Dana Sophie

What makes me the happiest are the simple things. Being cozy. Rain. Blankets. A good movie. A pint of from Haagen Daaz chocolate peanut butter chunk ice cream just because. Kraft macaroni and cheese. Grilled cheese, pepper jack cheese- okay, it seems that cheese makes me very very happy. Snow storms, thunderstorms, sand, the beach, the way your skin tingles as the water evaporates from your bathing suit in the sun, and you sit up on your towel to eat a pineapple ice pop that your friend bought you and you bite down on an icy fruit chunk. That kind of simple thing. A good book. The smell of a new book, the feel of a book, the beginning, middle, and end of a book. Naps in the air conditioning, a random burst of laughter from the one you love. Those kinds of simple things.

Chris Hoyte

If I could be anyone else in the world, I would be… anyone with a plan for their own future. I want to be someone that knows where they’re going to be in the next 10, 20 years, and have a step-by-step plan on how they’re going to achieve each step. I don’t know what exactly I want to be, but I would like to find out, preferably before I'm lying on my deathbed.

My most frequent emotion. Loneliness. I want to believe that that I can solve that by finding that “someone”, but the more I find is that the special someone is just a person that people make up and never find. I hope that maybe, I’ll find a compromise somewhere that doesn’t completely challenge all my views of companionship.

By far: the easiest thing about being a teenager is still being able to decide who you’re going to be, and not being under pressure to make the final choice that changes your whole life yet. There’s still people to meet, places to go, expectations to make, break, and shatter, you know? I just wish I knew the people that are going to help me make my future, and be a part of it.

The toughest thing, I think is dealing with all the emotions that overcome the mind because of uncertainty. School, friends, family, future. They’re all uncertain. You want to be able to understand what they all mean, who will look out for you with the most genuinely, what will hurt you the most in life.

My earliest memory? It’s from me going to my babysitter around the age of what, 5?, and getting my first kiss. The girl that kissed me always kept on singing, and managed to get me singing with her. I remember kissing her under the big tree in Ms. Williams (the babysitter) yard. The tree got cut down later. Ever since I've wondered who that person is and who she is now.

I want to be able to somehow, give people the tools to find and realize their potential, and be able to find contentment in whatever they love. But the hardest part of it is that people don’t know what they want; they sometimes label their best potential as the worst possibility. I don’t even know if I do this myself.

Christina Persaud

My biggest fear is fire. My dad's brother died by burning to death and it scares me now. I hate even the fact when someone holds a lighter next to me. It scares me to know that family has died from something like that. When I was little I got slightly burned but not hard at all but I was still scared and cried. I hate lighting candles and unless it's a lighter I won't use fire. I still don't use or know how to use matches. I feel I should learn but I can't. Maybe one day when I get older I'll learn.

Ashley Alongi

An emotion I often feel is loneliness. But not in the "OMG nobody loves me I'm going to kill myself" sort of way. But in a way that I'll look at my phone,scroll through my contacts,and realize there is no one on that list that I really want to talk to. Or that there is someone I want to talk to,but have nothing to say because of that first reason. But don't pity me because of that. I was born to be that way. I was thrown into the world a little to late to have a sibling. I was destined to make my own fun and it will be like that for a long time . And I'm okay with that.

Philip Moise

What makes me the happiest is making everyone around me happy. Joy and happiness is the best and most heartwarming feeling that a person could have. Smiling can change the lives of people, even if it is for a day or an hour. Making sure that everyone else’s days are better can make my day better. Happiness is an emotion that should be felt as much as possible, and as long as possible.
The toughest thing about being a teenager is the responsibilities that come with being one. As we are getting older, we are becoming more independent from out parents, and our families, and moving on to taking care of ourselves. We have to manage our own time, when to have fun, and when to do work. We have to make decisions that decide the rest of our lives, whether you want to be a doctor or a lawyer can make a big impact on you and the world around you.
I was at school, in the 4th grade, as the airplanes were flown into the Twin Towers. At the time, I didn’t know what was going on, and the impact it had on everyone’s lives. It was as if everything that happened that day affected everyone except me. This day changed my life, only by the hatred Americans now show to West Indian countries and people. I still act the same towards other ethnic groups, but with a little uneasiness, as I fear what will happen in the future.

Merton Evans

The toughest thing about being a teenager is we always seek someone's aproval.

Supreet SIngh

My biggest fear is water. I am terrified of water and drowning in it. I'd rather burn in a fire and die rather than drown and die. That is If I had a choice. Nobody really wants to die. When I was younger we went on vacations to my cousin's house in Montreal. They had a huge pool in their backyard and I was standing around the pool, when my older brother decided that it would be reallly funny if he pushed me in. Trust me it was NOT! Funny. It was a whole two minutes till he decided it was not funny and came to save. Ever since that day I have been terrified of water more than anything.

Tatiana Cadet

The toughest thing about being a teenager is probably trying to begood and be bad simultaneously, trying to do good in school in schooland manage a stable social life. Its hard finding and keeping the rightfriends; knowing when you should just give in and be the bigger personin a situation or leaving it be, let bygones be bygones. Its hardchoosing between starting a five page essay for Economics or watching anew episode of Glee. Its hard deciding between hanging out with yourfriends or chilling with your boyfriend. One of the hardest is goingagainst what your family believes in for what you truly believe in.What I like most about myself is my confidence. I sometimes feel like anoutsider looking in on myself and watching the drastic change I've made.I can tell you I didn't always have a head on my shoulders, I had afairly low self esteem and felt like Medusa looking into a mirror. Ialways thought my hair was too short, my nose was too big, my lips weretoo small, my cheeks were too high, and my eyes were too dark. I wantedlong straight hair, lighter skin, lighter eyes, less bags under my eyes.Obviously you get the point, nothing was right and everything was wrongwith me. I don't know where my turning point occurred but somewhere Icame across one. I became satisfied with my face, shape and body. I learned to speak up, voice my opinion, and be okay with the skin I'm in.

Jessica Felipe

My earliest memory as a child was learning to climb a tree in DR. My most frequent emotion is pride in who I am and what I do.

Elizabet Pritchett

I fear a lot in my life but I eventually get over it. I have this onefear that I can't get over but hope to overcome in the future. I fearthat the decisions I make aren't the right choices. I only stop fearing this when my decisions become the right choice in my eyes.

Daniella Wauters

My biggest fear is dying. The pain and suffering that you go through is what I'm scared of. My grandma had a stroke and suffered for four months. Seeing her in the hospital scared me because I know its going to happen to me one day. The best way of dying would have to be in your sleep.I never knew what my fear was. Wasn't sure if it was heights, or being in the dark. Watching someone I love suffer so much and then die really showed me how my biggest fear is dying.