These stories were written by students for their JRN 101H class. They are reported stories about the lives of other students on campus.
If you were to ask Ben what he was like in high school, the phrase “a piece of shit” would come out pretty quickly.
He’d tell you that he had a lot of friends, but he doesn’t think he was a good friend to any one of them.
He’d tell you that he tended to give people what they wanted, but it didn’t make him likable so much as tolerable.
He’d tell you that the people he was closest to were circumstantial, almost like colleagues.
He’d admit that at the end of the school week, he knew that he wouldn’t be seeing anyone he called a friend for a full 48 hours.
If you were to ask Ben what he’s trying to do differently now, he’d hesitate a bit, but not long before telling you that he’s trying to be more genuine.
He’d say that now, he has fewer friends, but it doesn’t really feel like it.
He’d use words like “reinvention,” acknowledging how cliche it sounds but insisting that he’s working to live up to it.
If you were to ask Ben if thinks he’s on the right track, he’d probably startle a bit, maybe even laugh in a way that’s more defensive than amused.
But give him a moment, and Ben will tell you he hopes so.
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