In the warehouse job I was constantly around weed, and cigarette smoker, alcoholics everybody there had their own fix. I would constantly be tempted this fix. After I graduted, because of my long struggle with marijuana, I did my best to …
Category: One Scene
One Scene — Diana N.
I have two older brothers. My oldest brother is 14 years older than me and my second brother is 10 years older. By the time I was born they were 10 and 14 years old. So growing up I always …
one scene -Kayla Griffiths
“don’t worry, cutting off your hair and starting all over will help your hair become healthier” my mother said while standing in the kitchen washing my hair “it’s like your hair is stunted or something”. Constantly hearing my family talking …
One Scene – Joshua D
My last “first day” of high school has gone underway and already having random thoughts on what my life after high school might end up being. I talked to my high school guidance counselor which was Mr. Bowen about my …
One Scene- Brianna L.
Many things took a heavy toll on me. I wasn’t paying attention in class and lacked school work. Consequences started building up. My friends and I were talking about how we wanted to make plans the day of because we …
One scene- Michael
I was in my 2nd year of high school and remember entering the architecture room for the first time. There were architecture models made of white foam core and chipboard hanging all over the walls. The desks were huge, way …
One Scene —Ilham Lawani
“What’s up my nigga? Sana told me you got a crush on me. That’s cute but “Ion fuk wit chu like dat. I will never like a black monkey like you,” said Mohamed Kaid.
Mohammad Kaid, an Arab from Yemen, …
One Scene – Raul Medina
When we reached the 5th floor the hallways were beautiful it was filled with pictures of students and even work they did in their classes. His classroom was pretty far for the most part but when we got there there …
One Scene – Evelyn Castillo
My dad hung up and tears began to stream down my face. I was crying not just because I was in an unknown country surrounded by strangers but because loneliness crawled inside my skin and it hurt. It hurt just …
One Scene – Jeffery Dai
Humiliating in The Moment, Funny in Retrospect
It was November 11, 2020, and a teenage boy was hunched over his laptop on a desk in the corner of a room. With the now-forgotten garbled words emanating from the high school …
