Self Esteem Article

First Impression Article

Editorial

Final Editorial

Walking down the hallway, hidden under their fake smiles and fake laughs many students are dying. From who knows what, fighting a war against the mirror, their family life, their self, and their friends. Who knows, what they actually think, unless they get asked.

Some people think that others that have depression can change the way they think and be better when they want to, which is true for some people not everyone. Some people can sit down and really think why they are depressed and change the way they think in a short amount of time. Other people will take much longer, sometimes never.

Depression can change a person’s life, it can make them do things that they normally do not do. Some of these actions that people do are cutting, eating more than they normally do, eat less than they normally do, unable to sit still, unhappy, cannot sleep well, they have trouble remembering things, or making decisions. These are only some things that people do.

Depression is a serious problem if it does not get noticed. There are people that can hide what they think very well, deep inside them; which is where they hide it the best. People that have depression hide behind fake smiles, never really talk about how they feel, use the excuse saying they do not feel well to not hang out. More than less, people have depression think about suicide.

Knowing that many people may have depression, holding your tongue instead of lashing out on a person may help the person slightly, or more then you think. Depression is a tricky state of mind, giving a complement to a person might save a person from themselves, or even just sitting down and talking to them.

Many students and adults suffer from depression; more people should take this more seriously. A lot of people joke around about depression and do not take their friends seriously; people think it is a joke. It is not a joke whatsoever. Depression is one of the first steps into low self esteem, suicide and many other matters that should also be taken seriously.

Peer Editing

Molly's and Emily's

Editorial Rough Draft

Walking down the hallway, hidden under their fake smiles and fake laughs many students are dying. From who knows what, fighting a war against the mirror, their family life, their self, and their friends. Who knows, what they actually think, unless they get asked.

Some people think that others that have depression can change the way they think and be better when they want to, which is true for some people not everyone. Some people can sit down and really think why they are depressed and change the way they think in a short amount of time. Other people will take much longer, sometimes never.

Depression can change a person’s life, it can make them do things that they normally do not do. Some of these actions that people do are cutting, eating more than they normally do, eat less than they normally do, unable to sit still, unhappy, cannot sleep well, they have trouble remembering things, or making decisions. These are only some things that people do.

Depression is a serious problem if it does not get noticed. There are people that can hide what they think very well, deep inside them; which is where they hide it the best. People that have depression hide behind fake smiles, never really talk about how they feel, use the excuse saying they do not feel well to not hang out. More than less, people have depression think about suicide.

Knowing that many people may have depression, holding your tongue instead of lashing out on a person may help the person slightly, or more then you think. Depression is a tricky state of mind, giving a complement to a person might save a person from themselves, or even just sitting down and talking to them.

Many students and adults suffer from depression; more people should take this more seriously. A lot of people joke around about depression and do not take their friends seriously; people think it is a joke. It is not a joke whatsoever. Depression is one of the first steps into low self esteem, suicide and many other matters that should also be taken seriously.

Editorial Questions

1. What is a problem/issue that our entire student body (our school, community, country, etc.) faces today?
Depression

2. What is your view/position on the problem or situation?
 To stop/prevent it

3. What would you like to achieve with your editorial? (What is the desired result?)to have people informed about depression

4. How will you persuade your audience to adopt your viewpoint as theirs? List at least 4 persuasive points.
-So many people have depression
-People that you least expect have depression
-People that have depression have a low self esteem and other problems on top of depression
-It takes at least 10 complimants to make a person feel better about themselves after 1 comment degrading them
5. How will you motivate your readership to action in your conclusion?Someone that you know, you will least expect have to have depression, is suffering from depression.
6. How will your editorial serve a public purpose?
To have people know how many others have this problem and how they can stop and prevent this.

peer editing

I edited Sophie Runing's and Maddie Archer-Burton's paper

Feature Story Draft

At the beginning of a new school year, semester, job, or anything new; you will meet new people. When you first meet a person you can generally tell how that person normally is. It depends on if the person is in a good mood or not. It can take from a few seconds, minutes, or a couple of hours to grasp how you think about the person.

