A Place to belong (by WizzKid-13 yrs)

In 8th grade I learnt that high school was not what I thought it would be. My head was filled with dreams, like choosing only my favourite subjects, having all my friends around me and not doing much work.

Well, these last four weeks have been a vicious wake up call. All our subjects are pre-chosen until grade 10. There is an unbelievable amount of work and my friends are all in different classes. These are not the worst parts, many of the boys at the school are just plain disgusting. They talk horrendously about girls and the swearing is unbearable. Coming from a Christian family, I can’t identify with most of them. The ones who have been to church and claim to be Christians, are the ones who have the worst morals! They live like the rest of the world and try to be Christians at the same time. I am struggling to maintain my own morals. I feel that the only thing the boys are interested in doing is bringing each other down.

My attitude will remain positive and I’ll push through. I refuse to live like them. I refuse to live like the world. For in James 4:4 it says “Whoever makes himself a friend of the world, makes himself an enemy of God.”
God wants me here, to be a good influence in this school. So in a way, God has shown me……….A place to belong.