Friendship

      Friendship is essential to your making it through high school. Friends are people you can identify with and share your feelings with. High school can be an emotionally tough time, and without anyone to identify with, you can become very sad. A true friend is someone who you can always count on, who will never exclude you, and you can always tell them the whole truth about how you're feeling. There are times when I feel really down, and my friends can really help me to feel better. Sometimes it can be really hard when you start slipping away from from someone who was your best friend. It hurts, and sometimes you start to hang out with that friend and you get back to where you used to be; other times you just sort of lose that friend, which can be one of the hardest things of all. Regardless of your situation, your friends will be one of the most valuable things that you have.

                                                                       -Andrew