Teen Ink Magazine,
January 2006 :
Opinion Articles
A Glimpse At Social Warfare by Calvin A., Northridge, CA Youth everywhere: I turn and see the scene everyone notices but never thinks about. Young women, their faces painted with the modern-day battle paint of mascara ... Continue...
First Day of the New Year by Zoe C., Central Islip, NY Champagne? A toast, to the New Year! War, Thousands of daughters and sons are stranded In a hell where they have just landed to fight for us, Never to return to the status quo. ... Continue...
Gift Cards by Kathleen S., Cinnaminson, NJ At times like Christmas and your birthday, the celebration always involves gifts. It’s fun when you’re a kid - it was great to get that special toy you’d wanted for so long, wrapped up in pretty paper ... Continue...
Irony in the Workforce by Leah G., Glendale, AZ My chosen career is the toughest out there. It requires something along the lines of a Ph.D in all major fields, including accounting, business management, elementary and secondary education, history, medicine, the culinary arts, foreign studies, law, and physics ... Continue...
Mr. Left & Mr. Right by Daniel V., Newark, DE I overheard one afternoon quite late into the spring Two kindly older gentlemen fervently bickering, For when it came to politics, the two were black and white; Old Mr. Left could not agree at all with Mr. Right. ... Continue...
The Harry Potter Saga: Its Life and Death by Antigone D., Raleigh, NC A fleeting wisp of glory, a Camelot in its own realm ... unutterable, ungraspable, indefinable, like mist on a wintry morning or music that brings you courage though you can’t explain why .. ... Continue...
The Media Monopoly by Evan O., Cannon Falls, MN “The media is too concentrated, too few people own too much. There’s really only five companies that control 90% of what we read, see and hear. It’s not healthy ... Continue...
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