Teen essays on what matters and core values | Teen Ink

What Matters


Top voted What Matters Articles

Hot Topics
#881voted by our readers
By pascasarah BRONZE
Skokie, Illinois

Dear Donald J. Trump,   First off, congratulations on your successful campaigning. Because of your hard work and determination, you have become our 45th president o...
pascasarah BRONZE, Skokie, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#882 Hot Topics
By nickibaby BRONZE
Colorado Springs, Colorado
nickibaby BRONZE, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2 articles 8 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
what is normal anyway?

#883 Hot Topics
Hayden52210 BRONZE, Lapine, Alabama
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#884 Hot Topics
By Anonymous
#885 Hot Topics
By Anonymous
#886 Hot Topics
By EllenMC GOLD
Boulder, Colorado
EllenMC GOLD, Boulder, Colorado
12 articles 1 photo 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Excerpt from Calvin and Hobbes:<br /> Calvin asks Mom: &quot;Why are you crying?&quot;<br /> Mom: &quot;I&#039;m cutting an onion.&quot;<br /> Calvin: &quot;Life must be hard when you start anthropomorphizing your vegetables.&quot;

#887 Hot Topics
Vanna-Rae GOLD, Bixby, Oklahoma
19 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
To the well organized mind death is the next greatest adventure.

terrythebox BRONZE, Austin, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#889 Hot Topics
By katie ambrose BRONZE
Auburn, New York
katie ambrose BRONZE, Auburn, New York
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#890 Hot Topics
By Basketballlover67 SILVER
Sauk Rapids, Minnesota
Basketballlover67 SILVER, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota
6 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
a perfect world, when he&#039;s with her, he would be wishing he was with me; when he looked at her, he would be looking at me; when he smiled at her, his smile would be for me; when he thought about someone, he would be thinking about me. In a perfect world, he would realize that she wasn&#039;t the one he was supposed to be with and I would still be standing here waiting for him still when he finally knows this. But this isn&#039;t a perfect world and people do get hurt; you smile when you feel like crying; you act like you&#039;re okay when you&#039;re falling apart inside; and you let it go. You move on, because there&#039;s nothing else you can do.&quot; Author Unknown