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Teen Ink Magazine, September 2006: Travel and Culture
A Good Greek Granddaughter
by Andre C., Andover, MA
Being a good Greek granddaughter is more than simply being a granddaughter. It is a whole culture.
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A Little Maritime Nightmare
by Jourdan U., Roslyn Heights, NY
I want you to imagine this. Go on, close your eyes. Don’t be frightened, it’s just a little maritime nightmare. Now, let yourself drift off to the Gulf of Mexico.
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A Whole New World
by Janelle M., Shediac River, NB, Canada
I’ve grown up hearing stories about my mom’s side of the family. My mom was born and raised in South Africa, the oldest of three.
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Like Mi Madre
by Christine S., Arlington, VA
As I lounge in the family room with my sisters, the smell of rice and beans overcomes me. My mother is in the kitchen, molding flour into tortillas as macaroni heats in the microwave. Soon we’ll sit down at the table, our conversation lapsing in and out of Spanish and English, our meal a hybrid of American and Latin American cooking.
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A London Night
by Serah C., Hillsboro, NC
It is raining when we get out of “Phantom of the Opera.” Raining not in sheets, not in drops, but like a waterfall that has decided to throw itself onto the theatre district with the same vigor it usually reserves for tourist photographs. It is the rain London is famous for, and all 28 of us look out into the British night with resignation, knowing that we will be walking home.
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