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Teen Ink Magazine, May 2006: Travel and Culture
A Surprise
by Hannah S., New City, NY
It was a cold autumn afternoon in the city of Budapest. The year was 1943 and Europe had undergone many immense changes.
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Realizing Who I Am
by Allie L., Auburn, NY
In 1990, about 2,500 children were adopted from South Korea and moved to the United States. I was one of them and met my parents when I was six months old.
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Gate C12
by Brittany A., Johnstown, OH
I look down at my layover ticket clenched in my fingers. Gate C12, the doorway to home, the doorway to the place I don’t want to be.
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Hearts of Spaghetti
by Kristen P., Wyckoff, NJ
Damiano smiled and started speaking to me in Italian, using exaggerated hand motions to help me understand, while Rita said one of the only English words she knew, “Beautiful, beautiful.”
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Who I Am
by Xin Z., Plano, TX
When the time came to meet the emigration officer, I was so scared, but happy at this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go to the “beautiful country,” which is what America means in Chinese.
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