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Feeling grown up

Anonymous asked:

who is your role model?

my parents

Why Be Like That?

By BearPride, Sherwood, AR

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Image Credit: Lindsey D.,
Marblehead, MA

The author’s comments:

I wanted to write this piece, because I have been noticing a lot of people being judged on how they live or just by the color of their skin.
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So, people usually judge people by the color of their skin, right? Well, I’m here to tell you that it’s something you shouldn’t do. When I’m witnessing someone being discriminating, honestly it brings me to tears. It tears me apart. You should never judge anyone by their race, sexuality, or just on how they live. You shouldn’t judge them from the outside. You should really just give them a chance & you know what you never know what you have in common. So, after you read this, you should go & talk to that one person that you have been juding & try to get to know them. You never know what will happen, but hopefully whatever happens, it would be something good, right?

A Child’s Dream

By Haily Chaper , Granbury, TX

Image Credit: Adeline N., Ridgefield, CT

As I sat in my chair I started sweating, thinking to myself, I can’t mess this up now. Two seconds later I had finally done it. I had been working hours on building a rocket that would take my brave little Kerbals to the Moon. I’m of course referring to the game Kerbal Space Program. It took about two hours but I created a successful lander. I counted down the launch timer “3…2…1…we have lift-off!” As the rocket climbed high above the Earth I pitched the craft east. After a couple of minutes I was 100,000 meters above the Earth’s surface, and I cut the engines off. Afterwards the engines roared again as the rocket was pushed into a circular orbit around Earth. Once this milestone was achieved I took a deep breath, and reassured myself “Alright, you’re halfway there.” I then aligned with the Moon and burned the engines until I would be captured in an orbit around it. After much anticipated waiting I was in the Moon’s sphere of influence. I waited even longer until I was closest to the surface, and fired the engines at full blast against my trajectory. The rocket was in an orbit around the Moon. Later I picked a landing spot, and decelerated until I would be moments away from the impending surface of the gray placid moon. As I got closer the rocky surface I muttered to myself “Please don’t mess it all up now.” After careful planning and execution I successfully landed on the Moon. As the brave little Kerbals stepped onto the desolate surface they marveled at its majesty. The view of Earth was awe inspiring and one of a kind from the gray rocky surface. I almost couldn’t move I was so in shock. I had many emotions during this period, I was proud, ecstatic, and most notably in awe as my mouth dropped to the floor. The Kerbals hopped around admiring the sights of the dead moon, and of course planted the flag of science nearby the lander module. It was blue, with the cycles of the Moon across it. After collecting priceless data and Moon rocks the three of the Kerbals jumped back in the capsule. As they got comfortable I pushed the pushed the rocket off with a small burn. Afterwards I fired up the engines until in a circular orbit around the Moon. I burned the engines until out of the Moon’s sphere of influence and then found myself in a quite large orbit around the Earth. But I found that I was on a reentry course with the Earth. Now the Kerbals were as good as home, all they had to do now was sit back and watch the show. Earth crept up into view and the proud Kerbals felt excited because they knew they would finally be going home. After what seemed like hours the shuttle reentered the atmosphere and exploded in a ball of fire falling from the sky. It looked like a meteor shower with all of the fire falling from the stratosphere. The shuttle fell from the heavens and finally the parachute opened, and the craft floated to the ground slowly. Later they landed in a remote area in the middle of the ocean near a small island. Everyone made it home safely. “Finally!” I said in exasperation. Breathing heavily at the time I wiped the sweat that seemed to be pouring from my forehead. But the test was over, and I knew from that moment in history that I would do anything it takes to become the next Carl Sagan. I knew that I wanted to study the cosmos and observable universe not only for personal gain, but for the entire human race.

you can’t

By Anonymous, Lafayette, CO

Image Credit: Christine E., Pequannock, NJ

today
in the hallway,
you teased me,
shoved me into the lockers
and called me stupid names
and all because
i like girls.
i liked you once.
you, with your pretty smile
and friendly attitude.
friend turned bully.
i ran away.
i ran home.
crying.
you did it the next day too.
and the next.
and the next.
andthenextandthenextandthenext
and
the
next
until one evening
you realized you were wrong
to do that
and went
to my house to apologize,
to make up, to be friends.
again.
my mom let you in and you went
up
to my room,
“sorry” about to fall
out of your lips
but too bad for you
because
you can’t apologize
to a corpse.

Move On

By Anonymous, Brooklyn, NY

Image Credit: Garrett M., Port Angeles, WA

Because it was perfect,
And it shouldn’t have been,
That’s why time stopped.
Because we were looking up,
And the clouds were bright and white,
That’s why time stopped.
And things that could have been
Now cease to exist,
So what we had has disappeared.
And why I ever thought
That we would never end
Shows my stupidity and innocence.
The friendship we had,
It’s gone with the wind.
We’re left with no choice
But to just move on.