  There is a part in Judith Viorsts' essay,  " WHAT ME?  SHOWING OFF?  that caught my eye. nbsp;  This part is " showoffs always run the risk of being thought immodest,  of being harshly viewed as.
well. showoffs.  This brought me back to high school where a classmate of mine was the one showing off.
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 This was especially true in volleyball and it didn't help that the coach&
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showed favortism toward her.
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 This gave her more room to show off with spiking the volleyball.  She was good at everything.
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 She had good grades,  voted for as homecoming queen,  well- liked and popular,  also a showoff.
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 She was a big time showoff and everyone in our class knew it.
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 There was no competing with her.
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 She was known to many as a class pet to most of the teachers.  Now older,  I see her showing off is not as bothersome&
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to me as it&
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used to be in high school.
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 I think being older has changed my perspective as she&
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just has more money and is spoiled.
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 The old version I find her being the teacher's pet in almost every class.
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 The new version is I still find her snobbish,
 at times.
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 I find her&
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to now be active&
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in enjoying life and helping out society in a way that makes her feel a part of good in herself such as painting smiley faces on kids at the carnivals or Sunday school teacher and helping out with vacation bible school.
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 I&
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think we all find our way of showing off from time to time,  sometimes in a good&
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way and sometimes not in a good way.
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 Most of us,  I think,  just want someone to appreciate us for who we are.
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 Some of us are more modest in our showing off and some of us seem to flaunt showing&
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off more than others.
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 I tend to find myself in the modest part where my classmate is the one to flaunt herself.
