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By Anonymous

Dear Associate Dean, I don’t believe I deserve this detention. I don’t do drugs or skip class. Just because I eat lunch with the “bad eggs” does not mean that I am one. If you s...

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By riley1516 PLATINUM
Lake Zurich, Illinois
riley1516 PLATINUM, Lake Zurich, Illinois
26 articles 2 photos 50 comments

Favorite Quote:
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

Saskia1 BRONZE, Georgetown, Other
3 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do not judge a book by its cover.

DecemberStone BRONZE, Beebe, Arkansas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"When Life kicks you in the face KICK BACK HARDER!!!"

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By Mandiella DIAMOND
Plaistow, New Hampshire
Mandiella DIAMOND, Plaistow, New Hampshire
73 articles 58 photos 349 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don't waste time. Start procrastinating now.

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By AsIAm PLATINUM
Somewhere, North Carolina
AsIAm PLATINUM, Somewhere, North Carolina
48 articles 3 photos 606 comments

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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)

savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
45 articles 9 photos 564 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

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By Melanie Thibeault SILVER
Attleboro, Massachusetts
Melanie Thibeault SILVER, Attleboro, Massachusetts
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Nura.is.Beast BRONZE, Boulder, Colorado
1 article 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Don't Cry Because Its Over
Smile Because It Happened

Girls fall in love with what they hear
Boys fall in love with what they see
That's why girls wear make up
and boys lie