Today I went and talked to one of the Negro girls on the plantation. Her name is Betsey, and she is twelve. “I work in the kitchen. I have no time to be a child like the Baxter children. I look at them and wonder what it would be like to sleep in and wear [...]
Why do we stereotype? Why do we listen to stereotypes? Why do we follow them? Each of us is an individual, so why are we put into groups that the rest of the world must follow? Judging someone by the things they do, the way they act, or people they hang out with makes the [...]
Many of you may not have stopped to think about it, but there are only 39 days left till 2010. Wow. A new year marks a new beginning, and also the end of the previous years. This is the time to use the last bit of 2009 to the fullest. Are there things that you [...]
Beauty is the stars above
Imaginary shapes
Connect the dots
Endless possibilities, opportunity galore
It’s not in the infinite number
Nor the constellations
Not even the twinkle describes the beauty
The stars are not celebrities
But a host indeed
For midnight gazing
Gazing into what?
Gaze into the eyes of the future
Gaze into the hearts of young lovers
Gaze into the dreams of the young children
Gaze into [...]
That is right it has been two years since the beginning of Intelligentsia! In just that short time, we have enjoyed over 100 posts and 1000 comments. My hat goes off to current and former editors and all of those who have contributed over the past two years. Oh the possibilities for the next two [...]
Clique. Every teenager has seen this word before, either in action or on paper. It has so much meaning to us, but I ask why? Is it intimidating? Well it can be. Not just the word, but the reality of it. It is scary walking into the lunchroom and having to think if you sit [...]
Last year in my old school, Spirit Week was really different. Unlike this year in Rabun Gap, where we have pajama day and twin day and all those fun dress up days, Spirit Week back home was like your class had to wear a certain school color( White, Blue, or Gold) and we played games [...]
Fighting, it should be chaotic, loud, the opposite of peaceful. But on the hushed frontier, it seems to restore order. With the breath taking scenery, and the silence, it almost seems more serene. They are fighting, and fighting is never a soothing sound, but the silence changes the whole affect. It is as if everything [...]
Many of you probably heard about the tragic boy that got drifted away in a homemade helium balloon. You may have also heard that this was a hoax. The boy was not in fact floating through the skies of Colorado, but safely home in the attic. They also had their two other kids lie for [...]
Is life challenging? What are the major obstacles in your life?
