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Seeing Clearly MAG
By riley1516 PLATINUM
Lake Zurich, Illinois

Sitting at a table in my school cafeteria, I looked around, slowly taking in everything. For one of the first times in my life, I realized I had been seeing without really seeing f...
riley1516 PLATINUM, Lake Zurich, Illinois
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Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” -Howard Thurman

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How Long Submissions Take to be Approved
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Fighting the Violence Epidemic
By johnstonsophia BRONZE
Ridgway, Pennsylvania
johnstonsophia BRONZE, Ridgway, Pennsylvania
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"The best thing you could do is MASTER the chaos in you. You are not thrown into the fire, YOU ARE THE FIRE." -Mama Indigo

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The Silent Disaster: How Droughts Are Threatening Californian Cities
By sohavakohli BRONZE
Cerritos, California
sohavakohli BRONZE, Cerritos, California
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Crazy MAG
By AsIAm PLATINUM
Somewhere, North Carolina

I want to be crazy. I want to go around at night giving socks to the homeless. I want to stick Post-it notes on public mirrors telling people they are beautiful. I want to g...
AsIAm PLATINUM, Somewhere, North Carolina
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"According to some, heroic deaths are admirable things. (Generally those who don't have to do it. Politicians and writers spring to mind.) I've never been convinced by this argument, mainly because, no matter how cool, stylish, composed, unflappable, manly, or defiant you are, at the end of the day you're also dead. Which is a little too permanent for my liking." — Jonathan Stroud (Ptolemy's Gate)

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Unconscious MAG
By Samaiya SILVER
Medellin, Other
Samaiya SILVER, Medellin, Other
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Fitting In MAG
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Providence, Rhode Island
MonicaMS BRONZE, Providence, Rhode Island
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Let the Games Begin -- Mr. Beast and the Spectacle of Charity
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Avahke BRONZE, Berkeley, California
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K-Talks BRONZE, Dallas, Texas
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The Benefits of Sports and Physical Activity— with a Badminton Player’s Perspective.
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ashwita6611 BRONZE, Remuna, Balasore, Other
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