Teen Ink Magazine, October 2011 Edition
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Articles from this Issue
College Guide
Hot Topics
BullyingHow I Changed for the Better By Jonathan D., Cumberland, RI
Community ServiceA Clearer Vision By Vibhuti K., Solon, OH
Community ServiceSteps in the Right Direction By McLauren Jeanne S., El Dorado, KS
EnvironmentDumpster-Divers
EnvironmentFall Forest
EnvironmentThe Downsides of Pesticides
HealthFears and Promises
Letters to the EditorFeedback for My Syria By Bernard S., Brooklyn, NY
Letters to the EditorFeedback for Needing New York By Amber C., Oak Bluffs, MA
Letters to the EditorFeedback on
Letters to the EditorFeedback on 50 Reasons to Live
Letters to the EditorFeedback on An Unexpected Outcome
Letters to the EditorFeedback on Dirty Laundry
Letters to the EditorLess Poetry?!
Letters to the EditorVideo Section
Pride & PrejudiceDiscretion: Teens' Greatest Fear
Community ServiceA Clearer Vision By Vibhuti K., Solon, OH
Community ServiceSteps in the Right Direction By McLauren Jeanne S., El Dorado, KS
EnvironmentDumpster-Divers
EnvironmentFall Forest
EnvironmentThe Downsides of Pesticides
HealthFears and Promises
Letters to the EditorFeedback for My Syria By Bernard S., Brooklyn, NY
Letters to the EditorFeedback for Needing New York By Amber C., Oak Bluffs, MA
Letters to the EditorFeedback on
Letters to the EditorFeedback on 50 Reasons to Live
Letters to the EditorFeedback on An Unexpected Outcome
Letters to the EditorFeedback on Dirty Laundry
Letters to the EditorLess Poetry?!
Letters to the EditorVideo Section
Pride & PrejudiceDiscretion: Teens' Greatest Fear
Nonfiction
A Crash Course in Coolness By Emily D., Wyckoff, NJ
My Friend Merv By Amanda L., Cameron, WI
Celebrity interviewsAuthor Jenny Downham
HeroesA Local Hero
HeroesMy Favorite Teacher
MemoirA Driving Lesson
Personal ExperienceA Cornfield Misadventure By Paige D., Saratoga, CA
Personal ExperienceFive.
Personal ExperienceLessons in toilet paper
Personal ExperienceQuietly Waiting
Personal ExperienceRhythmic Chaos
SportsLove Your Seniors
SportsMy Shining Freshman Moment By Bridget M., Jim Thorpe, PA
Travel & CultureAmsterdam in Autumn
Travel & CultureEl Dominicano
Travel & CultureSingapore: The Island City
Travel & CultureVisiting the Holy Land By Jen F., Franklin Lakes, NJ
My Friend Merv By Amanda L., Cameron, WI
Celebrity interviewsAuthor Jenny Downham
HeroesA Local Hero
HeroesMy Favorite Teacher
MemoirA Driving Lesson
Personal ExperienceA Cornfield Misadventure By Paige D., Saratoga, CA
Personal ExperienceFive.
