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The Day of the Sandy Hook Shooting
By Jackies63 SILVER
Sandy Hook, Connecticut

“Teachers, we are going into lockdown.” Mrs. Chandler stopped lecturing in Spanish and began to speak in English for the first time in forty minutes, “Alright everyone, move over...
Jackies63 SILVER, Sandy Hook, Connecticut
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Start where you are. Use what you can. Do what you can&quot;<br /> -Arthur Ashe

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My Trip to a Back Alley Periodontist
By Lilli_Jade628 BRONZE
Chrisman, Illinois
Lilli_Jade628 BRONZE, Chrisman, Illinois
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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Damage Done
By ScarlettRose390 PLATINUM
Hawthorne, New Jersey
ScarlettRose390 PLATINUM, Hawthorne, New Jersey
21 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Nothing is impossible, only unbelievable.&quot;<br /> &quot;Gotta keep doing it if I want to get better. Gotta stop doing it if I want to ger worse. Gotta do it sometimes if I want to stay the same.&quot;

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The Pain of Parting
By MeghaR BRONZE
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
MeghaR BRONZE, Hoffman Estates, Illinois
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Spider Webs
By Olivia-Atlet ELITE
Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
Olivia-Atlet ELITE, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
325 articles 10 photos 1165 comments

Favorite Quote:
"To these the past hath its phantoms,<br /> More real than solid earth;<br /> And to these death does not mean decay,<br /> But only another birth" <br /> - Isabella Banks

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My First Concert
By CelticWriter SILVER
Saratoga Springs, New York
CelticWriter SILVER, Saratoga Springs, New York
6 articles 3 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am haunted by humans&quot;, Death, the Book Thief

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What girls like.
By TaylorJLutz SILVER
Saginaw, Michigan
TaylorJLutz SILVER, Saginaw, Michigan
5 articles 0 photos 5 comments
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The Sleeping Teenager Delima
By Helen_The_Blonde SILVER
Claude, Texas
Helen_The_Blonde SILVER, Claude, Texas
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between you teeth, but you don&#039;t give it the power to do its killing.&quot; --Augustus Water, The Fault in Our Stars<br /> &quot;We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are LIfe, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.&rdquo; --Declaration of Independence<br /> &ldquo;I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.&rdquo; --Thomas Paine, The American Crisis<br /> &ldquo;...the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph...&rdquo; --Thomas Paine, The American Crisis

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I Own a Dumb Phone
By ky796 BRONZE
Newtown, Pennsylvania
ky796 BRONZE, Newtown, Pennsylvania
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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Hope for Mockingbirds
By indigogirl507 BRONZE
Providence, Rhode Island
indigogirl507 BRONZE, Providence, Rhode Island
4 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Where there is love there is life&quot; - Mahatma Gandhi

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