Generation Why
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I'll use my words to explore
It is a funny thing, being a creative writer. I wanted to show my talent and illustrate exactly my love for the art of words in my essay. Alas, it was too long; clever, but long.
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Required reading changes relationships
First off, I am an avid reader. It is unusual that a book like "The Hunger Games" slipped under my radar for so long; I only had the opportunity to read it in my Science Fiction class as a required book.
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Despite backgrounds, I feel a connection
I stayed up almost past 1 a.m. in my room all alone, on a school night, flipping as fast as I could through the pages of "The Hunger Games," because I couldn't stand falling asleep without knowing how Katniss and Peeta escape the trap the Capitol set up for them.
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Genre crosses cultural lines
I have never been into science fiction; in fact, I have never read a book, nor watched a movie within this genre. I have never really figured out why people would want to make up things way out of our reality, and enjoy it.
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Looking for writers, photographers
Generation Why is looking for writing and photography from high school students in the five-county Record-Eagle coverage area.
Continued ... - Monday, December 5, 2011
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Seven years of 'train tracks' mold my future
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Generation Why: Poets Night Out
- Monday, November 7, 2011
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Book outlines Hickory Hills history
- Looking for Gen Why contributors
- Monday, October 3, 2011
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I am what I am to become
Adrenaline surges, little drops of sweat bead up on my forehead. The room gets really small. I'm waiting for the white-coated doctor to deliver my diagnosis.
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A true hero keeps us safe at home
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Encountering the unexpected in Brazil
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Looking for writers, photographers
Generation Why is looking for writing and photography from high school students in the five-county Record-Eagle coverage area.
Continued ... - Tuesday, September 6, 2011
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Meditations on friendship and farewells
As my friends depart for college, I will watch their silhouettes fade from the distance of Northwestern Michigan College.
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'27 Club' has too many members
It's always tragic when a young life is stolen, especially when the life is that of a famous individual. Five iconic musicians never even had the chance to reach the age of 30, for their lives were taken much earlier, at the age of 27, forever immortalizing them as the "27 Club."
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These musicians did more than just create music; they masterfully embodied the presence and spirit of their generations in their musical recordings. -
A 'how-to' for the freshmen
Editor's note: This is satire that Central Senior High students grades 10-12 will understand.
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In the four years you will spend at Central, you will learn a lot of things, some important, some completely worthless: see pg. 64, Chemistry. We feel it is our civic duty to dispense our pearls of wisdom, our sometimes stolen, sometimes purchased scholarly insight, and bestow upon you the more relevant knowledge that took us years to obtain. Herein lies the Spark-Notes of life on the cheap. You, dear reader, stand on tall shoulders of the ill-gotten gain of our can-do, J.Crew-clad philosophizing predecessors.
Whip open your netbooks, freshmen, it's time to take some notes. -
Gen Why: Looking for contributors
Generation Why is looking for writing and photography from high school students in the five-county Record-Eagle coverage area. Generation Why runs once a month during the school year. If you are in the ninth through 12th grade and have an essay, article or photographs to share, please send it. Many students published in Generation Why have been able to use it to enhance college applications.
Continued ... - Monday, June 13, 2011
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Life Memory: Visit makes me see differently
Editor's note: Benzie County high school history students wrote essays for the Bruce Catton Historical Awards, honoring the author who won the 1954 Pulitzer Prize for "A Stillness at Appomattox." His memoir, "Waiting for the Morning Train," is about growing up in Benzonia. The awards were presented at an April ceremony. This essay, reprinted in full in our print and e-Editions, won first place.
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Tough Graduation: Mom isn't here
The day I step across that graduation stage will be the most exciting but also one of the hardest days of my life.
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Knowing my mother was alive to see three of her girls graduate, but will not be able to see her baby graduate makes me sad. But I also know that day my family and friends will be there for me, I also believe that when they call my name, and I walk across that stage, my mother will be looking down on me, screaming, whistling, and smiling. -
Tragedy hits when lightning strikes
Kate was definitely not your average girl. She was full of life, presenting an outstanding personality and was an all-around beautiful person.
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All of my life, I had moved around; at every new school I started, nobody knew my name ever. I was always the "new girl" regardless.
As I recall, as soon as I started attending school in Indiana, Kate was one of the first to welcome me. We were both in the sixth grade and I had just moved, not expecting to ever meet anyone as friendly as she was. For once I wasn't just the new girl, I was "bolted" to a group of great girls. -
Tryouts are nerve-wracking, but I learn
The first day of tryouts. A new flock of butterflies gathers in my stomach and makes me uneasy with anticipation. I look around to see my more experienced counterparts making every shot and my belly flips.
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We all take to the court to warm up, but I can't shake the emotions that clutter my head and make me second guess the reason for me being here. -
Last Generation Why until September
Generation Why is printed during the school year. If you are in the ninth through 12th grade and have an essay, article (no poetry, please) or photographs to share, please send it in. Many students published in Generation Why have been able to use it to enhance college applications.
Continued ... - Monday, May 2, 2011
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Male circumcision is social, not medical
I had always blindly accepted the assertion that male circumcision is more hygienic, but exposure to an opposing view convinced me otherwise.
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Hitchhike through some book pages
Going to the library is like hitchhiking. Being blown off track while hitchhiking lets you observe parts of the country you have never seen. While searching at a library, one side step can lead you to a book that is out of the ordinary but informative.
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During a recent venture to the Traverse Area District Library, where I felt much like a hitchhiker, I fully realized my love of discovery associated with the written word.
As a hitchhiker would accept rides from the unidentified and learn from the journeys they were taken on, I absorbed new miles of information because of my willingness to embrace unfamiliar routes. -
When I became a puzzle piece
I've always been a quiet girl and I can't say I've always fit in with the other girls. I was, however, a very good student, and a known member of the community. I was "known," but I didn't feel as if I were an important part of something bigger; I was just a number.
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Then I became ill.
My memory of Benzie County isn't being sick, or being scared or eating gross hospital food, it isn't about not fitting, or having a place, because I already had one. My memory of Benzie County is finally realizing that I'm a part of it; a part of something bigger.
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