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Basic Notions of a Broken Democracy
By KaleJoshuaa SILVER
Ashland, Kansas

As I flip to page eighteen of my government class textbook, I notice a column about the five basic notions of democracy. It immediately struck me as odd the basic notion one, two,...
KaleJoshuaa SILVER, Ashland, Kansas
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"A fellow ought to shine on."

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Did you Hear?
By Anonymous
#863 Hot Topics
Society and Life.
By Tay_renee_b BRONZE
Orlando, Florida
Tay_renee_b BRONZE, Orlando, Florida
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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“It's all in the view. That's what I mean about forever, too. For any one of us our forever could end in an hour, or a hundred years from now. You never know for sure, so you'd better make every second count.” and “I like flaws. I think they make things interesting.”

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my life in words
By GreenDayFan SILVER
Phoenix, Arizona
GreenDayFan SILVER, Phoenix, Arizona
7 articles 3 photos 134 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Every story has an end, but in life, every ending is just a new beginning.&quot; <br /> -Uptown Girls

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The Life of Death
By OrenK PLATINUM
Flushing, New York
OrenK PLATINUM, Flushing, New York
21 articles 0 photos 12 comments

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&quot;My teacher asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said happy. She said I didn&#039;t understand the assignment. I said she didn&#039;t understand life.&quot;- John Lennon

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The Darkness
By Naerwen BRONZE
Manchester, Tennessee
Naerwen BRONZE, Manchester, Tennessee
2 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.&quot; -Oscar Wilde

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Materialism: The New American Value
By Gervvv BRONZE
Auburn, New York
Gervvv BRONZE, Auburn, New York
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track
By Miguel Bohrer BRONZE
Pleasent Plains, Illinois
Miguel Bohrer BRONZE, Pleasent Plains, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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Through their eyes
By claudiia, GOLD
Caguas, Other
claudiia, GOLD, Caguas, Other
16 articles 0 photos 1 comment
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The Game of Life
By Anna45 SILVER
Allentown, New Jersey
Anna45 SILVER, Allentown, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 5 comments

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But I knew that was what he wanted, even as the lot echoed with the cracks of the shot, even as I begged silently-please not him, not him and Johnny both-I knew he would be dead, because Dally Wintson wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted

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