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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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Have American Values Changed?
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MalinaW, Royal Oak High School, Michigan
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Look at the larger picture to acknowledge, through the generations, how customs and values came to be and can be tied back to the idea that America’s composed of individuals, with their own ethnici...
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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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Creating Understanding, One Story At a Time
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Eli Y., Royal Oak High School, Michigan
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Political polarization has become a huge issue in our country and by telling our own personal stories we can help to create a greater level of understanding to combat this issue.
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The Building Block of Our Nation
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Alicia A, Royal Oak High School, Michigan
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This piece is about our country being built on equality, but is the land of inequality. I talk about racism over and the people of our country lying about our country. My piece makes you think abou...
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American Resilience and Progress
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Max S., Royal Oak High School, Michigan
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Americans are resilient and we know that failure is never an option, and we have known this throughout the entire history of our country.
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