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  Not to Jump

  

  By ktruns, Barrington, IL

  On Friday September 9th, 2011, my AP United States History teacher showed our class a very emotional video that filmed the 9/11 attacks from inside the lobby of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. At one point in the video, the filmmaker is explaining why the evacuees of the North Tower could...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Untold Story

  

  By ktruns, Barrington, IL

  This is one story that I’ve never told before. Not because of embarrassment or fear of judgment. I’ve never told it because I didn’t want to face my own truth. When a story only exists in my memory, it is easy for me to suppress it, to manipulate the details, and to turn it into something that...
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  Compromise

  

  By ktruns, Barrington, IL

  America is built on three branches of government, executive, legislative, and judicial. The job of the legislative branch (Congress) is to pass laws. The laws passed in Congress can control every part of our life. These laws need to evolve to keep up with an ever changing country that is as unique ...