Phoenix Magazine June 2021

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who are not stuck-up are always nicer people? I, for won, would not; at all: want to be friends with someone other than someone whose nice. Besides… “To who is she talking” or “What is she doing that for” or “Me and him went to the dance?” does not bother me at. All. I might as well say then - since it doesn”t bother I; - “Good, my day was well,” or “That effected me so great” because I don”t care and by the way like I said it doesn”t matter. However; won day me did speak with a English teacher and, good, him said that grammar “is the key to unlock any language.” Him said, “It is important to study so that our language is standardized and proper.” Him also said, “It sounds good to the ear, too,” Witch obviously isn”t true because if won speaks grammar good then you again just sound meen. If me is being honest, good then, nothing really matters! Were all people. Were all make misstakes. Punctuation? Speling, and gRaMmAr is stoopid. Theirfor, riting dos not mattere at alll! Shakespeere and Dikkens and Austen. all of my favorit authors of --- don”t meen any-thing. Because me live in present wenn nothin matteres...

What It Means To Dance – Erin Sullenberger At any given celebratory event that promotes dancing, such as high school proms, sweet sixteens or banquets, there are always three distinct groups of people: those who sit and admire the scenery, those who awkwardly stand beside others who are dancing, and those who leave everything out on the dance floor. Ever since I was old enough to really enjoy myself at such events, I was always a part of the former third of party-goers. Last year, however, I ventured into the latter half of dancers, not caring what anyone thought of my horrendous dance moves that I will soon describe. I was sitting around a table at my good friend's birthday party while the DJ was hopelessly attempting to garner some excitement on the dance floor. I cannot even recall exactly what feeling came over me, but I up, requested the DJ to play Billy Idol's Dancing with Myself, and I spent the next four minutes or so prancing about in such a horrible manner that it was almost embarrassing, except for the fact that I did not care. I distinctly recall doing this move where I would hop from foot to foot with synchronized arm movement. I danced alone on the dance floor in front of about one hundred people for the remainder of the evening because there was such a grand feeling of pleasure that overwhelmed me that I did not want to stop. I persuaded my friend to join me in a performance of Dancing Queen, and by the end of the song, he was smiling, wishing that the DJ would replay this Abba classic. Eventually, there were spots of all three of my aforementioned types of party-goers covering the hall, and to no surprise, I was in the center of all the excitement. By the end of the night, I was filled with such a large surge of adrenaline and happiness that I could not wait for homecoming, half a year later, to dance again. There is such an amazing aspect of dancing, I think, that goes completely unnoticed. First and foremost, dancing brings about such a great sense of confidence. Now, at every event I attend, I am the first and last person on the dance floor. Also, I think that dancing is a way to express who you really are. By no means am I a decent dancer, but by putting myself out there, moving the way I do, I show that appearance doesn't much matter: being who you are without caring what other people think does. And even more so, I think that dancing by myself really allows me to express who I am. When you're engaged with a partner or one among a crowd of dancers, then your individuality doesn't shine. I love being able to convey how fun and exciting dancing is for me when I'm in my own circle, leaving everything I have on the floor. Furthermore, when I start to dance by myself, then my friends like to join me, and then my fun only increases. And lastly, dancing is a way to help me relax and return to my raw, normal self. While studying for midterms and finals, I take a break every hour to dance in my room. Before I took my online 2020 AP 86


Articles inside

Horoscopes

5min
pages 88-92

The Dinner Party

3min
pages 81-82

What it Means to Dance

4min
pages 86-87

The Poet

6min
pages 83-84

Inspiration

2min
page 80

The Fox, mistakes, Advertisement Brought to You

2min
page 79

Rumors – Drama

12min
pages 71-78

A Scholarship Essay Prompt Asks Me

1min
page 69

Frankenstein, Fried Onions and Poinsettias

2min
pages 67-68

Flowers

3min
page 66

A Tribute to Sisters

1min
page 64

Magic of Nature, Types of Love, The Sky

1min
page 65

lavender, Trees

1min
page 61

Something, something night sky

1min
page 63

Hopeless

2min
pages 59-60

Senior Year, When Time Was Silenced

1min
page 57

A Bull Ride, But Not a Full Ride, The Endless Rainy Day

1min
page 58

Grad Year

1min
page 56

Tuesday, 19 March 2020

1min
page 53

What do I say, Tempest

3min
pages 54-55

My Experience in a Vegan Household

2min
pages 47-48

Transcendence, A Short History of Nearly Everything

5min
pages 49-50

Love, Sunrise

1min
page 45

The Eve of a New Beginning, The Friend I Used to Have, COVID

2min
page 51

Cottage in the Woods, Flowers

1min
page 46

The Sun, Emma Best

1min
page 43

Students vs. Learners

2min
pages 41-42

Bedtime Sonnet, The Human Mind

1min
page 40

She Who Wears a Mask

1min
page 39

A Fowl Sonnet

1min
page 38

Good Morning

1min
page 37

False Perception, Spring

1min
page 35

The College Process

1min
page 36

Our World, Quarantine

3min
page 34

Changes, My Favorite Places

2min
page 33

Opportunity

2min
page 32

A New Decade and a New Meaning to Life

3min
pages 30-31

Interview – Mr. Pepino

4min
pages 28-29

Interview – Dr. Coccia

2min
pages 26-27

Winter Crew Sonnet, Graduation Haiku, July 20, 1969

1min
page 23

Lost and then Loved

1min
pages 24-25

What Gives Me Hope

5min
pages 21-22

“Emma”: A Lovely, Fun, and Humorous Novel

4min
pages 18-19

When Opportunity Arises, The Climber

2min
page 20

Why I Love Football

4min
pages 7-8

oh, would you look at Her?

1min
page 15

My Savior

1min
page 16

Isle of Planes

1min
page 11

Anxiety and Stress

1min
page 10

New Normal, Through a Screen

1min
page 17

Abandoned, Second Semester Senior

1min
pages 12-13

Red Phoenix

1min
page 9
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