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East vs West: An Essay on Cultural Differences

by Yuan Changming During the great flood Noah hid himself in the ark                                While Dayu tried to contain it                                With his bare hands    Prometheus stole fire  From Olympian gods                               While Sui Ren got it                               By drilling wood hard  Smart Daedalus crafted wings  To fly away from his prison-tower                                While Old Fool removed the whole                                Mountain blocking his way …

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The Bully Inside

by Sean Heflin If there’s one thing Levi Levitt hates more than anything, it’s his best friend, Trish. It’s not that Levi doesn’t hate other things: he hates when the Cleveland Cavs lose, he hates when the cafeteria serves cardboard pizza with mushy tatter tots, he hates listing out what…

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Sea Glass

by Gil Hoy When you’re a bottle 29 years go by fast, Not necessarily so for a little girl. Through Hurricane Hugo The whipping winds The crashing rain The stones that missed You, you survived intact to tell the tale of an 8 year old girl who walked along the…

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Plato and Socrates Inventing Twitter

by David Tuvell You know me, if words hit harder than crack, I’d push them, blow up blocks. Small talk can’t see me. What you’re suggesting, though, there’s no right way to do it. The idea’s like carrying my wallet in the wrong pocket. Sure, to keep a secret, you…

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