Personal experience essays written by teens | Teen Ink

Personal Experience


Most recently submitted Personal Experience Articles

Nonfiction
By mario.martinez45 SILVER
Thonrton, Colorado

Warm nights, blazing days, and extreme cases of boredom were all I expected of New Mexico. As a kid I never really understood what was so special about this “Land of Enchantment”....
mario.martinez45 SILVER, Thonrton, Colorado
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Nonfiction
By Treto16 SILVER
Dodge City, Kansas
Treto16 SILVER, Dodge City, Kansas
9 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everything is beautiful, but beauty isn't everything.

Nonfiction
Nonfiction
By hedwigy13 PLATINUM
Piscataway, New Jersey
hedwigy13 PLATINUM, Piscataway, New Jersey
27 articles 2 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Only in the dictionary does success come before work." -unknown

Nonfiction
By .Skyye. GOLD
Oroville, California
.Skyye. GOLD, Oroville, California
15 articles 19 photos 134 comments

Favorite Quote:
All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.<br /> <br /> I walk by Faith, not by sight

Nonfiction
By samwhoam PLATINUM
Granby, Massachusetts
samwhoam PLATINUM, Granby, Massachusetts
25 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.&quot; ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nonfiction
By ashpunch01 BRONZE
Plainview, New York
ashpunch01 BRONZE, Plainview, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Nonfiction
By sniperman BRONZE
Cedarburg, Wisconsin
sniperman BRONZE, Cedarburg, Wisconsin
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
i have a dream

Nonfiction
By aurum_angel BRONZE
Hingham, Massachusetts
aurum_angel BRONZE, Hingham, Massachusetts
3 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
&#039;I&rsquo;m Nobody! Who are you?<br /> Are you&ndash;Nobody&ndash;Too?<br /> Then there&rsquo;s a pair of us!<br /> Don&rsquo;t tell! they&rsquo;d advertise&ndash;you know!<br /> <br /> How dreary&ndash;to be&ndash;Somebody!<br /> How public&ndash;like a Frog-<br /> To tell one&rsquo;s name&ndash;the livelong June-<br /> To an admiring Bog!&#039;<br /> -Emily Dickinson