Due this week

General Writing. Send in your best work – poems, short stories, essays. (Feel free to do it throughout the year, but this gives you a deadline.)
Deadline: Oct. 10.

To submit to Newspaper Series

  • Log in. (Click "Not a YWP member?" to create an account.)

  • Click "create content" and create an ENTRY
  • Fill out "title," "author name, school & grade" and "prompt" boxes.
  • Paste story into "body."
  • Click "Submit." You are done.
    NOTES: Your account email must be accurate; a "blog" entry must be resubmitted as an ENTRY to be considered.

Chit chat

pineapple_babbit's picture

Just like the title says. This is a place to talk.

pineapple_babbit's picture

APPLES, READ THIS!!!!!

Talk to me apples. I know you will be on in about..... well... maybe a half an hour, but when you get on, talk to me!!!!!!!!
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apples's picture

AHH!!! I got a 76 on that

AHH!!! I got a 76 on that test!!! That means my grade is a 74 right now!!! That's horrible!!!
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May the random people of the world be random! ~Katelyn

pineapple_babbit's picture

GAW!!!!!!

I was on my way to burlington for my appointment and the car got to a patch that was really slippery and it spun two times and hit a guard rail! My little t-racer is broken!!!!!! It's either going to have a major fix or we are going to have to get a new car.... *sobs* My poor little baby car....
I didn't even get to the place cuz they closed the road to it so i don't even have the awkward thing in my mouth...
*everyone is ok. No one was really hurt... my mom did pull a muscle though.... but besides that we are ok...*
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apples's picture

OMG!!! Thank God you didn't

OMG!!! Thank God you didn't die!!! I wou;d have cried... and been very VERY depressed for the rest of my life.
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May the random people of the world be random! ~Katelyn

pineapple_babbit's picture

Yeah....

The roads up there are insaine!!!!! I saw a bus that had to be towed up hill by a plow and police car! AND THEY STILL HAD SCHOOL!!!!!
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apples's picture

WHAT???

WTF??? even Rutland would close, or at least delay, if the roads were that bad.
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pineapple_babbit's picture

I know!!!

Those Northern Vermont school people are all crazy!!!!!!! Insaine!!!! Who would have school when the busses needed to be towed??? They didn't even get a delay!!!!!!
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apples's picture

Man... that's worse than

Man... that's worse than Rutland... and we were the only school system open on Friday. (Heh heh, until the bomb threat anyways)
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May the random people of the world be random! ~Katelyn

pineapple_babbit's picture

I still think ours is

I still think ours is worse.... Just because it affects me directally... This is a suggestion: How about the superintendants go out and drive around before they make a decision!!!!
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apples's picture

In math today, we were

In math today, we were talking about piling all the snow we're supposed to get tonight in front of the superntendants windows so that she would cancel school tomorrow. BTW, did you sign up for your guidance appointment for classes yet???
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May the random people of the world be random! ~Katelyn

pineapple_babbit's picture

Good idea, and no i didn't.

Good idea, and no i didn't. You were supposed to go with me to sign up with me.... I hope you waited....
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apples's picture

I did, I was just making

I did, I was just making sure that you didn't go yt so we can do it tomorrow morning.
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May the random people of the world be random! ~Katelyn

pineapple_babbit's picture

Good. I'm thinking about

Good. I'm thinking about texting *** right now cuz I'm depressed....
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apples's picture

??? OHHH!!! Wait until 1:45

??? OHHH!!! Wait until 1:45 when study halls over.
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May the random people of the world be random! ~Katelyn

pineapple_babbit's picture

???

Why????
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apples's picture

Cuz I'm lonely... and I

Cuz I'm lonely... and I didn't get to see you today.
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May the random people of the world be random! ~Katelyn

pineapple_babbit's picture

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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apples's picture

Don't lie, you miss me

Don't lie, you miss me too.
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pineapple_babbit's picture

I do... It's lonely at home,

I do... It's lonely at home, and I don't really feel like teaching my dog any more french.... Oh Natalie is talking to me... she scolded me for not being in school, but I explained my story....
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apples's picture

Tell her I say hi and that

Tell her I say hi and that I'm not skipping like *ahem* someone.
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pineapple_babbit's picture

... Fine. >_< Make fun of

... Fine. >_< Make fun of me. I see how it is.
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apples's picture

