Illustration Assignment
College Writing
Illustration Assignment
10/11/10
Tia Veltre
Destroy your enemy by making him your friend While in high making school it wasn’t unexpected for my mother to see me storm in the door and throw my things to the floor saying,“ I can’t believe how much asinine drama there is in school”. My mother, just shaking her head always gave me the same advice; do unto others as you would have others do unto you. This famous saying goes hand in hand with the topic I have chosen; Destroy your enemy by him your friend. I wish to present this to future seniors of Derry Area High School. Hoping that the realization that I have discovered will help make their drama experiences a little smoother. When I was a sophomore I became best friends with a girl named Amber. Month after month we were inseparable. …show more content…
Every weekend we spent at each other’s houses and even enrolled in the same sports teams in order to spend more time together. Then one day I made a discovery, Ambers other “best friend” Brittany wasn’t exactly happy to no longer be the center of attention. After that day rumors spread throughout the school. I was now presented as the dirty whore according to her. Trying to take my mom’s advice to heart I decided to approach Brittany. The next day of school I walked up to Brittany and simply said “hi, how are you today”. Astonished, Brittany took a step back. Almost as if she hadn’t heard what I said she stood with the most dumbfounded look on her face. Finally she stammered “good how are you?”. Our conversation proceeded to inviting her to my house for a movie night, and she agreed. Movie night turned out to run smoother than I thought. The next week in school there was no longer any tension between Brittany and I. All of the derogatory names disappeared shortly after. My second experience would be with my longtime friend Jayar.
After recently moving to Derry he was the first friend that I made. With me being a tomboy it has always come naturally easier for me to get along with guys. We fished; four wheeled, drank, and spent basically every waking moment together. One day in March of my junior year I walked into school alone, Jayar hadn’t met me out side to walk with me into school. I found this a little odd but I decided not to pay much attention to it. It was later that day that I would get the most heart breaking news of my life, Jayar had a girlfriend. My spirits sank, I felt that the only true friend that I had was gone. I asked Jayar to introduce me to her but he wouldn’t. For three months I was completely excluded from Jayar’s life. Finally I got the guts to approach this girl. I simply walked up to her stuck out my hand and told her my name. She turned out to be very nice. I later asked Jayar why he tried to keep us separated so long. He said he didn’t want to hurt me. After that Jayar his girlfriend and I became pretty close. From the Get-Go it was established that I was the friend and she was the girl
friend. My finally example for this topic is life after high school. After I graduated I have learned to apply this same ground rule to my life, especially in the work place. I am a part time shift manager at Burger King. Being a shift manager I mostly work in the drive thru. Not everyone knows that working in the drive thru always feels your life with stress and anxiety. Every day I encounter the most unpleasant individuals, I have ever come across. I guess when they meant fast food they weren’t kidding. Finally I had enough and I approached my manager about the experiences I was having day to day. She said to me, “sometimes you have to treat the grumpiest customers the kindness, it really irks them.” With this being said I decided to try out my manager’s advice. After being snarled at the last thing a customer expects to hear is, “you have a great day mam”. Furthermore, I am beginning to realize that this phrase will live on late into my senior years. Sometimes you have to own up and be the bigger person no matter how hard it is. Whether the situation stands at home, school, or work you will always be surrounded by obstacles. When this occurs just remember the wise saying, “Destroy your enemy by making him your friend.”
Illustration Assignment
10/11/10
Tia Veltre
Destroy your enemy by making him your friend While in high making school it wasn’t unexpected for my mother to see me storm in the door and throw my things to the floor saying,“ I can’t believe how much asinine drama there is in school”. My mother, just shaking her head always gave me the same advice; do unto others as you would have others do unto you. This famous saying goes hand in hand with the topic I have chosen; Destroy your enemy by him your friend. I wish to present this to future seniors of Derry Area High School. Hoping that the realization that I have discovered will help make their drama experiences a little smoother. When I was a sophomore I became best friends with a girl named Amber. Month after month we were inseparable. …show more content…
Every weekend we spent at each other’s houses and even enrolled in the same sports teams in order to spend more time together. Then one day I made a discovery, Ambers other “best friend” Brittany wasn’t exactly happy to no longer be the center of attention. After that day rumors spread throughout the school. I was now presented as the dirty whore according to her. Trying to take my mom’s advice to heart I decided to approach Brittany. The next day of school I walked up to Brittany and simply said “hi, how are you today”. Astonished, Brittany took a step back. Almost as if she hadn’t heard what I said she stood with the most dumbfounded look on her face. Finally she stammered “good how are you?”. Our conversation proceeded to inviting her to my house for a movie night, and she agreed. Movie night turned out to run smoother than I thought. The next week in school there was no longer any tension between Brittany and I. All of the derogatory names disappeared shortly after. My second experience would be with my longtime friend Jayar.
After recently moving to Derry he was the first friend that I made. With me being a tomboy it has always come naturally easier for me to get along with guys. We fished; four wheeled, drank, and spent basically every waking moment together. One day in March of my junior year I walked into school alone, Jayar hadn’t met me out side to walk with me into school. I found this a little odd but I decided not to pay much attention to it. It was later that day that I would get the most heart breaking news of my life, Jayar had a girlfriend. My spirits sank, I felt that the only true friend that I had was gone. I asked Jayar to introduce me to her but he wouldn’t. For three months I was completely excluded from Jayar’s life. Finally I got the guts to approach this girl. I simply walked up to her stuck out my hand and told her my name. She turned out to be very nice. I later asked Jayar why he tried to keep us separated so long. He said he didn’t want to hurt me. After that Jayar his girlfriend and I became pretty close. From the Get-Go it was established that I was the friend and she was the girl
friend. My finally example for this topic is life after high school. After I graduated I have learned to apply this same ground rule to my life, especially in the work place. I am a part time shift manager at Burger King. Being a shift manager I mostly work in the drive thru. Not everyone knows that working in the drive thru always feels your life with stress and anxiety. Every day I encounter the most unpleasant individuals, I have ever come across. I guess when they meant fast food they weren’t kidding. Finally I had enough and I approached my manager about the experiences I was having day to day. She said to me, “sometimes you have to treat the grumpiest customers the kindness, it really irks them.” With this being said I decided to try out my manager’s advice. After being snarled at the last thing a customer expects to hear is, “you have a great day mam”. Furthermore, I am beginning to realize that this phrase will live on late into my senior years. Sometimes you have to own up and be the bigger person no matter how hard it is. Whether the situation stands at home, school, or work you will always be surrounded by obstacles. When this occurs just remember the wise saying, “Destroy your enemy by making him your friend.”