Age: Under 18 Archives - Page 6 of 4837

Essays written by people Under 18 years old.

April 2, 2015

An Underdog’s Haven

Since my freshman year of high school, I've spent my last month of summer--as well as the entire season of autumn--on the marching band field. The long hours spent in the sweltering heat penetrate deep into my emotional and physical...

April 2, 2015

Music Is a Language

My best friend and I dated for almost a full year before I broke up with him. Going through the heartbreak of letting him go was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, and the worst part was knowing...

April 2, 2015

Governor’s School

The Governor’s School for Math, Science, and Technology is described as a unique opportunity for high school students to immerse themselves in these subjects. When I signed up for computer programming, I expected to learn about coding. What I hadn’t...

March 24, 2015

Life in the Hands of Death

I believe that life is a gift. Living is the greatest opportunity I have been given. I have learnt that opportunities are gifts, and I should accept them graciously. They have enriched my life in so many different ways; reminding...

March 24, 2015

The Indivisible Belief

My religion, Islam, is in the middle of a century long civil war. The conflict between Sunnis and Shias has inflated in recent times. Terrorists like ISIS are only encouraging us to fight one another. Every day, countless Muslim lives...

March 24, 2015

An Abundance of Acronyms

Since I was a little girl, my grade school career has been filled with letters. These letters appeared for all rhymes and reasons, and for the most part, were insignificant in the grand scheme of things. But some of these...

March 18, 2015

This I Believe

Six years ago, I was a very different person than I am today. I was shy, soft-spoken, and would compleatly freak out if I was asked to speak in front of the class. Teachers liked me because I was quiet;...

February 19, 2015

Let Children Tell You a Thing or Two

It was the summer before my junior year in high school and I was staying with my oldest sister Sierra in Charleston. I was excited to spend quality time with her, but I was especially thrilled to go to work...

February 19, 2015

More Than Dance Moves

Learning to dance isn’t just attempting to do pretty moves, but it is learning to be graceful in and out of the dance studio. Everybody dances at one point or another. Albert Einstein said that “Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic...