T aking credit for
someone else ’ s success
By: Esther Kishk
Magen David Yeshivah
“I want the lead role,” I shouted. “I re-
B y : L a u re n S a rd a r
Magen David Yeshivah
If you are the lead in a play, before you
By: Joyce Cohen
Magen David Yeshivah
There was a group of kids who had to
ally want to be the lead in our school
start the play you should give credit to
make 600 cookies for the event. The
play. I will be amazing in the spotlight.”
the people who wrote and directed the
leader’s name was Frieda. Frieda was
“I think that Leah will be amazing in the
play. It is important to give a compli-
a bad leader. They only made 300
spotlight,” Barbara stated. “No, I want
ment because if you have a friend who
cookies and they needed to bake 300
to be the lead. I am a really good sing-
is good at poetry and you don’t thank
more cookies in one hour. They de-
er,”
I
moaned.
“Even
though
BAIS YAAKOV ACADEMY
cided to switch leaders. The new leader
Leah is a bet-
was Joy. Joy gave
ter singer, I still
everyone a job that
want to be in the
they were good at.
spotlight.” “Come
Frieda wasn’t pay-
on, you always
ing attention. So, she
get to be the lead
messed up. When
role,”
she finally starting
Barbara
told me. I guess
she was right. “I’ll
give Leah a shot.”
“Leah,
want
do
the
you
spot-
They’re smart and
quiet. Listen to their
ideas and don’t
light?” We asked
her. “No, I am
okay. I don’t like
the spotlight,” she
steal their credit.
told us. “Should
paying
attention,
she realized that the
cookies were burned.
The event organizer
came and saw only
500 cookies. He said
it was a good job.
Frieda tried to take
the credit. But, Joy’s
friends stuck up for
we convince her into doing it?” Bar-
her, she will stop writing poems and do
her and said that Joy was the leader
bara asked. “No. If she doesn’t want,
something she hates instead. Esther
we shouldn’t force her.” “I’ll just write
was the writer of a play and, on the
and helped to make all of the 500
the songs,” Leah said as she left. The
night of the play, I announced loudly
night of the play, “We would like to give
that all of this happened because of
credit to Leah for writing the amazing
Esther, because she wrote this play.
songs of the play,” I shouted. I could
see Leah. A small smile appeared on
her face. She was happy and so was I.
cookies by working as a team. The
event organizer offered Joy to be
in charge of the next event as well.
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