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Candy Striper--I was one for 2 years!

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As a writer, one thing you want to strive for is complete ackuracy. You don’t want grammatical mistakes in your work because this undermines your writing and makes you look like a toad. Still, errors and typos do happen. One of the main culprits is autocorrect. Modern computers and smartphones are always correcting spelling without […]

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Seventeen years after "Sex and the City," one super fan takes a look at the annoying character traits of Carrie Bradshaw.

Bonnie Schuyler let herself be talked into joining the Candy Stripers. As a junior aide at the Medical Center, she lightened the heavy work load each regular nurse had. But she sometimes wondered why she was there — she didn’t plan to be a nurse; it was hard work; she didn’t especially like helping other people. One day she met David, a technician who was interested in a hospital career. Somehow he made her feel rather special and very grown-up.

Little Susan eating an ice cream cone Courage is being scared to death--but saddling up anyway." --Susan's motto Susan K. Marlow, mischievious tomboy and dreamer of stars, had a rich childhood that shaped the author she would become. Susan says, "I was nine when I wrote my first 'published" poem. The teacher hung it in the teacher's lounge for everyone to see." What's really great about this particular Kid Interview is that Susan has photos of some of the most shaping events and impressions…