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"People always talk about how great it is to get older. All I saw were more rules and more adults telling me what I could and couldn't do, in the name of what's " good for me." Yeah, well, asparagus is good for me, but it still makes me want to throw up."
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james-patterson
middle-school
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James Patterson |
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Perhaps what matters when all is said and done is not who puts us down but who picks us up.
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middle-school
resilience
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Kate DiCamillo |
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"A well-dressed, self-assured business executive steps into a quiet corner of the conference room, crowded with people. Everyone there is aware of her presence. She's dark-haired, petite, and alluring. She is quick to smile, and when she does, her whole face lights up. Her enthusiasm is infectious. Young men and women nod as they pass by, briefly breaking off their conversations with colleagues. The executive looks down at her compact electronic device and quickly texts: "Smile. Talk into the mic. Good luck."
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inspirational
business-leaders
middle-school
phenomenal-female-entrepreneurs
strong-role-models-for-girls
sheryl-sandberg
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Jill Bryant |
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life is supposed to have ups and downs. But for me, it's been more like ups and downs... and downs... and downs.
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middle-school
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James Patterson |
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"Orion was the one Emily knew well. He had been Emily's childhood friend when, for several summers, they attended CTY, the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins. At eleven, twelve, and thirteen, they took courses in physics and advanced geometry along with other children selected nationwide. Emily had studied Greek, and Orion took astronomy. Renaissance children, they lived in dorms with other earnest middle-schoolers blowing through problem sets, practicing violin, gathering several times a week for camp games designated by their counselors as "mandatory fun."
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classes
orion-steiner
special
emily-bach
middle-school
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Allegra Goodman |