Dream

My piece is about how some people never get to live their American Dream because of being killed in one of the many school shootings.

By Emma Todd from Burke High School in Nebraska

People talk highly of the American Dream,

but we can’t even dream until we’re eight-teen.

Some people might not make it that far

never discovering who they really are.

Their opportunity ripped away

because we can’t decide whether guns should go or stay.

For the American Dream is just a dream

It’s not as special as it may seem. 

Burke High School

Poetry Study

Poetry Study is an elective class in which students read and write poetry.

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"Promise Land"

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My American Creed

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Value of Community regarding the American Creed

Analyzation of the sense of community that drives people to help others around them, specifically in the case of Detroit neighborhoods and downtown area.

Requiem for the American Creed

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America from an Immigrant's Perspective

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My American Creed

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The Melting Pot

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