Author Archives: Leilani Warren

Besides the fact that I missed out on my spring break trip and hanging out with friends and that prom and graduation aren’t certain, the situation hasn’t affected me too negatively. I’ve tried to make the most of all my free time and do things I enjoy and start to do some more of stuffContinue reading

If I could choose between being the smartest or funniest person in the room I’d definitely want to be the funniest because I always like when I make people laugh, especially my friends. It just makes me really happy and laughter in general is seriously one of the best feelings ever. And although being smartContinue reading

Last night I had trouble falling asleep because of stress and I woke up and read a snapchat from my friend which made my heart beat stronger and for this whole day I’ve had periods of as long as ten minutes where my heartbeat felt faster than usual. I’m always at least somewhat stressed aboutContinue reading

I would definitely rather be a regular citizen of a utopian society than a leader of a dystopian society. For the most part I just don’t want to have anything to do with a dystopian society. I’d much rather live in a place that is not corrupt and in urgent danger. I also just feelContinue reading

I’d definitely prefer to be invisible because I always want to know what people are saying about me and this would be a good way to find out. I could just go up to my friends when they think I’m not there and listen in to see if they’re saying anything bad about me. AlsoContinue reading

I’d rather do cartwheels when I left a room than have to announce myself when I enter. Mostly because I think announcing myself would be a little obnoxious and I don’t consider myself an obnoxious person. But there’s also several places you really should not enter loudly. Also I don’t have a problem with doingContinue reading

I’ve been thinking about a lot of things this week including school stress, friend drama, boy issues, who I’m going to go to prom with and much more. And personally, no matter how stressful school gets, personal and social stress always seems to have a bigger impact on me. Maybe it’s just the fact thatContinue reading

At my old school we had uniforms and for a while I only had shorts that were way too tight for me but I had no problem with them. Eventually some of my teachers started getting me in trouble for having too tight of shorts so I had to buy new ones. I hardly evenContinue reading “Consequences”

Why all plastic should be banned

So far I’ve liked the more expressive and creative aspect of writing my This I Believe essay. The last few times I’ve written essays for classes I haven’t been able to be very creative about it so it’s nice to not have to do much research and instead just talk about my thoughts and experiencesContinue reading “This I believe writing process”