Personal ExperienceLessons in toilet paper
Personal ExperienceQuietly Waiting
Personal ExperienceRhythmic Chaos
SportsLove Your Seniors
SportsMy Shining Freshman Moment By Bridget M., Jim Thorpe, PA
Travel & CultureAmsterdam in Autumn
Travel & CultureEl Dominicano
Travel & CultureSingapore: The Island City
Travel & CultureVisiting the Holy Land By Jen F., Franklin Lakes, NJ
Reviews
Book ReviewsAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Book ReviewsFilmmaking for Teens: Pulling off your shorts by Troy Lanier and Clay Nichols
Book ReviewsHappyface by Stephen Edmond
Book ReviewsThe Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Book ReviewsThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Movie ReviewsHanna
Movie ReviewsI Am Number four By Sana A., Newtown, PA
Movie ReviewsThe Adjustment Bureau
Music Reviews2112, by Rush
Music ReviewsFuneral by Arcade Fire By Paige P., Shakopee, MN
Music ReviewsNightmare by Avenged Sevenfold By Kevin C., Hull, MA
Music ReviewsPretty On The Inside by Hole
Book ReviewsFilmmaking for Teens: Pulling off your shorts by Troy Lanier and Clay Nichols
Book ReviewsHappyface by Stephen Edmond
Book ReviewsThe Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Book ReviewsThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Movie ReviewsHanna
Movie ReviewsI Am Number four By Sana A., Newtown, PA
Movie ReviewsThe Adjustment Bureau
Music Reviews2112, by Rush
Music ReviewsFuneral by Arcade Fire By Paige P., Shakopee, MN
Music ReviewsNightmare by Avenged Sevenfold By Kevin C., Hull, MA
Music ReviewsPretty On The Inside by Hole
Art / Photo
A Cave Run Morning 
After the Rain
Blush
Call Me Melancholy
Cartoon State of Mind
Castle 2
Crowded in the Rye
Crying Is Ok
Dead Tree
Emily
Equality.
From The Desk Of Despair
Hair away
Halloween Mist
I Hate My Math Class
Identity.
In Memory
Incarceration.
Jesus takes the Cross
Lenses
Library
Limitless
Mortality Of Man By Erek S., Lubbock, TX
My Mask
Obstacle.
Only You Will Know My Truths
Out of Darkness By Miriam Z., redmond, WA
Passion
Reach For The Colors
Ready. Set. Go.
Scott Pilgrim
Singing sun
spring reading
StandAlone
The Countryside of Holland
The Eskimo Part of Me
The Portrait Artist
The Shadow
Three Snowmen - Watercolor/Acrylic
Tree.
Twisted
What's one man's trash is another girls junk yard photo opportunity
White Pick-up
Within City Limits
After the Rain
Blush
Call Me Melancholy
Cartoon State of Mind
Castle 2
Crowded in the Rye
Crying Is Ok
Dead Tree
Emily
Equality.
From The Desk Of Despair
Hair away
Halloween Mist
I Hate My Math Class
Identity.
In Memory
Incarceration.
Jesus takes the Cross
Lenses
Library
Limitless
Mortality Of Man By Erek S., Lubbock, TX
My Mask
Obstacle.
Only You Will Know My Truths
Out of Darkness By Miriam Z., redmond, WA
Passion
Reach For The Colors
Ready. Set. Go.
Scott Pilgrim
Singing sun
spring reading
StandAlone
The Countryside of Holland
The Eskimo Part of Me
The Portrait Artist
The Shadow
Three Snowmen - Watercolor/Acrylic
Tree.
Twisted
What's one man's trash is another girls junk yard photo opportunity
White Pick-up
Within City Limits
Poetry
and this 
Colloquial
Dirt
Football By Jason O., Mount Prospect, IL
Haiku By Elizabeth H., New York, NY
Have you ever seen a leaf fall? By Michelle C., Newton, NJ
Home. By Mario P., Park Ridge, IL
Scream
Stars By Jackie C., Prescott, AZ
Swings By Edward G., Saratoga, CA
The Basin By Amina C., Fort Lee, NJ
11 O'Clock for Allen Ginsberg By Anonymous, Des Moines, IA
1500 By Jessica B., Gilford, NH
35 Sounds of School
A Life of Bricks
A Man with a Shadow
American Cooking By Bethany C., Gilford, NH
An Interview with Robert Frost in Heaven
Anais
And Why?
At Our Mercy
Autumn By Anonymous, spartanburg, SC
Billie
Braids and Beauty
Broccoli By Marcus H., Bloomfield, MI
Broke
Clothesline
Continue On
Cradle of life
Departure
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
Driving By Anonymous, Waterloo, NY
Eavesdropper
Elephant
Elevator
Ever.
