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School Doesn't Have To Suck, But It Does
By Laugh-it-Out PLATINUM
Brooklyn, New York, New York

From where I am sitting in my small, metal school chair I can see 5 students on their phones underneath their desks, 7 students with earbuds in, listening to music underneath the...
Laugh-it-Out PLATINUM, Brooklyn, New York, New York
38 articles 0 photos 445 comments

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"Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light" --Dylan Thomas

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Find Your Voice
By PhoenixFire8 BRONZE
Marietta, Ohio
PhoenixFire8 BRONZE, Marietta, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Though my soul may set in darkness, it shall rise in perfect light<br /> I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. <br /> -The Old Astronomer

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I Think It's Sad.
By Emma.H.96 DIAMOND
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Emma.H.96 DIAMOND, Kalamazoo, Michigan
65 articles 0 photos 67 comments

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You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should&#039;ve behaved better. -Anne Lamott, from Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life.

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An Informal Letter to the Democratic Party
By rhockema SILVER
Homer, Alaska
rhockema SILVER, Homer, Alaska
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Good writers borrow. Great authors steal.&quot;

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The Pains
By Jacelyn PLATINUM
Ft. Irwin, California
Jacelyn PLATINUM, Ft. Irwin, California
23 articles 0 photos 5 comments

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A friend is someone who can see the truth and pain in you even when you are fooling everyone else.

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Got Ambition?
By Patience27 SILVER
Wilmington, Delaware
Patience27 SILVER, Wilmington, Delaware
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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Worthless
By Sev_Wymer BRONZE
Vero Beach, Florida
Sev_Wymer BRONZE, Vero Beach, Florida
3 articles 0 photos 8 comments
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Self-Harm
By Insane2001 SILVER
Plainsboro, New Jersey
Insane2001 SILVER, Plainsboro, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 4 comments

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I found myself looking around me at hollow faces, and wondering if this is it, if every heart on this earth has been stained. But then, when I look into our hearts, I see we&#039;re all like candles with beauty inside, masked behind wax, hardened by the pain we all must face. But when one of us begins to burn with compassion, our fragrance fills the air, and we unconsciously ignite others around us. I find that the wax melts, and that is our core, our beauty, our light that remains. Slowly we&#039;ll burn one by one, till the day we reach the end of our sticks and we&#039;re all burning with compassion. So maybe we all have to be set alight.- Percy Jackson, Wolf&#039;s Law Chapter 23.

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Terrorism: Not Deferral Anymore
By Nupur Mudgal BRONZE
Faridabad, Other
Nupur Mudgal BRONZE, Faridabad, Other
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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Rules of the Air
By PhilMoore4-H GOLD
Dover, Delaware
PhilMoore4-H GOLD, Dover, Delaware
13 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Be the change you want to see in the world!&quot;

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