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  Option to Obliterate Obesity

  

  By Princess-Maple, Bleh, United States

  Obesity is a paramount problem today, and considering this condition barely existed a hundred years ago, we need to try and fix this issue. One huge contributing factor to this problem is that the adults of this time are handing unhealthy, highly caloric snacks to modern youth in schools. If they le...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  If I Could Have a Superpower...

  

  By Princess-Maple, Bleh, United States

  If I could have any superpower in the world, I would want to be able to go back in time and change the past. There are so many situations in my past in which if I had known it was about to happen, I could've stopped the event from occurring. One situation took place when I was five years old...
• Nonfiction > Academic
  Let Me Tell You About Being Young

  

  By Princess-Maple, Bleh, United States

  As I sit in my composition class and am assigned an essay about being young, excitement is not something running through my mind. Hearing sighs and groans, I glance around, noticing the morose, bored looks on almost every students' face. I know when I get home, I will probably tell my mom or da...
• Opinion > Love / Relationships
  Why do people hate the people they don't understand?

  

  By Princess-Maple, Bleh, United States

  Homophobes perturb me. Well, no, let me rephrase that. It's not that they themselves irk me, it's that I abhor the way they treat people. I mean, I'm not the nicest person in the world. I can get pretty mad sometimes, but I've had my fair share of bullying. Fortunately, I haven&#...
• Opinion > Pop Culture / Trends
  Where I Stand

  

  By Princess-Maple, Bleh, United States

  I expect to receive a good grade, such as an A-plus, on this extensively detailed paper because I usually do on assignments like this, but I hate writing so I'm going to get this over with. Although I am an average, brown-haired (highlighted by the sun), brown-eyed (with hints of green), 3/8...
• Nonfiction > Academic
  The Potato Famine of 1845

  

  By Princess-Maple, Oak Ridge, TN

  Imagine living solely on one food crop such as corn or lettuce. Would you not become bored with eating the same food every day? That's how the Irish lived. Around the time of the potato famine of 1845, approximately one-half of Ireland, mostly the ones in poverty, depended only on potatoes for ...
• Fiction > Fan Fiction
  Alternate Ending to Twilight

  

  By Princess-Maple, Oak Ridge, TN

  After Edward refused to turn me into a vampire, we went back inside and danced a few more dances. I was exhausted. "Edward, can we go now?" I whispered, my head resting on his shoulder as we swayed to the music. I was still grouchy from being dragged to prom, but dancing with Edward and...
• Poetry > All Poetry
  The Unicorn Sestina

  

  By Princess-Maple, Oak Ridge, TN

  In a far off forest lived a band of unicorns One day, there was a battle in a nearby plain They slashed and stabbed the trolls with their colorful horns Sadly, the trolls prevailed, leaving only three unicorns living There were two males and one female: Virgil, Mignon, and Clementine Virgil and...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Those Little Fingers

  

  By Princess-Maple, Oak Ridge, TN

  Paddling In a hotel pool The bathroom was just around the corner Slipping out of the pool The toilet staring at me As if it had eyes Dark enough to need the lights Little fingers couldn't find the switch Door swings shut Those little fingers still in it Blood Gushing everywhere Th...
• Poetry > Limerick
  Ben & June

  

  By Princess-Maple, Oak Ridge, TN

  There once was a cricket named Ben. He lived in a nice warm den He had problems Couldn't solve 'em So he talked to the fortune teller Glen Glen told him in a loud voice He told Ben,"You have no choice. You have to find an insect One for you is perfect This lady will help yo...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Good Gone Bad

  

  By Princess-Maple, Oak Ridge, TN

  When I was in elementary school, I didn't really have any friends. I was one of those girls who read during recess while everybody else played with their friends. Every year, I would have a different person be my "best" friend. In fifth grade, I was best friends with a girl and I was ...
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  The Mountain Race

  

  By Princess-Maple, Oak Ridge, TN

  I sat up. Blinking, I stretched my sore limbs and glanced around. I was surrounded by a metallic silver parachute, showing evidence that I had been dropped off. When a small bird-like thing floated around my head, I saw a camera lens, and I knew that I was being watched. A small three-sided roofless...
• Opinion > School / College
  College: Mandatory or Optional

  

  By Princess-Maple, Oak Ridge, TN

  I think that you should not be required to attend college. There are many advantages to attending college. You receive a much higher education than if you didn't go to college. According to The Motley Fool: An Investment Guide for Teens, an adult with a college education earns an average of 81%...
• Opinion > School / College
  Bullying

  

  By Princess-Maple, Oak Ridge, TN

  In my opinion, bullying is a very important issue in schools today. When most people ponder about bullying, they think about physical bullying, such as punching or choking. Now, verbal bullying is a much bigger issue than fistfights. Recently, at my school, someone anonymously stole a student's...
• Opinion > School / College
  Uniforms

  

  By Princess-Maple, Oak Ridge, TN

  I believe that the dress code at my school should not change. The dress code is uncomplicated and easy.. We may wear collared shirts, pleated skirts, and Sperrys, Wallabees, or tennis shoes. You are required to wear a belt, and your socks must be black, gray, white, or navy. Boys must wear polo shir...