Financial need

Nicole Jerome is 18 going to college. This is her first year in college, she had entered a beauty pageant. Hoping to win for the scholarship to help pay for college. She is stressed about[…]

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My history teacher

MY HISTORY TEACHER I'm sitting in my history class, listening to Mr. Markusen droning on about events leading up to the Civil War. It's my first year here at the Clark School for Girls, a[…]

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How it began

There’s a little bit of me that wonders how far things can go. Mostly though I walk around fully anticipating that anything can happen. Seriously, the current situation is proof that you never really know[…]

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A night to remember

The headlights of Kristina’s car cast strange shadows on the walls of the library as she shut the engine off. Once again, she would spend another evening at the computers; another evening of combating the[…]

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Family christmas 2

Between Christmas and New Year Emma and her parents went to work each day while Steve stayed at home or visited friends. One day Steve came home and overheard his parents talking. "I'd love to[…]

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Vegas luck part 1

I was sat in a bar in the Bellagio casino, Las Vegas, deciding against ordering a $500 bottle of champagne. I was here on vacation with some of my school buddies, but had finally got[…]

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