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Teen Ink Magazine, September 2007 : Opinion Articles

Are We Desensitized? by Nastacia G., Everson, WA The influence of the media has never really affected me. I’ve never been ones of those girls who thought she had to be stick thin like a model. I’ve never decided to go out and shoot someone because I saw it on primetime ... Continue...	Depressing Advocacy by Sawyer D., Grapevine, TX Oh, one of those commercials again. While watching some television after school, the notorious commercial slithers sinisterly upon the screen. An emaciated African orphan cries in a barren Sudanese landscape ... Continue...
Freedom of Speech by Emma K., Seattle, WA In Tinker v. Des Moines (1969), the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment applied to public schools and that administrators had to provide constitutionally valid reasons for any specific regulation of speech in the classroom. However, in the 1986 case Bethel v ... Continue...	Stewart ‘08 by Frannie U., Walnut Creek, CA I’ve come up with the perfect nominee for the President of the United States: Jon Stewart. I think that Jon Stewart has the necessary experience to be the next leader of the United States ... Continue...
The Education System by Taylor P., Milton, NH Enter the classroom cold and dull Stale air and words surround our skulls Now our minds are held in traction Thinking is a useless action A derision to the balance ... Continue...	Time and Life by Eddy T., Los Angeles, CA One day you wake up, get ready and go to school. Before you know it, the day passes. Then a week, a month, a year, a decade, and soon, your lifetime ... Continue...

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