teenage musings in Kosrae

Recently, my students read a story about first dates. We may be on an island in the middle of ocean, but these quickwrite responses show we’re not too far from any typical high schooler in the States. Oh to be young.

On being stood up and feeling insecure:

“Me myself, I just hate my skinny arms. I want to be a big guy, not just toothpick arms. This is why I never liked a girl before. Most of them beautiful girls are bigger than me.”

“Actually, I did have someone but it was generations ago, like 2 (two) months ago.”

“Some of the things that I feel insecure were my nose is too big, my hair is not so long and my face looks terrible, my butt’s too big for my size “I think so?” and also my clothes are not that fanzy.”

“I have met one girl once, and I stood up for her many times. I always told her how she looks, how she smells, or the way she smiles with shiny lip gloss on her lips. I didn’t think it would feel nice, but it was so good… there are some things that I don’t feel insecure (don’t like) about her. The “pinballs” (pimples) on her face. It wasn’t bad, but I don’t feel comfortable when she will pop out the pinballs and the liquid inside will come out. Eww that’s disgusting.”

“I’ve stood up a boy- just once. And it was really funny. I laughed my guts out when I heard he waited for me that day. He really thought I was going to show up.”

“I don’t have anything that I felt insecure about, because the lord is the one that create me, so even though others said that I look ugly, I will kept that face.”

“yes, it feels so sad and it makes me feel like I am lost. So what I’ve did was I stood there for almost 20 minutes waiting for her. I think it was when I was 15 years old just last year.”