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Teen Ink Magazine, January 2007 : Opinion Articles

A Dying Breed
by Rachel S., Warwick, NY
      I attend a small suburban school that I find pretty boring. Mine was once an artsy town with cafés and bookstores but in the past ten years, a massive number of families from the city have moved into fancy new houses.
Continue... 		Invisible
by Eric J., Glendale, AZ
      Have you ever noticed how invisible you really are as a person? When I was sick I missed a few days of school.
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Just Because
by Autumn D., Kirksville, MO
You can sit upon your royal throne,
but that doesn’t make you king.
You can record a record album,
but that doesn’t mean you sing.
You can dance the stage of Broadway,
but that doesn’t mean you’re good.
Continue... 		The Penny
by Paul S., Cohasset, MA
      Should the penny be abolished? Many things are priced with an odd number of cents, which is unnecessary. All prices should either end with a five or zero. For example, a bag of chips should cost 90 cents, 95 cents, or a dollar, not 99 cents.
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Whatever
by Hannah R., Longmeadow, MA
This,
compilation of carefully constructed compliments
spills from your lips,
in spews of watered-down,
whatever.
Their,
diluted letters make for:
dumbed-down words, and those words make for
humdrum sentences of useless,
y’know.
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