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• Opinion > Current Events / Politics
  Lance Armstrong, Unpopular Opinion

  

  By Hannah_d, Penicuik, United Kingdom

  In the recent months, one story has dominated the headlines. It has shocked, upset and angered many people. This story is of course the news that Lance Armstrong, world famous professional cyclist, has come clean about his illegal use of performance enhancing drugs used during the protours he compe...
• Nonfiction > Sports
  Give Cycling a Go

  

  By Hannah_d, Penicuik, United Kingdom

  While scrolling through the sports section of teenink I saw a wide variety of different articles about many different sports. Among them was football, boxing, cheerleading, badminton and many more. One sport I didn't see any articles about was cycling. Cycling is without a doubt one of the mos...
• Opinion > School / College
  Does High School have to be that big a deal?

  

  By Hannah_d, Penicuik, United Kingdom

  I am British. Here, we see the USA as the big guys, they have the biggest music industry in the world, the best movie makers (films in Britain) etc, I could go on. To us everything across the pond seems larger than life. Not to say that we idolise them, but there are probably hints of jealousy wov...
• Opinion > Points of View
  Has Society Gone Round the Bend?

  

  By Hannah_d, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  I sat just the other day in the dentists waiting room tapping my fingers anxiously against the arm rest of the industrial plastic chair. I glanced at my mother who was sitting flicking through a magazine I knew she wasn't reading. Glancing over at the coffee table I saw a wide array of tattere...