For a high school girl, being homecoming queen can mean everything. Recently, at Grand Prairie High School in Texas, Anahi Alvarez, a high school senior, gave her homecoming crown away to her best friend, Lillian Skinner. "Why?" do you ask. In a recent article, Alvarez describes how Skinner had been targeted in a prank the previous week. Certain girls had convinced Skinner she had been nominated for homecoming queen along with her best friends, Alvarez and Naomi Martinez. Both girls vowed that when they won, they were giving the crown to Skinner, who was hurt and embarassed. They even got their principal, Lorimer Arendse, in on the surprise. Arendse led Skinner to the field telling her she was just taking pictures of her friends. Then, as Skinner neared the stage, Alvarez motioned her on stage and gave her the crown. Skinner could not have been happier, and felt as if she was in a dream.
What does this story teach us? Well, within this story, one can find what it means to be great. Through a simple sacrifice, Alvarez and Martinez made their best friend's day. Although a small sacrifice, it can compare to Eric Greiten's, an American war hero's, choice of sacrificing his education to defend his country. Alvarez's sacrifice teaches us all the how simple it is to make a difference in someone's day and achieve greatness.
Meg, I like how you chose a current event involving high school students. It makes it easy to relate to and understand. Also, great connection to Eric Greitens.
ReplyDeleteMeg, just by reading the first sentence of your blog, I was already interested as to what the story was about. I'm glad you chose to write about this - I hope we can all be as sincere and kind as these girls were! Great job!
ReplyDeleteMeg, i also , like Claire, cherished how you wrote about other high school students and the good deeds they do. It made really happy to hear about something similar to that scene in Mean Girls,where that girl Cady gave out the crown to the girls that really deserved it, letting me know that there are other people out there working to be saints like the students here at Marist.
ReplyDeleteMeg, touching story, but, again, keep your sources to more scholarly ones.
ReplyDeleteMeg, this was such a great story to read about and I loved the fact that you wrote about something so relevant to all of us.
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