Author: Jonathan Stevens

The funny thing about poetry is that I have a love/hate relationship with it. Even though sometimes its no problem for me however, actually coming up with my own type of poem has never been fun. It’s been annoying for me to write poetry for years and I never enjoyed it as much as others. I thought by listening to music would help the creative process for poetry but honestly when it comes to doing it I don’t enjoy it. One positive I find while doing poetry is that despite me not enjoying it for the most part, reading poems are actually interesting and the different ways people express themselves through it grabs my attention.

My experience with writing short stories have always been a simple task for me ever since I was younger. Once I have a Idea for a short story then its easy sailing from there. Writing a short story is a type of freedom that helps me with the creative process since I can create any type of story i want, the possibilities are endless. If I could choose to do more short stories i would be happy to do it because creating any type of story is a fun process for me overall.

One of the most embarrassing moments from my childhood is the time I got kicked out of class. It happened around the 6th grade where in that time I was a sort of a troublemaker. I remember my class back then being a mixture of pleasant and down right annoying for the most part. There were times in the class where I was the peaceful kid in class. For the most part I didn’t cause any trouble in the classroom. However, the problem came when I found myself talking a lot during each class session. It was bad to the point where I didn’t even pay attention in class. I couldn’t even remember most of the material when it came to pop quizzes. I couldn’t help but talk to my friends during class because I was young and did not know better. So came the moment were we had to make groups to complete an assignment and I was talking so loud to the point that I can hear myself more than the rest of the class. My teacher Ms. McDonald, got so frustrated with me that she literally yelled “Jonathan remove yourself from my classroom and report to the principal’s office!!!” I felt so embarrassed that everyone else in class weren’t surprised that I got kicked out of class, the looks on their faces confirmed that. Spending the rest of my time that day at school in the principal’s office taught me a valuable lesson, be a better student and isolate myself from people I know I’m not going to focus in class with.

One time i felt anonymous was the first time i started high school. It was rough at first because i had that looming feeling of being alone since most of my friends were in different schools at the time. Learning how to start over again bothered me because that would mean i will have to socialize and find new people to hangout with. I wouldn’t call myself anti-social but more of being lazy towards situations where i have to put in the energy of talking to different kinds of people. I love having conversations with anybody however, the topic within the conversation has to be interesting for me to engage in. So for about a week or 2 at the beginning of the semester, i chose not to make any friends yet and remain to myself towards the end of the semester. Through many close encounters with others i eventually gained a lot of friends at the end. It worked out at the end of it all since I’ve learned to be more positive and more importantly be my true to myself.

One of the many friendships i have that i consider family is my friend Shane. Even after all these years we’ve been complete opposites of each other in terms of personalities and goals. We still of course share various interests ranging from TV, music and etc. It all started from a simple handshake in school back in 3rd grade about 13 years ago. What made us really different was the fact that even though he is self aware, he didn’t care not one bit what anyone thought about him or what he did. However in my case, not so much of that definitely  more self aware of what i did and who was paying attention. I guess some of the difficulties that Occurred during our friendship was the fact that our somewhat in sync but different is what lead to many disagreements on topics of life, politics and other stuff. Other than that we have never gotten to a point where it would get out of hand because we would joke about our arguments in the end. In a way our friendship is significant because i look at him as if he’s my own  brother and he always he got back. We also help each other to accomplish goals such as getting jobs and learning how to drive. One of the things I’m proud about is helping him make the decision on going back to school to earn a degree. Its important to have that person in life close to you who encourages you to be better in life no matter the circumstance.