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#14061voted by our readers
By lh1992 BRONZE
Spring Valley, Illinois

“Welcome, boys and girls, to the Starved Rock Conference. Are you what it takes to go to state?” calls the speaker man through the intercom. I stroll past the concession stand....
lh1992 BRONZE, Spring Valley, Illinois
1 article 8 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.


#14062 Nonfiction
By Ulleehn GOLD
Lititz, Pennsylvania
Ulleehn GOLD, Lititz, Pennsylvania
13 articles 8 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. " — J. K. Rowling

#14063 Nonfiction
By renee21 BRONZE
Oak Park, Illinois
renee21 BRONZE, Oak Park, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Live lagh love forever"

#14064 Nonfiction
By Cadyh BRONZE
Coronado, California
Cadyh BRONZE, Coronado, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#14065 Nonfiction
X-WhiteRose-X GOLD, Brashear, Missouri
11 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Everybody is a Genius. But If You Judge a Fish by Its Ability to Climb a Tree, It Will Live Its Whole Life Believing that It is Stupid.&quot;<br /> <br /> -Albert Einstein

#14066 Nonfiction
By katieahs PLATINUM
Hartland, Wisconsin
katieahs PLATINUM, Hartland, Wisconsin
31 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#14067 Nonfiction
By Hockeygirl SILVER
Nashotah, Wisconsin
Hockeygirl SILVER, Nashotah, Wisconsin
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#14068 Nonfiction
ShiroAmeiro GOLD, Freeport, Maine
17 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If I do it, I will be disobeying my government. But if I do not do it, I will be disobeying God.&quot; - Chinue Sugihara

#14069 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
#14070 Nonfiction
By crossmymind BRONZE
Menlo Park, California
crossmymind BRONZE, Menlo Park, California
2 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The ultimate goal in humanity is utopia. Utopia is an oxymoron. Why do you think we have Democrats and Republicans?&quot; (By ME!)