Every person has their own way of thinking, duh, especially when they meet people. Everyone has their own way of judging people. When someone walks up to you, what is the first thing that you think? What they look like? How they look at you? How they treat you?  

First impressions can leave a big impact on people. That is why meeting people for the first time can be stressful. People do not want to be remembered as the person who did not listen to you, or looked like they just rolled out of bed. Some people leave a big first impression that you will remember them for the rest of your life, in a good way. Then there are those few people that you will meet and they will treat you horribly when you first meet them and you will remember them in the worst way.

Leaving a good first impression is always a good thing. When someone smiles, wants to have conversations with you, has good body language, and shows you respect; then you will more than less remember them and want to see them again. When people gaze around, stare at you, they do not engage in conversations, or they make rude or sketchy comments; these gestures and comments that were going towards you will be remembered and you will most likely not want to hang out with them because of what they did.

First impressions can be good for you or the other person, because if you really act like yourself and they give you bad vibes then you know you will not see them anymore. It is the same way for the other person; if you give them bad vibes then they will know that they will not be seeing you anytime in the near future. There are some incidents when you meet someone, and it is just a bad day for you, and that is why you are not acting like yourself. This might influence someone thinking that you are like that all the time; this is when you want to ask them to hang out again so that they know you really are not like that.

As for me, I keep a mental list of what I like and do not like about a person. Then when I hang out with them I will see if they are the same or not from the last time I saw them. To me I think first impressions make a huge impact on how a person thinks of another. Even if you know someone for the longest time, you think back to the first time you saw them and compare them to then and now. I know I do this, a lot of the time to see if they have changed, and if they have changed for the best or not.

On another note when some people do not think that first impressions are not that important. People that say this because, “you do not know them that well and you do not really know what they are going through in their lives and that might be influencing them to act the way they are acting.”

Then there are the people that are in the middle and say that it depends. “It depends if they are really bad then I question them but first impressions really say a lot about their personality.”

For me, I met this guy in one of my classes. I did not know him very well; to tell you the truth I did not even know his name. On Valentine’s Day he came up to me and gave me a red rose. I thought that it was thoughtful of him to do that. He made my day. Later that day he facebooked me and apologized saying he was sorry if he freaked me out. After that I thought he was a thoughtful person. I think back to that day a lot, and compare how I think of him now to that day. I think more than him being a thoughtful person, but when he handed me that rose I knew that I was going to be good friends with this guy.

This is only one incident that pops into my mind when I think of a good first impression.  The funny thing is that my best friend made a bad first impression. It was when I was in eighth grade and she was in seventh. She was sitting a couple seats in front of me. One of her new friends was getting on the bus, but a guy sat down next to her. Right when he sat down, she pushed him out of the seat and he fell into the aisle. Her and her friend laughed as she sat down. I thought that she was a spoiled brat, to say the least. I did not meet her until later that year, but I could not get that out of my mind for the longest time. Now that I know her a lot more I do not think that she is a spoiled brat. Well not all the time anyways.

Thinking now about first impressions, there is a first impression every time you see someone every day. Every time you see someone again your impression of them changes, good or bad, from what they did. The impressions on someone changes daily. If you are in a good mood or in a bad mood, if you are sick or if you feel good, if someone tells you good news or bad news, and many more effect what people think, say and do.

For instance I know this guy who I thought was this amazing guy and an amazing friend. He is an amazing person, but whenever he talks about a person or a girl my respect for him trickles away. No matter what you know you are thinking sub consciously you judge them, no matter how hard you try not to. This is exactly what a first impression is, subconsciously making lists about what you like and dislike about someone that you are meeting or you have already met them and the impression you have of them gets better or worse.

Impressions in general change when you see someone, so when meeting someone for the first time can be a big deal to someone. So when you meet someone at the beginning of a new school year, semester, job, or anything new; be careful how you act and what you say. You never know how someone thinks of you. But when you first meet a person you can generally tell how that person normally is. It depends on if the person is in a good mood or not. It can take from a few seconds, minutes, or a couple of hours to grasp how you think about the person.

Feature Story Topic

First Impressions

 What actions do people have to make to make a good impression?
 What actions do people have to make to make a bad impression?
Do you hold first impressions against people? Why?