Thirteen-year-old Kesz Valdez smiled as he received his prize. Today is a “big day” as he just won the International Children’s Peace Prize for helping street children in Philippines. However, life was not always kind to Kesz. When he was just two years old, his father forced him to...
hardware so he could play an absurdist surgery game with his wii nunchuk controller, he had no idea it would lead to a ride on the international space station. penchas is a 13-year-old eighth-grade student who lives in houston, texas. late last year, a friend gave him an arduino uno...
“I had this little poem that I would recite to myself at least four to five times a day” was Dad's 6 18-year-old unasked question, “The words were a constant 7 to me that things were 8 so hard that I could not deal with them.” Dad said.Then he 9 the poem with me.The...
I want to thank you again of having me in your home for the summer holidays. I returned to my village after moving away so long and it was really delighted to see most of my old friends again. I told my parents and all my friend here what a great time I had. I found very intere...
The Christmas holidays were fast approaching, and we had ordered many gifts online. So, when the doorbell rang, I was sure some of the packages had arrived. I ran to the door and swung it open, but no one was there. I sensed something and looked down, only to find a beautiful calico...
As the final days of summer spiral away, and my mailbox begins to fill with ticket offers for various Christmas concerts and performances ofThe Nutcracker, however, I find myself listening to the soundtracks – scores, really – of various ballets. I like the old classical ones because they...
If I said to my mom that I know no santa, she will not put the gifts under the christmas tree, I thought. I believed in santa for 9 years, but when I was 9 years old, I knew that there’s no santa. Many 10-12 years old kids figured out that santa is not real. Some of th...