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Pennsylvania Stabbing
By ericrosby1 BRONZE
Olive Branch, Mississippi

On April 9, 2014, 16 year old sophomore Alex Hribal stabbed 21 students and a security guard in Murrysville, Pennsylvania at Franklin Regional High School. He is currently being he...
ericrosby1 BRONZE, Olive Branch, Mississippi
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"Things will happen in your life that you can't stop, but it's no reason to shut out the world."

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Substance of the Universe
By shunflower GOLD
Shamong, New Jersey
shunflower GOLD, Shamong, New Jersey
18 articles 0 photos 6 comments

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I’m seventeen and I’m crazy. My uncle says the two always go together. When people ask your age, he said, always say seventeen and insane.

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Transgender Rights are Violated by the United States Government
By Abby McCarthy BRONZE
Wayland, Massachusetts
Abby McCarthy BRONZE, Wayland, Massachusetts
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Just Enough
By Anonymous
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Unrealistic Stereotypes in Reality TV
By Anonymous
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What are Real Friends?
By SmartyPants15 BRONZE
Aurora, Colorado
SmartyPants15 BRONZE, Aurora, Colorado
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"Your a kid once and adult for a lifetime. Dont grow up too fast"

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The NBA Champs
By Anonymous
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A Granted Freedom
By Anonymous
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What Now?
By RaniaMichaela PLATINUM
Abu Dhabi, Other
RaniaMichaela PLATINUM, Abu Dhabi, Other
21 articles 0 photos 4 comments

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"Don't watch what they say, watch what they do." ~ Rachel Maddow

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#20850 Opinion
Diversity from Within
By theskeptist BRONZE
Colleyville, Texas
theskeptist BRONZE, Colleyville, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 6 comments

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"The reason why I refuse to take existentialism as just another French fashion or historical curiosity is that I think it has something very important to offer us... I'm afraid were losing the real virtues of living life passionately in the sense of taking responsibility for who you are the ability to make something of yourself and feel good about life. Existentialism is often discussed as if it were a philosophy of despair, but I think the truth is just the opposite. Sartre, once interviewed, said he never felt once minute of despair in his life. One thing that comes out from reading these guys is not a sense of anguish about life so much as a real kind of exuberance, of feeling on top of it, its like your life is yours to create. Ive read the post modernists with some interest, even admiration, but when I read them I always have this awful nagging feeling that something absolutely essential is getting left out. The more you talk about a person as a social construction or as a confluence of forces or as being fragmented of marginalised, what you do is you open up a whole new world of excuses. And when sartre talks about responsibilty, he's not talking about something abstract. He's not taling about the kind of self or souls that theologians would talk about. Hes talking about you and me talking, making descisions, doing things, and taking the consequences. It might be true that there are six billion people in this world, and counting, but nevertheless -what you do makes a difference. It makes a difference, first of all, in material terms, to other people, and it sets an example. In short, I think the message here is that we shouuld never write ourselves off or see eachother as a victim of various forces. It's always our descision who we are."

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