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FIRST PERSON

Human nature and a need to belong often repress us from saying what we feel

is important. The following prose is written with pure candidness as only a child could express.

Hear me.

Mine is not a political voice. Neither am I academic, economic, or racist. Sadly,

I lay dormant in most men and women, yet active and alive in all children. I am the universal voice of youth, and I need to be heard.

I originate from a different world, one you believe you already know everything about. Only I can boast of this.

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FIRST PERSON

Human nature and a need to belong often repress us from saying what we feel

is important. The following prose is written with pure candidness as only a child could express.

Hear me.

Mine is not a political voice. Neither am I academic, economic, or racist. Sadly,

I lay dormant in most men and women, yet active and alive in all children. I am the universal voice of youth, and I need to be heard.

I originate from a different world, one you believe you already know everything about. Only I can boast of this.

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OKI or HI! This issue is full of winners...

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OKI or HI! This issue is full of winners...

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OKI or HI! This issue is full of winners...

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OKI or HI! This issue is full of winners...

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Tansi, ahnee and hello.

It's the choices we make in life and the way we react to the consequences of those choices that determines the extent of our happiness. Learning that has taken the better part of these soon-to-be 37 years I've spent in this reality.

Indeed, it's been the way I've reacted to things that's charted my course. Never

the consummate navigator, I've sailed an awful lot of dark and barren seas since 1955.

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Tansi, ahnee and hello.

It's the choices we make in life and the way we react to the consequences of those choices that determines the extent of our happiness. Learning that has taken the better part of these soon-to-be 37 years I've spent in this reality.

Indeed, it's been the way I've reacted to things that's charted my course. Never

the consummate navigator, I've sailed an awful lot of dark and barren seas since 1955.

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Tansi, ahnee and hello.

It's the choices we make in life and the way we react to the consequences of those choices that determines the extent of our happiness. Learning that has taken the better part of these soon-to-be 37 years I've spent in this reality.

Indeed, it's been the way I've reacted to things that's charted my course. Never

the consummate navigator, I've sailed an awful lot of dark and barren seas since 1955.

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Tansi, ahnee and hello.

It's the choices we make in life and the way we react to the consequences of those choices that determines the extent of our happiness. Learning that has taken the better part of these soon-to-be 37 years I've spent in this reality.

Indeed, it's been the way I've reacted to things that's charted my course. Never

the consummate navigator, I've sailed an awful lot of dark and barren seas since 1955.