^_^

I will... O_O What now???
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pineapple_babbit's picture

Natalie says: LOL. tell him

Natalie says: LOL. tell him to get to class!
lol... she thinks you are skipping!!!!! lol
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apples's picture

Did you mention that I'm in

Did you mention that I'm in study hall???
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pineapple_babbit's picture

nope..... heh heh

nope..... heh heh heh
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apples's picture

GRR

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May the random people of the world be random! ~Katelyn

Usagi's picture

Wait--

Wait--you're teaching your dog French?

apples's picture

Seriously, don't ask. You'll

Seriously, don't ask. You'll laugh yourself to death.
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May the random people of the world be random! ~Katelyn

pineapple_babbit's picture

There is nothing wrong in

There is nothing wrong in training a dog in another language....
I have a hard time speaking french, but I can write it and read it ok, so for pracitce at home, I am teaching my dog french. She is actually learning it too!!! ^_^
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apples's picture

Don't tell Usagi the rest of

Don't tell Usagi the rest of it! JK. That's all there is to it, but it's funny when she yells at her dog in French...
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May the random people of the world be random! ~Katelyn

Usagi's picture

Oh! I can imagine. Babbit:

Oh! I can imagine.

Babbit: how can you tell your dog is learning it?

pineapple_babbit's picture

My favorite is "Ne morde

My favorite is "Ne morde moi!!!!" which is "Don't Bite me!!!" lol.
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apples's picture

And it listens. BTW Babbit,

And it listens. BTW Babbit, can you still give me a ride to the convention when it comes??? Cause otherwise I can't go...
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May the random people of the world be random! ~Katelyn

pineapple_babbit's picture

Yeppers. I'm pretty sure

Yeppers. I'm pretty sure anyways... my mom went to take a nap, so I can't ask at this very moment, but I'm pretty sure you can come with me. ^_^
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apples's picture

Phew... tell her that I hope

Phew... tell her that I hope she feels better soon too (since she pulled a muscle and all)
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May the random people of the world be random! ~Katelyn

pineapple_babbit's picture

kk. BTW, check the clock...

kk. BTW, check the clock... you may have to go soon....
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apples's picture

Babbit??? I know that yuo're

Babbit??? I know that yuo're on... I missed you!!! I'm having EMS (Emily withdrawl symptom)
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May the random people of the world be random! ~Katelyn

apples's picture

Babbit hates me!!!

WAAHHHH!!!

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May the random people of the world be random! ~Katelyn

pineapple_babbit's picture

*sobs*

My lights are smashed, the hood is bent up..... *sobs*
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pineapple_babbit's picture

Can you even see what I am writing!!!!!

Can you even see what I am writing!!!!!
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apples's picture

Yeah... it just took you a

Yeah... it just took you a long time to respond.
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May the random people of the world be random! ~Katelyn

apples's picture

How did you get home??? And

How did you get home??? And it would have been nice if they called yuo and said that they would be closed... or at least that the road was!
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May the random people of the world be random! ~Katelyn

pineapple_babbit's picture

We drove the car home... It

We drove the car home... It drives, but it sure is ugly.... The left blinker where the light got smashed out blinks spazztically fast now....
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apples's picture

Epilepsy

Let's hope that someone with epilepsy doesn't drive behind you... lol... sorta. That would be really bad.
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May the random people of the world be random! ~Katelyn

pineapple_babbit's picture

Lol. It's like a strobe

Lol. It's like a strobe light. It kind of gave me a chuckle on the way home..... We should turn on the car and have a dance party behind it....
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apples's picture

Brilliant idea, but it's too

Brilliant idea, but it's too cold out... is it doing anything at the moment...? I can't tell.
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May the random people of the world be random! ~Katelyn

pineapple_babbit's picture

no, but the snow melted and

no, but the snow melted and then froze into ice. The trees up here all of a layer of ice on them... the roads look ok, but there is jsut so much black ice...
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apples's picture

Great... it was horrible

Great... it was horrible walking to the bus stop today because of all the puddles due to the rain/melting snow. That means that it's all ice now. And the people on my street are lazy and don't even attempt to clear it up off the sidewalks...
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May the random people of the world be random! ~Katelyn

pineapple_babbit's picture

The plows here just take all

The plows here just take all of the snow in the road and pile it up in front of our driveway.......
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apples's picture

I hate it when that

I hate it when that happens.
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