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Teen Talk
Make Every Dollar Count
By Carly Blustein, 12th grade, March 15 , 2006
It's true that "Money makes the world go 'round," but could it also be true that you can make your money go 'round the world, as well as keep track of its travels? Thanks to a currency tracking project conceived by Hank Eskin, who may be no more than just a database architect and a cash-curious genius, both are now possible. Eskin founded a site called www.wheresgeorge.com, the Great American Dollar Bill Locator. It's the place to go if you've ever wondered where your paper money has been or will go after you spend it.
To Live and Laugh and Learn
By Lindsey Sikes, 12th grade, August 18, 2004
Sometimes, it’s hard for me to figure out what I want out of life. It’s like someone pushed me into an ice cream shop and told me to choose just one flavor. So maybe when you were five your favorite flavor of ice cream was vanilla, but what happens when you’re fifteen or fifty-five? It changes as you do.
Attending Boarding School Must Be a Balance
By Candace Mitchell, 11th grade, January 21, 2004
My experience as a new student to Philips Andover Academy was a true test: of my abilities, of my sense of direction, and even of the core values in which I believed. My transition from a local high school to the daunting and sprawling Andover Campus was more than a change in location; it required me to hold everything I had under a critical lens, to question it and at moments to abandon it.
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