We are studying the Revolutionary War in class. During a class discussion, we found some similarities between the Revolutionary War and the Hunger Games.
People need to realize that the goodness that comes with speaking out against a collective injustice far outweighs collective opposition. The treatment for bystander syndrome is courage.
Our last six presidents have little in common, except that at some point in their political career, they lost an election. Americans want a leader who isn't afraid to be let down every once in a while.
Hard work does not always pay off. Stories of success are too often used to undermine the issues that are prevalent in our society.
Passion and music are powerful entities, and together they often have the power to change the world.
Two years ago, I finally decided to stop hiding my skin disease with jeans and cover-up. I stopped using makeup to disguise my vitiligo and just accepted my body the way that it was.
Trade professions like plumbing and electrical work may not be the most glorious of professions, but they are the ones that are always in demand and always will be.
This is a film that has been sitting on my shelf for years; a film that I have been meaning to watch but have never gotten around to it. Well, I finally watched it, and it was a masterpiece.
A smile can mean anything -- excitement, gratitude, forgiveness and fear, and just because this chapter of our lives is ending does not mean the new one will not bring just as many smiles.
Freshman year hit me like a freight truck. It was the hardest, scariest, best thing that has ever happened to me, and I wouldn't change one part of it.
Everyone was pumped to see all the projects youth have been working on, and the awesome keynotes, from people all over the tech industry. It was time for Emoti-Con! 2012!
Our future is an empty book that we have the power to write. Challenging as this may sound, it's marvelous.
My fear of a regression in women's rights is not unfounded, as the reproductive rights debates have shown. Let's honor the struggle of our grandmothers and mothers and keep working for justice.
Political statements in music are at an all-time low. Artists like Lady Gaga and Robyn's promotion of equal rights is a start, but so much more can be done.
In middle school, one girl, who I considered my enemy at the time, made fun of the way I spoke. She used to say, "You look black and you say you're Hispanic, but you talk like a white person!"
The day I recognized an Alzheimer's patient's wife as the receptionist who snapped at me earlier, I learned compassion. You never know the pain a person is concealing behind their plastered smile.
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