Writing
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| 14,533 
Drinking and distracted driving is a big issue in the world today. Harming yourself is one thing, but you also put the lives of others in danger. Distracted driving includes things like talking on the phone, texting, eating, and even distracting passengers. In the past year I have had a...
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Writing
2nd
| 12,828 The seven o’clock news flashes
In the living room,
(Probably the worst name it could ever have);
My body lies motionless on the sofa,
One arm draping down to the floor
And the other nestled behind my head.
It isn’t even news...
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Writing
3rd
| 12,354 “Man, that was a long week…” I lean back into the couch and glance around at the dwindling cast party. I had been the director’s assistant. She ran me ragged all week, making sure the sound, lighting and well... everything went right in her ‘beautiful work of art.’
...
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Art
4th
| 9,757 
Writing
5th
| 6,291 Reckless and Distracted Driving
A Poem By: Melissa L. Peale
Driving is a privilege that many abuse,
We see the consequences of poor choices on the 11 o’clock news.
“The life of a young man was taken too soon,
He was...
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Video
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| 6,251 
Writing
7th
| 6,118 There was a loud beep. That was all I could distinguish. It was loud, it was annoying, and it was right in my ear. I groaned, the regularity of it more bothersome than my alarm clock in the morning. I tried to roll over, but found that I couldn’t. Immediately,...
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Writing
8th
| 6,081 Emma gripped one hand onto the wheel as she sped down the road, the other hand fiddling with the radio. She turned the volume up, and banged the wheel along with the music. Julia sat in the passenger’s seat, looking around the car, searching.
“Do you see my...
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Art
9th
| 5,932 
Writing
10th
| 5,663 Slow down child, why the rush?
You’ve grown so wild, my heart is crushed
Spoiled by a lifestyle, perfectly plush
To your parents you owe the credit
When your decisions were theirs to edit
Now from the nest you’ve flown, with the desire...
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Writing
1st
| 14,533 Drinking and distracted driving is a big issue in the world today. Harming yourself is one thing, but you also put the lives of others in danger. Distracted driving includes things like talking on the phone, texting, eating, and even distracting passengers. In the past year I have had a...
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Writing
2nd
| 12,828 The seven o’clock news flashes
In the living room,
(Probably the worst name it could ever have);
My body lies motionless on the sofa,
One arm draping down to the floor
And the other nestled behind my head.
It isn’t even news...
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Writing
3rd
| 12,354 “Man, that was a long week…” I lean back into the couch and glance around at the dwindling cast party. I had been the director’s assistant. She ran me ragged all week, making sure the sound, lighting and well... everything went right in her ‘beautiful work of art.’
...
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Writing
4th
| 6,291 Reckless and Distracted Driving
A Poem By: Melissa L. Peale
Driving is a privilege that many abuse,
We see the consequences of poor choices on the 11 o’clock news.
“The life of a young man was taken too soon,
He was...
Read all
Writing
5th
| 6,118 There was a loud beep. That was all I could distinguish. It was loud, it was annoying, and it was right in my ear. I groaned, the regularity of it more bothersome than my alarm clock in the morning. I tried to roll over, but found that I couldn’t. Immediately,...
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Writing
6th
| 6,081 Emma gripped one hand onto the wheel as she sped down the road, the other hand fiddling with the radio. She turned the volume up, and banged the wheel along with the music. Julia sat in the passenger’s seat, looking around the car, searching.
“Do you see my...
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Writing
7th
| 5,663 Slow down child, why the rush?
You’ve grown so wild, my heart is crushed
Spoiled by a lifestyle, perfectly plush
To your parents you owe the credit
When your decisions were theirs to edit
Now from the nest you’ve flown, with the desire...
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Writing
8th
| 5,283 Dear Libby,
Mom told me that if I wrote you a letter, she’d give it to you. She also said that writing is supposed to help me feel better, but so far it just sucks worse. Because I don’t want to write a damn letter, I want to see...
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Writing
9th
| 2,365 Jen’s life is now flashing before your eyes. “What have I done?! How could I be so stupid?” Now it’s too late to think about that. Jen decided to drink and drive and now… “ERR! BOOM!” Her car smashes right into another car.
Jen decided to go to a...
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Writing
10th
| 1,818 Read the poem entirely with the title. Then read the last line all the way to the first line, including the title. The first reading will be one mindset of a teen texter and driver, while the second reading will be one who is against texting and driving.
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