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#1281voted by our readers
Women and Education
By Dhoney SILVER
Park City, Utah

There are still so many things that aren't fair for women in this world. Every day, girls in poor families are withdrawn from school (if they were lucky enough to go to school in...
Dhoney SILVER, Park City, Utah
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#1282 Opinion
Military Spending
By Larrisa Alire BRONZE
Denver, Colorado
Larrisa Alire BRONZE, Denver, Colorado
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#1283 Opinion
Here Comes the Rain
By Tyler Frasca BRONZE
Medfield, Massachusetts
Tyler Frasca BRONZE, Medfield, Massachusetts
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#1284 Opinion
How We Can Apply Transcendentalism to Today's World
By TheSwellFellow BRONZE
Kennesaw, Georgia
TheSwellFellow BRONZE, Kennesaw, Georgia
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#1285 Opinion
What is wrong with the world?
By SheaLB GOLD
Senatobia, Mississippi
SheaLB GOLD, Senatobia, Mississippi
10 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
When life gives you lemons, make grape juice, and sit back to watch while the world try to figure out how you did it.

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#1286 Opinion
A Mosque that is not a Mosque
By smalltownshorty BRONZE
Amana, Iowa
smalltownshorty BRONZE, Amana, Iowa
2 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
There is something I don&#039;t know<br /> That I am supposed to know.<br /> I don&#039;t know what it is I don&#039;t know,<br /> And yet am supposed to know,<br /> And I feel I look stupid<br /> If I seem both not to know<br /> And not to know what it is I don&#039;t know.<br /> <br /> Therefore, I pretend I know it.<br /> This is nerve-wracking<br /> Since I don&#039;t know what I must pretend<br /> To know.<br /> <br /> Therefore, I pretend to know everything.<br /> <br /> I feel you know what I am supposed to know<br /> But you can&#039;t tell me what it is<br /> Because you don&#039;t know what I don&#039;t know<br /> What it is.<br /> <br /> You may know what I don&#039;t know, but not<br /> That I don&#039;t know it.<br /> And I can&#039;t tell you. So you will have<br /> To tell me everything.<br /> <br /> - R. D. Lang in Knots

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#1287 Opinion
Marriage?
By FehrBear GOLD
Centennial, Colorado
FehrBear GOLD, Centennial, Colorado
16 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.&quot; -Anonymous

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#1288 Opinion
Crippling Our Democracy
By Mohit Mookim SILVER
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Mohit Mookim SILVER, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#1289 Opinion
Gun Control: Insuring Safety MAG
By AngelaMB PLATINUM
New York, New York
AngelaMB PLATINUM, New York, New York
27 articles 14 photos 4 comments
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#1290 Opinion
My Thoughts on the Election
By Shamrock240 BRONZE
West Chester, Ohio
Shamrock240 BRONZE, West Chester, Ohio
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