My very first experiences with writing began with three words: "the new kid". ... Caves loved to assign the longest, most boring reading assignments out of our Robert Frost poem books. ... Throughout high school, I began writing poems more and more and decided to start posting my ideas online. ... This generates a sense of encouragement and confidence for me in my writing. I found that in high school, my writing was improved substantially from middle school since I started writing a daily blog because it generated positive feelings about writing, especially when it came to whippi...

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John stays as a black man for 6 weeks and when his assignment is over he scrubs his skin back to white. ... John's children and his wife had to move to Mexico because their family was in danger, but John stayed to finish writing his assignment. ...

• Word Count: 1860
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The university is the place to which a thousand schools make contributions; in which the intellect may safely range and speculate, sure to find its equal in some antagonist activity, and its judge in the tribunal of truth. It is a place where inquiry is pushed forward, and discoveries verified and perfected, and rashness rendered innocuous, and error exposed, by the collision of mind with mind, and knowledge with knowledge. ---John Henry Newman, The idea of a university (1854) In America, freedom of expression has alway...

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A year ago I met a girl from Romania through a friend that was dating her. She seemed very interesting, though it was difficult to get to know her because she is shy. When assigned this project I knew that I wanted to interview her. This project gave me an incentive to get to know her better. I enjo...

• Word Count: 2421
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School