Teen Ink Magazine,
December 2003 :
Opinion Articles
"Wasted Youth" by Beth L., Hull, MA If I hear the phrase "Youth is wasted on the young" one more time, I think I will either scream or rip every strand of hair out of my head. Continue...
I read in a newspaper that The CIA examined how long the phone calls lasted on September 11. The cell phones from the two towers calling loved ones. The article said because of how quickly the planes came, most calls lasted five to ten seconds. Continue...
Get a Job? by Ronny S., Auburn, NY Is it a head start on a career, or child labor? Why are kids joining the work force so young? Is it because they look up to their parents? Or because they have a lust for money? Is it because they want to help support their families, or because they are forced ... Continue...
Holiday = Holy Day? by Caroline E., San Diego, CA Holiday: a religious festival or holy day. This definition needs to be updated. According to our current society, a holiday is an excuse to 1) buy and receive lots of gifts or 2) spend a day off watching movie marathons. Continue...
It's hard being true to your culture when culture has been replaced by a television set, and family game night is replaced with TV dinners and an episode of "Family Feud." Quality time is something of the past. Continue...
Tighten the tourniquet Suffocating my fingertips Let the blood run stiff Through my blue veins Puncture wounds of medicine Homemade remedies Of love and lives lost Tears fall down my cheeks As I see the pain melt away In ... Continue...
The New Sputnik Crisis by Anthony N., Balch Springs, TX October 4, 1957 is a date many Americans rememberas the day that changed America and the world. On that day, Russians ushered inthe Space Age with the launch of Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite. Continue...
To Infinity & Beyond by Dan T., Cohasset, MA "Columbia, this is Houston, are you there?Columbia, do you copy?" Despite the prayers of the world, no miracle wasforthcoming on the morning of February 1, 2003, when the space shuttle Columbiabroke apart while re-entering Earth's atmosphere. Continue...
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