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To every
faithful TSO reader, old and new:
Let me begin by thanking you for your interest and passion towards current
events with which you display to us every time you log onto this site. Your
dedication and response helps us in more ways than imaginable; without
readers and contributors we are nothing. TeenSpeak Online is a forum—a place
where teenagers can speak their minds freely and openly, and accept the
opinions of others whether or not everyone agrees with them. Many people our
age have stopped caring about our world; current events don't appeal to us
any longer, and our generation feels no need to be informed upon what is
happening in our society. By reading the articles on this website, you are
committing yourself to an unspoken knowledge that is highly uncommon in our
society today, and for that we are grateful.
When Victor started this site with the other editors, he had a vision, and I
can confidently say I believe the vision has been accomplished and can only
grow larger. The impeccable amount of attention put into our articles,
letters, and remarks from our readers is the core of TSO; it is what
continually helps us to maintain the essence of quality and standards with
which we practice by. I am proud to be a member of TSO, and have nothing
but praise for the hard work and dedication every staff writer and editor
puts into TeenSpeak, on top of the trials and tribulations of being a
student.
I myself am a sophomore in high school, and have grown up in a world filled
with politics and government. I was raised to question things; to have a
need for knowledge, and I believe TSO supports this way of life in more ways
than one. At school, I write for our monthly newspaper and literary
magazine, and belong to seven other organizations that are very important to
me, including heading the cultural awareness club and Jewish Student Union,
and being a member of our school business club. Like our other Editors, I
have always had a strong interest in journalism and plan to pursue it as a
career. As Victor mentioned, the
PEARL World Youth News
journalism certification course is a wonderful educational opportunity for
those interested in becoming a journalist, or the field of journalism
itself, and I too applied and became certified after completing the
necessary training. I highly recommend the program to anyone with even a
hint of interest in journalism or even having their opinions heard by
others.
Other than participating in school organizations and publications, I play
tennis four times a week and am a member of my school's tennis and golf
teams. History and art are my two favorite subjects in school, and I have a
huge interest in fashion and hope to one day write for Vogue. Along with
journalistic writing, I have an enormous passion for creative writing and
have had my short stories published in various student anthologies. In 2004,
I placed third for a story I entered in a national scholastic competition.
Overall, I am interested in anything and everything, and always feel the
need to question ideas and know more about them, hence TeenSpeak is the
perfect place for someone like me.
I urge you to take a look around our website, and fill out an application by
going to the Join Us! page. Because our basis
of writing is current events, we're always searching for new and interesting
people to become involved with the site, as fresh opinions are always
welcome and necessary to create the diverse discussion environment we
desire.
Before I end, I'd like to give a huge congratulations to Victor and the
entire Editorial Board for the incredible job they have been doing and
continue to do at this absolutely wonderful source of world news. I am so
proud of them and everything we at TeenSpeak do, and I admire every writer
at the site for the ability to manage our incredibly busy lives and still
find some time to write, edit, and proofread articles for you, the reader,
to enjoy.
Please feel free to contact me by my staff email,
ariel@teenspeakonline.com, or through a Contact Us form available
here .
Keep up the reading, and always, always question the things around
you.
Sincerely Yours,
Ariel Feldman
Associate Editor, Opinions
TeenSpeak Online |
