1. Sonia Medina
610 W Waddell St
Selma NC 27576
Graduations Project Judges
Selma-Smithfield High School
700 Booker Diary Road
Smithfield NC 27577
I became interested in Teen Suicide my teen years in high school. My freshman year in High School was new and scary
for me. You have a class full of people around you and you don’t know anyone. They throw you into groups/teams and make you
work together. You talk, play, laugh, and learn things and by the end of the classes you’ve made a handful of new friends. You also
can talk and interact with other which makes meeting your goal a lot easier and fun by having the companionship necessary to
promote your success. There were so many new experiences for me meeting new people and seeing that High School is a whole
new environment. Also saw many teenagers going through bad situations an losing one of my friends cause of suicide made me
realize that we don’t all go through the same things.
The biggest thing I learned from my Graduation project was that there’s always a answer to our problem no matter how
hard they are. I made the mistake of not doing it in a few of my classes and I thought I was going to die. Eating good and getting a
good night’s sleep before going to school, makes you feel a lot better overall. I. Also, it is important to realize you are going to hurt
no matter what, which I learned really quickly. After my first day I came home and thought I was going to die but after everything that
I went through it was not that bad after all specially helping my friends overcome their fears and motivating them to not themselves
down.
Thank you for taking time and reading my portfolio and hearing my presentation. I hope I make your time here enjoyable I
was also glad to be able to share the things I’ve learned with people I don’t know so they can use my information as well. Thanks
again for being my judges.
Sincerely
Sonia Medina