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Education > Study Skills & Test Taking Do final exams help or hinder the education process?: 4 of 19

I Want an A+ It was barely a decade ago when I walked the hallways in high school assuming I had the world figured out. My friends and I were the smarty-arty kids whom loved classic rock, foreign films, and underground hip-hop. Our junior year was a turning point for all of us when it became blatantly obvious that high schoo...
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Self awareness: 8 of 30

I don’t know where to begin… It been so long old friend, seeing you provides one of those awkward silences . The silence reminds us that we don’t know each other anymore. Are we really supposed to start all over again? Start learning each other idiosyncrasies and stuff. I don’t know if I can go...
Society & Lifestyle > African-American Issues How to improve the number of African-American students entering college: 3 of 9

I often baffle at the sight of kids playing outside fifteen minutes after the school bus has dropped them off at home. I wonder where the hell their parents are and why are they not yelling out the screen door telling them, "Come inside and do your homework." This is a light-hearted example of how people lack in parenting th...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: The state of the Union: 1 of 2

Oh, America, Oh land of freedom, Oh land of glee, Purple mountain majesties, And all that jazz. In New York, Chicago, and LA, Artists run free, On cobblestone highways of tree-lined capitalism and speed. While progressives leap Hudson's Bay, Lake Michigan, and South Central LA, Meeting at the feet of pedestrians' stigmatized...
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Which is more important:: 1 of 1

The institution of family has been at the forefront of progress for all societies since the beginning of civilization. Before settling in ancient Mesopotamia humans' were primarily nomads. It wasn't until mankind ceased from wandering the earth and developed communities that the human race multiplied at a rapid rate. The cre...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Love gone wrong: 78 of 155

I know it happened too fast, but You were there So was I And the sky opened up and sucked us in, It just begin, Wild saturated infatuation at play, Instantly all day, I'm missing you, Obsessing over you, Can't wait to see you, Yearning to be next to you, To hear the baritone in your voice. I thought we made a choice with our...