FAKE
Fast Girls
French Braiding
Frozen Man
Hellish Shell
Here's what heaven is;
Hidden Portals By Audrey M., W. Jordan, UT
Hunting Grounds for Single Mothers By Kyle P., Oak Ridge, TN
I found your wallet
I Have no Shell
I'm Crying on my Pillow
Ignored
Inferno
Internal Rebellion
inverted biography
It's My Job
I’m lost in this
La Terre
Last Night
Midnight Math By Catherine R., Newcastle, ME
Mind Rage
Morning Walk
Move Me
Ocean Eyes
Old Photos
Paper
Poor By Chloe C., Garland, TX
Reading By Ashley M., Henderson, NV
Reflections
Retribution.
She's A Goner
Shh...
Silence By Jarod S., Williamsburg, MI
Spiders By Hanna F., Maineville, OH
Stay Out
Study hall
Suffer
The Battle of Dusk and Dusk
The Blue House on Old Wire
The Wait
The Waitress
these seasons By Alexis L., Mount Upton, NY
Tin
Unmasked
Waiting for Change ("peace waits, for me" revised) By Anonymous, Boston, MA
We Watched the Water
When You Left
Where Are My Manners?
Where I'm From
Where the Music is.
Words
Insomnia
Mirrors By Anonymous, McKinney, TX
Silver and Gold?
Toy Store Warning Labels
Nu Werds
Colloquial
Dirt
Football By Jason O., Mount Prospect, IL
Haiku By Elizabeth H., New York, NY
Have you ever seen a leaf fall? By Michelle C., Newton, NJ
Home. By Mario P., Park Ridge, IL
Scream
Stars By Jackie C., Prescott, AZ
Swings By Edward G., Saratoga, CA
The Basin By Amina C., Fort Lee, NJ
11 O'Clock for Allen Ginsberg By Anonymous, Des Moines, IA
1500 By Jessica B., Gilford, NH
35 Sounds of School
A Life of Bricks
A Man with a Shadow
American Cooking By Bethany C., Gilford, NH
An Interview with Robert Frost in Heaven
Anais
And Why?
At Our Mercy
Autumn By Anonymous, spartanburg, SC
Billie
Braids and Beauty
Broccoli By Marcus H., Bloomfield, MI
Broke
Clothesline
Continue On
Cradle of life
Departure
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
Driving By Anonymous, Waterloo, NY
Eavesdropper
Elephant
Elevator
Ever.
FAKE
Fast Girls
French Braiding
Frozen Man
Hellish Shell
Here's what heaven is;
Hidden Portals By Audrey M., W. Jordan, UT
Hunting Grounds for Single Mothers By Kyle P., Oak Ridge, TN
I found your wallet
I Have no Shell
I'm Crying on my Pillow
Ignored
Inferno
Internal Rebellion
inverted biography
It's My Job
I’m lost in this
La Terre
Last Night
Midnight Math By Catherine R., Newcastle, ME
Mind Rage
Morning Walk
Move Me
Ocean Eyes
Old Photos
Paper
Poor By Chloe C., Garland, TX
Reading By Ashley M., Henderson, NV
Reflections
Retribution.
She's A Goner
Shh...
Silence By Jarod S., Williamsburg, MI
Spiders By Hanna F., Maineville, OH
Stay Out
Study hall
Suffer
The Battle of Dusk and Dusk
The Blue House on Old Wire
The Wait
The Waitress
these seasons By Alexis L., Mount Upton, NY
Tin
Unmasked
Waiting for Change ("peace waits, for me" revised) By Anonymous, Boston, MA
We Watched the Water
When You Left
Where Are My Manners?
Where I'm From
Where the Music is.
Words
Insomnia
Mirrors By Anonymous, McKinney, TX
Silver and Gold?
Toy Store Warning Labels
Nu Werds
