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Cheese!: A Short Story

“Say Cheese!”   Francine Truong had never heard these words in her life. Well, at least not from her friends on her birthday. The last all-out birthday bash she could recall was her 2 nd , when her parents suited her up in a Dora the Explorer costume, as they stacked presents on the glass door in the house’s guest room, people gathered around on the surrounding couches to sing Francine a happy birthday.    After that, due to the financial burden of throwing together a large birthday party, Francine’s parents stopped putting together giant parties for their little girl. And so, almost every year on August 6 th , any festivities were merely relegated to a wrapped shoe box of gifts, and a small cake bought from the Kent’s Local Bakery. It was always strawberry shortcake, and it always made her happy, just being with her family, but she often wished that she would be able to invite friends over to help celebrate. A) because more friends mean more gifts, and more presents as a...
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Empathy and Heroes: A Tribute to Those that Mean the Most to Me

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    "What does it mean. . . To be a Hero?"  I have always wished to speak at a TED Talk. At my old High School, every year, they would hold an event known as TEDx, a program in the spirit of the original TED Talks, allowing for people of all different backgrounds to bring forth their ideas that won't necessarily change the world, but it's more than likely that their ideas and messages will resonate in the hearts of those who listen and watch, I first watched a TED Talk in my 7th grade English class, and instantly fell in love with sharing what you want to say to the world in a meaningful and powerful way. Yet, I never got the chance to stand on my former school's auditorium, and say "Thank you for listening to my TED Talk." I was swamped in work, or had to take up tennis responsibilities in the short interval of time where people auditioned for TEDx.  In addition, I myself had never been one to be able to stand up on the stage and deliver any sort of pro...
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