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  It's A Hard Knock Life For Us

  

  By loiscamille, Port Jefferson Station, NY

  It’s hard to be a person, to be an individual. We take it day by day under the circumstances. People constantly try to tell you who you are, trying to categorize you, its human nature after all. It’d be nicer if people didn’t see things in black and white. There are going to be times in our li...
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  To Live Would Be an Awfully Big Adventure

  

  By loiscamille, Port Jefferson Station, NY

  “I suppose it's like the ticking crocodile, isn't it? Time is chasing after all of us.” Clocks and watches, J.M. Barrie tells us we’re obsessed with time. Sometimes we take time and many blessings for granted. Peter Pan was a childhood hero; I too wanted to have adventures, to never ...
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  Expressions of Dance

  

  By loiscamille, Port Jefferson Station, NY

  Every Wednesday or Thursday is a dance day. It's a day where I can relax, take a break from schoolwork, and take a breather that is, before actual class. We begin with a few exercises to get our hearts racing, and then she'd teach us a few bars at a time of the song. The way it feels, the ...