LifeStyles of My Friends

Lifestyles of Friends

By Miriah Loosle

Yesterday I interview some of my sophomore friends, D’Auriel E. Jackson, Whitley L. Body, and Ashley M. Carrington about their lives in and out of school.

My friends are very busy and sometimes pile themselves with so much stuff at school that they don’t have time for a social life.

Many questions were asked and some of the girls had a hard time answering ones like ‘How do you make money?’ or ‘How long are you on the phone/computer?’ D’Auriel Jackson said, “Does texting count? Once again too much.” About how long she spends on the phone/computer.

All of them have dancing in common. Ashley is in Dance I and D’Auriel and Whitley are in Dance II here at Akins. They love their dance teachers and want to pursue careers in dance, such as creating their own studios or becoming a Broadway star. Ashley also has a dream of becoming a Sapphire next year, she says, “Becoming a Diamond would be too hard and besides I’m in Theater Production and Vocal Ensemble, which all ready take up 5^th period, so it would just be too much to do Diamonds too.”

When asked if she was going to pursue her interests of dancing and theater after graduation, Whitley Body said, “I will more than likely be majoring in theater for college and I will continue to do them for church.”

The question ‘How much money do you make’ and ‘how do you make it?’ were apparently really hard questions to answer. Other than allowance most of them don’t make any extra money, maybe a babysitting job every couple of months. But when asked ‘how do you spend the money?’ they had plenty of answers. Ashley Carrington said she spends her money on, “Clothes, shoes, CD’s, I’m a teenager what do you expect?” Whitley and D’Auriel on the other hand said they spend their money mainly on the movies, books, or gum.

The last question I asked them was ‘Is there anything else you think I should know about your life?’ All of them said they love to have fun and love what they do.