“You will fail this grade if you don’t get your act together! I know you can be much better than this.”
This was a moment in my education history that I realized that I really did need to get my …
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“You will fail this grade if you don’t get your act together! I know you can be much better than this.”
This was a moment in my education history that I realized that I really did need to get my …
”Girls aren’t able to play Flag Football or football at all” my sophomore year going into Highschool I knew I wanted to do something. Whether it was join a sports team or a club I knew it was something. At …
“This is what you’re going through, not who you are”
My history teacher told me those words, and they stuck with me through high school and even now. I had a lot of personal problems going on in my life, …
“I think you’d be better off working at a McDonalds then even consider a real job that concerns a degree in anything. I’d even be surprised if you get past the application.”
It was the last two weeks of my …
“I don’t know why you’re in music class. You can’t even play a single instrument correctly.”
In sixth grade, not even eleven years old yet, I had no idea how powerful words could be especially when they came from someone …
“Get yourself together”
Who would have thought that 3 words would be enough to help change somebody. In middle school, I was a slacker student, even though I did get decent grades, I always waited till the last second to …
I thought my mission was only to prove Mr Hernandez wrong, my Ap english teacher in junior year. But in reality, I had to prove to myself I was capable of improving my writing and reading. After living in Mexico, …
“Все в этой семье чего-то добились в жизни, кроме тебя. Ты хоть когда-нибудь чего-то будешь стоить, осёл?” words that were thrown at me by my mother in Russian which translate to: Everyone in this family has gotten somewhere in life …
“You just came to this country, yet you got a higher grade than me on the test. I’m so upset”
I will never forget the words that came out of the girl who was my closest friend for years. It …
“Why do you have to be such a disappointment, why can’t you be more like your brother?”
These are the words my mom said to me when I was trying to seek help by acting out, all I wanted was …
“You’re a disappointment I wish I didn’t have you “
These are the word my mother told me it hurts me everyday because I didn’t choose to be here but I’m glad i am because i have many dreams and accomplishments …