Teen Ink Magazine,
November 2005 :
Nonfiction Articles
21 is Perfection by Erika J., Patterson, NY I already know that my twenty-first year of life will be the best. What could be better than being away at college, living on my own, driving wherever I want and making my own money to spend as I please?
When you’re 21, you always look good ... Continue...
Ava by Joel M., Kalispell, I MT It seemed like a normal day, nothing exciting was happening. I was playing a computer game when my brother, Jared, told me that he wanted to take me on a drive so we could talk. From the look on his face, I knew something was up ... Continue...
Disaster by Rebecca P., Montz, LA Nothing is the same. None of the priceless buildings of New Orleans function normally. Some of their pieces floated away in the water, along with the bodies, bodies of many helpless New Orleans citizens. On their rooftops they sat. And slept. And wept for hours ... Continue...
Dreams by Luke S., Grove, OK “Dreams are extremely important. You can’t do it unless you imagine it.” - George Lucas
Without dreams or goals, what are you working toward? Those who succeed are those who dream the biggest dreams. My dream will become a reality ... Continue...
H.S. Sign Off by Megan K., Montclair, VA When my old friends returned from college, it wasn’t the same. It wasn’t like the good old days, when we sat and chatted about random stuff at the park or the beach late at night ... Continue...
I Have To Graduate by Savanna W., Blanchard, LA Sometimes the days get so tough that I don’t know if I’m going to make it. Some people can’t understand why I don’t just give up, why I don’t just quit school ... Continue...
No Pumpkin Pie by Lynn D., Ridgway, PA “Pumpkin pie or New York City?” That was the grueling question rolling through my mind on a May afternoon. Yes, thinking almost seven months ahead, I was contemplating not being present at the traditional Thanksgiving dinner for the second year in a row ... Continue...
Peace by Stephanie D., Plymouth, MA The plan was to see “HotelRwanda” in Boston and then for the five of us - Tori, Liz, Mary,Dani and me - to sleep at Meg’s house. I had brought my video ofthe ridiculous TV show I had made with some friends and was excited toshare it afterward ... Continue...
So Close, Yet So Far by Neil D., Kalispell, MT It was the second day of our vigorous, week-long hunt. The day before we had heard and seen elk in this very spot, and we were excited to try our luck again ... Continue...
Summer of Revelations by Andrea A., Boardman, OH A paradox is a statement that contradicts itself. A perfect example of this was last summer - it was the best and worst of my life. At times I was ecstatic, and at others totally lost, my only desire to be home in my own bed ... Continue...
Where did the time go? by Madeline L., San Antonio, TX How is it that we grow so quickly?
I find myself pondering time and its tendency to suck away the seconds from our shrinking number of years. I consider the minutes upon minutes, the moments upon moments that are strung together to somehow form a life ... Continue...
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