with Benita Chapdelaine

Last year most of my friends
moved away and this year I

haven’t been able to get into a

group. Everyone has their own

-group of friends all set and I end

up alone. I have some friends but
no group that I belong to. I dress
cool — I’m not real coal but I’m
not a nerd either. Some kids make
fun of me and I feel alone most of
the time. How can I get kids to like
me?

Being out of a group of friends
can be quite lonely and depressing
and sometimes people go out of
their way to get someone to like
them. But don’t try to please

others by dressing cool. Be yours-

_ elf. If you feel comfortable in your

runners and jeans or whatever,
then wear them. You are who you
are and they can take you or leave
you as you are. People should like
you for what you are and not how
you dress. Everyone has something
special about themselves and
sometimes it takes a while to find
the most comfortable group. Why
don’t you get involved-in sports or
some other activity?

and sure.

_ They say practice makes perfect.
But is there really such a thing as
perfect? Gaining self-confidence
isn’t easy and it can take a long
time. Most people, when they start
a new job are scared. Why? Fear
of not being able to do the job.
Fear of screwing up. Fear of
meeting new people. Then a few
months down the road they are
more comforiable and can go in

' and do their job... the fear slips

How can a person get some
self-confidence? Sometimes I feel
like I’m just not "with it" but I see
kids that just know how to act and
I wonder how they can feel so cool

away. Maybe those kids you’re
talking about have just had a little
more practice than you.

Coming
events:

The Teen Page

Note: we’re getting many indications in here that the drop

- poxes for sending letters, questions and other material in for
this page aren’t cool. We’re open for any suggestions in
solving this problem, and in the mean time any of the above
can be sent to us by mail, dropped off at the Terrace Review Secondary Lecture The-
office, or called in anonymously at 635-7840. Let us know § atre at 8 p.m. Free admis-
what you think. « sion.

SS ' April 19 and 20. In.
celebration of Young
Writers’ Week and Earth
Day, a display will be set
up in the Skeena Mall
with information, environ-

mental tips, T-Shirts,
_sweat shirts and cloth
grocery bags for sale.

April 23 to 28 is Science
Week in Terrace and
highlights will include a
week-long visit by
Science World to several
local schools, and on April
28, the 25th annual
Science Fair.

On May 5 Skeena
Junior Secondary band
students head off on their
Edmonton band trip.

The Terrace and District
Arts Council is accepting
applications for their
scholarships for summer
fine arts courses. For
further information, please
write to Box 35, Terrace,

B.C. V8G 4A2 or Call
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Thursday, April 19. Dr.

Denis Connor will speak
on "Science and Tech-
nology — Careers in the
90s" at Caledonia Senior

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