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Chasing After the Wind
By Jonathan Koons, 23 My thoughts flutter all around and above my head like sun-sparks in the deep evening skies. I try my best to catch them all and stuff…
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College Decisions: Near, Far, or In-between
Due to COVID-19, many students are looking at colleges virtually. Check out Emilee's reflections that go deeper than a campus tour.
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How has COVID-19 Impacted You?
Share your thoughts.
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Community Art Experience
Children use up all the paper and tape in the house. They scribble with markers until they are bone-dry and could care less about saving their ink for a better,…
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Living or Dead
I will never understand why Lilly continued surrounding herself by people that would hurt her. Maybe she wanted our parents to notice her, only her.
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The Most Public Voice of Moral Conscience
Hate cannot drive out hate
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A Word on Creating
There’s an idea. It’s full of excitement and inspiration. It’s the second-best feeling in the world.
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Magic Fair- Pen & Water Color
Imagine a situation that seems beyond reality and present it as it would look in real life.
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Insights: Sports, Work & School
Interview with Colton: Insights on high school sports, work, college and more
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It’s Safer in My Bedroom
It's safer in here. Love, your anxious daughter
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Youth Take the Lead on Environmental Sustainability
“It might seem like there isn’t much we, as teens, can do to fight the adverse effects of global warming, especially when public officials (who many of us aren’t old…
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Want to be Awesome? Join the Circus.
Known in the 1920s as Circus City, the town of Peru, Indiana is keeping its heritage alive… through youth. An all-volunteer staff train 200 youth to perform each summer with…
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Young Love Turned Toxic: Abuse, Cheating, and Pregnancy
Anonymous, as told to Renee Childs The experience that I want to get out is heartbreak. Being betrayed in so many ways, at such a young age, then messing up…
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Diamond in the Rough
"My piece represents that even if a person seems average they are truly a 'Diamond in the Rough'"
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Daughters and Sons Treated Differently: A Mother’s Complex Love
The biggest thing in life that I have overcome is learning how to accept people for who they are.
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Love is Peace, and Peace is Love
L. O. V. E. It's kindness, L. O. V. E. It spreads, Peace is greatness, Even if there’s still a mess, Let someone in
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What No One Told Me About Adjusting to College
By Jennie Ellsworth FOMO is real y’all. For those of you that do not know, FOMO stands for the fear of missing out. I found that most of the FOMO…
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Holding On
Pretty smiles that aren't always what they seem. Perfect lines and white teeth don't define us. No, we live in the small, almost invisible seconds.
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Believe in Yourself
Hi, my name is Diana. I’m a senior at East Saint Louis Sr. High School. I’ve had the passion to become a nurse since my Sophomore year. I always knew…
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This is an I Love You Poem
I try to maintain eye contact even though I am continuously interrupted. Like clouds floating in front of the sun, the world goes dark when I cannot see you.
