SIGNIFICANT CONNECTIONS: Control can be influenced in many different ways, especially through language. Language is a form of communication that can be extremely powerful when misused. Control through language is a weapon of mind control and an abuse of power. In this review I will be discussing the different examples of ‘Control through language’ that […]

Fighting cancer – Decaying. 24 hours a day. She lies motionless on a remote operated bed, decaying. Tubes and wires string from every limb. Her grasp on life is unwilling and loosening. Death is something that comes in her dreams. This is someone you love. Imagine. Imagine your life as you know it, taken from […]

Pollution / Environmental Issues Pollution is a big problem faced by the world today. What we are doing to reduce this pollution is pathetic. This needs to change. Recycling, believed by many to be accomplished by seperate collection or central separation, only increases the cost of waste management until someone buys the junk.

Creative writing By: Lucy O’Brien A roaring sky. Colours like a sunflower poisoned the horizon. Loud, piercing ring vibrated my ears. Glowing snowflakes floated to grey rubble. Tips of my bare toes turned peppery, where the now browned blood had drizzled down my legs like so much rain down a window pain. Destruction was everywhere. […]

My image is grey. everywhere. the clouds surround a river running through factories. there are four main sources of this grey cloud but there are multiple other sources further in the image. there is no horizon. this cloud takes up my image other than the dark factories with tall chimneys. The street was littered the […]

The morning before school… The wake up – Loud, piercing ring vibrates the dust particles visible on a single slit of sun sneaking through a dark sleep. My biggest nightmare. get dressed – tender toes touch ice as I hurriedly pull on pieces of  clothes. brush teeth – Frozen water runs into my tired hands […]

In a recent interview with UK website The Daily Mash, the Earth has revealed it isn’t worrying too much about global warming. In fact, it says that it will “…be absolutely fine.”     OK, first of all, stop writing me that email. I know that the Daily Mash is a satirical website. Secondly, stop […]

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