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The Value of Family
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Kate W., Royal Oak High School, Michigan
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Does the amount of value you place on your family alter with the knowledge of ancestral background? For me, the two are unrelated, but I interviewed my family as well and realized it's not where yo...
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Is there really a true "american"?
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Sakkara L., Royal Oak High School, Michigan
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I wrote this essay with the intended goal of explaining the idea that even though America is "ideal" there is an unspoken animosity against specific communities. Prejudice and ignorance need to be ...
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equality
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immigration
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racial justice
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A Legacy of Honor
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Lillian K., Royal Oak High School, Michigan
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My family has a history of serving in the military and it has engraved in me a high sense of patriotism. Each stanza in the poem is directed to a specific audience, friends and family, government, ...
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The Opportunity of Education
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Christina C., Royal Oak High School, Michigan
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Is education the key to the American dream? I write about why I value education and how it became important to me.
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The Freedom of Speech
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Vayden B., Royal Oak High School, Michigan
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Why the right to protest is the American Creed.
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Opportunity in America
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Hailey B, Royal Oak High School, Michigan
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America is beginning to lose some of our founding morals and beliefs. Some of our values like opportunity or privilege are not the same as they used to be.
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