Hi, I'm Lily, and I dance at the Patterson School of Ballet. This past year, dance has become more challenging for me because I've decided to concentrate on ballet only instead of other forms of dance. When I tell people that, they don't really get it. This year I also started middle school, which has made life tougher; the tests are more difficult, the people are new and the expectations are different. My friends at school are usually7 thinking of their social life, when the