Personal experience essays written by teens | Teen Ink

Personal Experience


Most discussed Personal Experience Articles

Nonfiction
comments
By darkdreamer17 SILVER
Plainsboro, New Jersey

For my thirteenth birthday, I asked for a book. A journal, to be more specific. I've always loved journals. I have been perpetually recording my life since I was about five yea...
darkdreamer17 SILVER, Plainsboro, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Knowledge will give you power, but character - respect." - Bruce Lee


Nonfiction
By Anonymous
Nonfiction
By Blayne15 BRONZE
Dickinson, Texas
Blayne15 BRONZE, Dickinson, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Nonfiction
By yesica BRONZE
Reno, Nevada
yesica BRONZE, Reno, Nevada
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Nonfiction
By A1exisss BRONZE
St. Louis, Missouri
A1exisss BRONZE, St. Louis, Missouri
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Nonfiction
By Anonymous
Jillian_Ashby BRONZE, Castle Rock, Colorado
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Nonfiction
By fireflies43 BRONZE
Conestoga, Pennsylvania
fireflies43 BRONZE, Conestoga, Pennsylvania
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Frodo: I can&#039;t do this, Sam. <br /> Sam: I know. It&#039;s all wrong. By rights we shouldn&#039;t even be here. But we are. It&#039;s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn&#039;t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it&#039;s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn&#039;t. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something. <br /> Frodo: What are we holding onto, Sam? <br /> Sam: That there&#039;s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it&#039;s worth fighting for.