The Paradoxical Commandments of an

Adolescent’s LifeJeremy Sananes

Secondary IVClass 4C

Presented to: Ms. Segal

1. If you befriend those who are less popular or outcast, people

will associate you with them and outcast you as well.

Befriend those who are less popular anyway.

2. Assisting in your community and volunteering to aid with little matters is time

consuming and may feel like a burden.

Assist with the little things anyway.

3. You will be discriminated against for taking a stand against negative

peer pressure.

Stand up to negative peer pressure anyway.

4. If you are yourself, unique and not conforming to society’s

template for you, people will see you as different and odd.

Be yourself anyway.

5. If you show compassion and care for others, people will see you as

weak and vulnerable.

Show compassion for others anyway.

6. Trying your hardest and working to achieve the best possible consequence may not always

result in the outcome you had hoped for.

Try your hardest anyway.

7. You will be ridiculed for failure, disappointments and not achieving

what you had strived for.

Never give up and try again anyway.

8. Classmates and peers can be disrespectful, rude and

arrogant.

Respect them anyway.

9. People can be selfish and closed-minded in their

thoughts and manners.

Value their thoughts and manners anyway.

10. An adolescent’s life can seem painful, unpredictable and unfair.

Love your life anyway.