Teen Ink Magazine,
April 2006 :
CollegeEssays Articles
At the Airport by Daisy J., Medina, MN At the airport, my family and I wait patiently at the gate for the flight. My little brother presses his nose against the window and stares in awe at the immense flying machines. He runs from window to window, excitedly exclaiming about the different types of planes ... Continue...
Chess by Igor S., New City , NY I felt some trepidation when I moved to New York from my small town of Priluki in Ukraine. The clothes, the music, the language and the culture were alien to me, yet had a curious appeal ... Continue...
Coping by Christine I., Poolesville, MD My generation’s greatest challenge will be coping with the real world. We are the most shielded, mollycoddled and over-protected group of kids to grow up in America ... Continue...
Grandmother’s Voice by Marci N., Lowville, NY Chestnut-colored hair, flecked with silver, frames her softly rounded face; delicate wrinkles encircle rose-tinted lips and cool gray eyes ... Continue...
Lens by Amanda B., Kailua, HI It was so blurry I could hardly make out what I was looking at. The sky was gray and dull. My arm moved up toward my face and rotated the lens a bit to the left. A flower gradually began to appear, wilted and nearly lifeless ... Continue...
MIT by Cassandra D., Papillion, NE It’s 7:25 on a Friday night ... the opening night of my high school’s musical. The cast and crew are in a circle holding hands. Our director begins to speak and everyone’s energy level spikes ... Continue...
Obsession by Bryan H., Wyckoff, NJ Some call it dedicated, others call it psychotic. I prefer to think of it as life. Natural and selfish impulses compel me to travel three hours each week to cheerleading practice ... Continue...
Roots by Renae B., Ashland, NE My uncle began teasing me about it when I was seven. I was riding with him in his combine, watching stalk after stalk of corn slip through the heavy outermost blades, when he said, “You’re going to be one of them starving artists, aren’t ... Continue...
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