Shabbat Dinner - An Experience
Come to my house on a Friday evening. Hear the faint murmur of footsteps as our doorbell echoes. Then a pause: my family gathering behind...
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- Jul 25, 2020
- 5 min
Success in Death of a Salesman
There must be a line between professional and personal success: a line between the acquisition of money and the acquisition of happiness....
- Jul 25, 2020
- 5 min
Redefining Good and Evil
On September 11th, 2001, President George W. Bush addressed the nation in regards to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Towers:...
- Jul 25, 2020
- 4 min
The Price of Parenting
In six to eight years I will enter the workforce. In ten to twenty years I will, hopefully, have children. And my long-term salary will...
- Jul 25, 2020
- 4 min
The Role of Government on Data
What if I told you that Target could figure out if you were pregnant before you told anyone else? What if I told you that someone would...
- Jul 25, 2020
- 5 min
A Letter Written as Secretary of State on Russian Election Interference
Dear Mr. President, The matter with which I write to you now, is of utmost importance. I beseech you to read the contents carefully, and...
- Jul 25, 2020
- 6 min
The Effect of Reading on Mental Health
When you’ve had a bad day, what do you do? Many of us turn to a myriad of vices: television, alcohol, drugs, food, or sleep. Personally,...
- Jul 25, 2020
- 7 min
A Ruimination on Summer Camp
To people who have never been, sleepaway camp is either a horror story or a cult. My dad took pleasure in describing his rural...
- Jul 25, 2020
- 19 min
Is Physician-Assisted Dying Moral?
The road to uncover the hidden moral realms behind the often untalked about realities of death and dying was lengthy. The first...
- Jul 25, 2020
- 13 min
The Philosophy Behind Lord of the Flies
In the novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, Golding demonstrates how humans are not inherently evil, but guided by their...
- Jul 25, 2020
- 11 min
Mental Illness In Catcher in the Rye
I hated Holden Caulfield. I thought he was an arrogant, self-absorbed, snotty idiot who did not pursue the opportunities granted to him....
- Jul 25, 2020
- 10 min
Absolutism and Power in Sophocles’ Antigone
In the Greek tragedy, Antigone, by Sophocles, the King of Thebes, Creon, fails tragically as a leader due to his absolutism in three...
- Jan 1, 2020
- 5 min
This is Democracy
Show me what democracy looks like! This: millions of men and women of all ages across the world peacefully protesting for what they...
- Jan 1, 2020
- 3 min
Teen takes breaks from tech and thrives!
(2016) I am a typical American eighth grade girl. I probably spend too much time on social media, and my homework is mainly conducted...
- Jan 1, 2020
- 2 min
Memorial Day Essay
(May 2016) When I was thinking about what to write to celebrate, and commemorate Memorial Day, I was at an impasse, my drafts lacked...
- Jan 1, 2020
- 2 min
Character Day - AmazingKids! Magazine
(age 12) “Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” – Johann Wolfgang...