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Quinn Woods is a dynamic 11th grader at Hebron Academy.  He is a man of many passions, which include: football, the Boston Red Sox, his Honors American Lit. class, and writing creative narrative essays.  His love for creative writing has won him a school wide … Continue reading →

Communities strive for acceptance and always aim for utopia, but what would happen if we were to reach utopia? There would be no room for improvement in a utopia, and how could a community thrive without always learning from mistakes? … Continue reading →

I’m not a very emotional person. It’s not that I don’t ever feel sad or happy or angry, I just tend not to show my emotions. I’m not proud of this, but this is how I always have been. My … Continue reading →

There are endless ways to write an essay. From crafting a detailed outline, or beginning with a rough draft, or maybe even taking the essay bit by bit, we have typically been taught to write essays in a certain way. … Continue reading →

My mom was an incredible athlete throughout her entire life. She seemed to accel in every sport that she played. She was a state champion in field hockey, scored one thousand points in basketball in her four years in high … Continue reading →

Every step killed me. I dragged myself across the field as I attempted to cover up what everybody could see. Taunting thoughts rushed through my head. What would happen if I wasn’t hurt? Have I let everyone down? Everyone asked … Continue reading →

Beauty can make men do wonderful and terrible things. Throughout literature readers have seen many women persuade men with their beautiful looks and charming personalities. In the novels The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway and The Great Gatsby by … Continue reading →

Maggie completely lost control. She was incapable of taking back the reins to return to the beautiful and open minded girl that she used to be. In Stephen Crane’s novella Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, Maggie Johnson goes through … Continue reading →

          I love to feel my heartbeat. I’ve noticed that in certain times when I am doing something that I love and things that I am passionate about, my heart pounds slow and steady, pushing harder … Continue reading →

“Unsportsmanlike conduct. Number 60, Poland. 15 yard penalty”. Those words were all too familiar to me on the football field. I started playing football when I was just six years old in first grade. I have always been, as Dan … Continue reading →