Not Just Science

David Bates is an 8th and 6th grade science teacher at Unis Middle School in Dearborn, Michigan. . Mr. Bates has been teaching school for over 30 years. Before Mr. Bates became a teacher at Unis Middle School, he was a fifth grade teacher at Long Elementary School. “While at Unis Middle School, I´d say …

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One Wrong Turn

 It was a normal day at Southfield Lathrup High School. Something unexpected might happen, that will change your life. Steven Lott was 17 years old and a football player on the school team, the Chargers.          ”During practice, I got tackled on the lower, and upper leg which caused my tissue that was connected to be …

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Robbed At 18

Getting robbed is one thing, but being held at gunpoint is another thing especially at 18. It’s a matter of life and death, our precious life is in the hands of a mad man. July 22, 2018, was the scariest moment for Hana Mahmoud the mother of the victim Morad Mahmoud after hearing her son …

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The Camp

My dad, Modhar, is an immigrant. It all started from Saddam Hussein. The problem with Saddam was he wanted all the power. He was a dictator. Since he wanted all the power he killed people. He didn’t only kill people in Iraq, he also killed people in Kuwait and Iran. So he basically wanted to …

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Staying Strong

Some stories are sad, but this one was the most devastating. He had already gone through so much at just 17. June 25, 2017, was supposed to be the greatest Eid celebration because a couple family member surprised the Almusawi family the night before Eid by coming to live in America forever after they’ve been …

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The Car Accident

When someone goes through something horrible it is just one of the phases in life that will help them in the future. Zahraa Alawieh is a 2016 high school graduate and is the oldest child in her family. She was 14 at the time when the surprising car accident took place in 2012, now she’s …

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From Dream to Reality

Sufwan Abdulmagid is entering the police academy. “I knew it would be tough. There were many drills and requirements. Getting tased and pepper sprayed was not fun.” However, there was one requirement that he did not like at all, “I had to cut my hair.” Six months later he achieved his goal and became a …

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The Day I Almost Died

“I was afraid to go out, I always felt paranoid like I was in the open and vulnerable. I went out only if I was with friends or in a tightly packed area.” The year was 1992. Martine Sullivan and her friends April Kincaid and Timothy McGee went to a  party in Midtown Detroit. She …

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The Journey

It all happened when Houda Assaf started to get “symptoms that were unlike anything I had had before starting around November 2008.” May 2009, that was when Houda had been diagnosed with multiple sclorosis. Multiple sclorosis is a disease that affects pretty much your whole body. Let us go back to when she was first …

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Talk shows & Trump

Many of the past presidents that have been elected throughout the previous decades have represented the United States in the best way possible. But the president that has currently been opted has just changed the subject. Phrases like, “Let’s rake the floors,” or,” I will build a great, great wall,” is just up to the …

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