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    Our Lives Are Lived In Moments.

    SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 4:54PM

    By Barbara Weicksel


    Topics: gay/lesbian, belief/religion, forgiveness, family, friends, high school, lesbian, moments, death, life

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    • 31 Ratings
    • 1679 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    To the graduating class of 2012

    JUNE 10, 2012 11:16PM

    By Pensive Person


    Topics: high school, generation x, nostalgia, future, swimming, hope, graduation

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    • 12 Ratings
    • 1294 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    My Surprising Hidden Talent

    APRIL 24, 2012 11:57AM

    By Nancy Davis Kho


    Topics: nerds, relationships, chaw, high school

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    • 54 Ratings
    • 2539 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    Why I did what I did....

    APRIL 4, 2012 5:48PM

    By Pensive Person


    Topics: cops, theif, high school, bullying, gay, kid, shoplifting, bookstore

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    • 12 Ratings
    • 2550 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Are NYC cops too aggressive? Duh?

    FEBRUARY 22, 2012 8:08AM

    By ManhattanWhiteGirl


    Topics: life stories, subway, police, crime, cops, pedestrians, bike lanes, bikes, nyc, nypd, bronx teacher, high school

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    • 42 Ratings
    • 2049 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    Sirenita’s Excellent Adventure

    NOVEMBER 15, 2011 5:18PM

    By Sirenita Lake


    Topics: drugs, hippies, hitchhiking, high school

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    • 15 Ratings
    • 2631 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    How Much Homework Is Too Much?

    OCTOBER 31, 2011 9:18AM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: farm school, maria montessori, college applications, college preparation, academics, motherhood, parenting, montessori, high school, race to nowhere, adolescents, children, school, homework

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    • 5 Ratings
    • 1127 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    High School Redux

    OCTOBER 28, 2011 1:36PM

    By Annie Keeghan


    Topics: reunions, high school, high school reunions

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    • 6 Ratings
    • 5922 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Getting Punched in my Stupid Fat Face

    AUGUST 13, 2011 4:31PM

    By Joseph Carr


    Topics: high school, lake erie, oh, ashtabula, growing up, family life, fighting, personal essay, nonfiction, memoir, comedy, open call, mortifying disclosures

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 990 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    It’s Getting Better: How two kids could change the world

    MAY 27, 2011 6:01PM

    By Sarah Fister Gale


    Topics: tolerance, high school, bullies, old navy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 1954 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Doin' Time in the High School Police State

    MAY 27, 2011 5:41AM

    By Tony Kelso


    Topics: security, school, police, guns, youth culture, prison system, crime, life stories, high school, education

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    • 14 Ratings
    • 4962 Views
    • 63 Comments
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    Straight Pride at my son's High School

    NOVEMBER 15, 2010 10:12AM

    By William Hazelgrove


    Topics: gay/lesbian, publishers, novels, novelist, writers, books, literary, publishing, writing, free speech, high school, gay, straight pride

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 3151 Views
    • 92 Comments
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    Bullying has led to a suicide epidemic at my alma mater

    OCTOBER 8, 2010 5:14PM

    By Cathy Wilson


    Topics: bullying, suicide, cyber-bullying, mentor high school, ohio, mentor, high school, young people, teens, abuse, verbal abuse, gay-bashing, tyler clementi, diversity, education, schools, teachers, cliques, fitting in

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 8061 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Kissing the Classroom Blues Goodbye

    SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 3:13PM

    By Stephanie Tames


    Topics: high school, jobs, writing, labor day, holidays, journalism, charter schools, teaching

    • Editor's Pick
    • 72 Ratings
    • 1953 Views
    • 65 Comments
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    Popular

    MARCH 11, 2010 8:04AM

    By Ann Nichols


    Topics: high school, popularity

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    • 23 Ratings
    • 2193 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    School Reform: Money Given to Leave School Years Earlier

    MARCH 4, 2010 10:20AM

    By Catherine Forsythe


    Topics: school, education reform, age, competency, scholarship, high school, community college

    • Editor's Pick
    • 63 Ratings
    • 4802 Views
    • 69 Comments
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    How I Met Edgar Allan Poe

    FEBRUARY 20, 2010 9:42AM

    By Beth Mann


    Topics: drugs, edgar allan poe, parties, new jersey suburbia hell, high school, poetry

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 4116 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Facebook, the First Amendment, and Anti-Teacher Rants

    FEBRUARY 17, 2010 12:08PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: katherine evans, katie evans, pembroke pines charter high school, peter bayer, pembroke pines florida, florida aclu, facebook, high school, teenagers, social media, free speech, anti-teacher rant, education, news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1098 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    My Love Affair with a Late-Night DJ

    JANUARY 12, 2010 10:52AM

    By Cindy Waxer


    Topics: music, dj, facebook, twitter, poke, atari, madonna, high school, records

    • Editor's Pick
    • 77 Ratings
    • 120348 Views
    • 128 Comments
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    American Public High School Stories: A Microcosm

    NOVEMBER 5, 2009 3:31PM

    By amittaizero


    Topics: fighting, teaching, high school, teenagers, tolerance, religion, violence, pacifism

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