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  Teen Pregnancy: The unproductive revolution

  

  By ptdancr4ever, Ely, NV

  About 800,000 teen pregnancies occur every year in the U.S., which means that 3 out of 10 girls get pregnant before age 20. The U.S. has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the industrial world. Where do I stand in teen pregnancy issues? I believe that it should stop for a number of reasons. There is...
• Nonfiction > Sports
  Dancing Through the Pain

  

  By ptdancr4ever, Ely, NV

  My heavy breathing echoes in the empty room, the sound waves bouncing off the walls and reverberating in my ears. I can feel the sweat beading on my forehead and my back. I pull on my pink tights, my purple leotard, my black tutu and my hair is folded into a bun by my shaking hands. Straping on my n...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Manipulative

  

  By ptdancr4ever, Ely, NV

  She was needy. She was broken. And she believed every word I said. The deep ink-blue sky soothed my aching eyes from the brightness of the day that had disappeared. The sparkling stars ornamented the blue blanket, shining like her green eyes in the morning. I inhaled the crisp, almost cool air,...