but I guess that one is all my fault for not paying attention .I am now learning Hebrew, I can read hebrew.

I also know how to write an essay and use different techniques in English .Now if I learned all that in the little time I’ve been at Chabad, imagine the rest of the kids in my class, imagine what they’ve learned.

    Now I didn’t write this to mock anyone. I didn't write it for an award of some sort .I wrote this for the 7th and 8th grade voices to be heard the right way.