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BE YOURSELF.... BEYOND YOUR LIMITS

by LET'S WRITE TOGETHER TEAM

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CHAPTER 1
          Gece, as every morning, she got up again reluctantly. She imagined in an accelerated way that they would go through all day. To get up, to have breakfast, to go to school. The last thought "to go to school" caused a pain in her stomach. Everyone at school was cool, beautiful, and fun. Gece was not at all satisfied with her skin color, curly and uncontrollable hair. In order not to attract attention, she would not talk to anyone and wait for the end of the school in a quiet corner. Even if the teacher knew the correct answer when asking a question, she would not raise her finger. She was incredibly concerned when she thought that everyone would be looking at her, and that the answer was wrong. It was best to be invisible, not to attract someone's attention.

             Her mother's sweet voice stripped her from her thoughts. Her mum was calling her to breakfast. To try changing the depressed mood of the night into a positive every morning, her mother put a hopeful smile on her lips. Even though it was a one-sided conversation, she was trying to talk to her daughter every morning tirelessly.

Her mother left Gece to school after breakfast. She said she could call her friends to home to spend time at the weekend while Gece was getting out of the car. At night, she thought for a moment and said, “I don't think anyone will come, Mom. Bye." she said and walked away.
Ebru DEMİR / Uğur Mumcu Secondary School / Kocaeli / TURKEY
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CHAPTER 2
    Gece's mother thought she could invite Gece's friends home to make Gece happy. She was sure that if they were together by doing some activities, they would get along better and that Gece would be happy.
         As soon as she reached home, she thought about what to cook, the games to be played and the activities to be held. She took notes all of them on paper. They could decide who would come by talking with Gece.
        Everything was normal when she entered the classroom. The first lesson passed quickly, and the break came immediately. Since the weather was so good, she decided to go out to the garden and sit down for a while.
        A few minutes later Cenk came over and asked, "Do you want to play basketball?". "Yes!" she said. She liked to play basketball. She had played basketball on the school team in Brazil. Today, she had been the player who scored the most points in the game. Gece and Cenk's team won the game while the bell was ringing. The class friends were very surprised because they did not know Gece was playing basketball well. This incident had spread to the classroom in a short time. Her friends were no longer leaving Gece alone, they were trying to make friendship with her.
      
    Today was normal for Gece, but just as far from normal. She liked getting along with the class and increased her self-confidence. When she came home, Gece told her mother what she had experienced with great excitement. Her mother was both surprised and delighted to see Gece happy. She felt relieved that she was getting better with her friends and that she did not have to call her friends unaware of her. While having dinner, she mentioned about the subject again.

       Gece's Mother: Do you agree with calling your friends?
       Gece: Actually, it was good that you said, mother. I was going to ask you this too. I think it wouldn't be a problem for them to come. What do you think?

       Gece and her mother talked about party preparations until bedtime while watching movie.
Bilgen SEZER / Uğur Mumcu Secondary School / Kocaeli / TURKEY
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