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Occasional Essay: How Drama Changed My Life

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Occasional Essay Everybody has that one thing that makes them go to bed excited for tomorrow and wake up with a positive attitude for the day. That one thing for me is drama. Drama has changed my life and made me open my eyes to how people treat me. now, you may be asking, “how did this open your eyes to people around you?”. well, it all started in first grade with my best friend, Jeannette. Jeannette and I would hang out every day and spend every second together. we would have our birthdays together too, since we were both born on February 9th, 2001. Jeanette doesn’t have a good home life, so she would always be at my house. in 2012, my house was destroyed in hurricane sandy and we moved to a house that is five minutes away from her house in walking distance. since then, we were inseparable. I didn’t know it at the time, but Jeanette was a huge bully to me. one of the reasons why I don’t think that I realized that she was mean to me, is because she was my only friend. I had this nauseating …show more content…

I was very scared to do this because I didn’t want to be judged by people I didn’t know. For me, it was hard to make new friends because I felt threatened by my “best friend”. even though I was very nervous, Evan help me get through it. I would practice singing my audition song to him and he would comfort me and tell me that I was doing great. He would also give me tips on what I could do better. I walked into the audition room when it was my time, I started singing, and I froze up. at this point, I was scared to death. I looked out the door window to see Evan smiling in at me. he gave me two thumbs up and all of a sudden I felt a rush of confidence. I finished my song and I was told that the cast list will be out soon. about a week later, the cast list came out as promised. I was very insecure and almost positive that I will look on the paper and not see my name. To my surprise I was

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