Teen essays on what matters and core values | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Hot Topics
  3. What Matters
  4. Most recently submitted What Matters Articles

What Matters


Most recently submitted What Matters Articles

Back
Hot Topics
Why I'm Proud to be an American
By benb.2016 SILVER
Sussex, Wisconsin

In the United States, people often seem self-sufficient. If you want proof this is not how Americans really are, look at the days following the disaster of 9/11. People from all...
benb.2016 SILVER, Sussex, Wisconsin
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Hot Topics
A Nation Comes Together
By Edelweiss56 GOLD
Hartland, Wisconsin
Edelweiss56 GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
17 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Live, Laugh, Love

View profile
Hot Topics
Why I'm Proud to be an American
By Hailey_Bean97 GOLD
Hartland, Wisconsin
Hailey_Bean97 GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
If we make it back to the real world, I'll find you and fall in love with you all over again.

View profile
Hot Topics
Why Not to Take Ebola Lighty
By LordOfTheRings2300 BRONZE
Paragould, Arkansas
LordOfTheRings2300 BRONZE, Paragould, Arkansas
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment
View profile
Hot Topics
To Think
By wrtrgrlAnne BRONZE
Niagara Falls, New York
wrtrgrlAnne BRONZE, Niagara Falls, New York
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Hot Topics
Gun Control: Retna Scan
By Pieric123456789 SILVER
West Windsor Township, New Jersey
Pieric123456789 SILVER, West Windsor Township, New Jersey
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments
View profile
Hot Topics
'Manorexia'
By Insane2001 SILVER
Plainsboro, New Jersey
Insane2001 SILVER, Plainsboro, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
I found myself looking around me at hollow faces, and wondering if this is it, if every heart on this earth has been stained. But then, when I look into our hearts, I see we're all like candles with beauty inside, masked behind wax, hardened by the pain we all must face. But when one of us begins to burn with compassion, our fragrance fills the air, and we unconsciously ignite others around us. I find that the wax melts, and that is our core, our beauty, our light that remains. Slowly we'll burn one by one, till the day we reach the end of our sticks and we're all burning with compassion. So maybe we all have to be set alight.- Percy Jackson, Wolf's Law Chapter 23.

View profile
Hot Topics
Thank You Brains
By MasteroftheMind SILVER
Royce City, Texas
MasteroftheMind SILVER, Royce City, Texas
9 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
Some people wish it to happen.<br /> Some people want it to happen.<br /> Some people make it happen. <br /> <br /> -Michael Jordan

View profile
Hot Topics
Abducted: A Real Life Horror Story
By OurVoices PLATINUM
Merrimac, Massachusetts
OurVoices PLATINUM, Merrimac, Massachusetts
31 articles 0 photos 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are&quot; - e.e. cummings

View profile
Hot Topics
The Walls
By OurVoices PLATINUM
Merrimac, Massachusetts
OurVoices PLATINUM, Merrimac, Massachusetts
31 articles 0 photos 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are&quot; - e.e. cummings

View profile