Just about everyone knows someone who has been bullied, in ways big and small. Understandably, though, many victims are reluctant to speak about their experiences. We found some who aren't.
Read essays from the students who nominated their teachers in the My Teacher Kicks Asterisk contest. Click here to see the winners; finalists.
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Morgan Rhodes, St. Petersburg High
1969 VW Beetle
Morgan Rhodes’ turquoise 1969 Volkswagen Beetle is a fixture of the St. Pete High student parking lot. In a sea of newer ...
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Driving forces, by the numbers
Click on the photo at top left to read different driving numbers.
Compiled by MICHAEL NEWCOMER, Tarpon Springs High
Sources: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ...

Florence Parsley, Durant High senior
Her ride: 2003 Appendix
Not the typical whip of an ordinary high schooler, Florence Parsley’s ride has four legs, runs on grain and roughage ...
By William Harvey, King High
Only losers don’t have their driver’s licenses at 16. So I suppose I’m the biggest loser in history, because I don’t ...

Sarah Bostock, St. Petersburg High senior
If I have trash, I just leave it in my car and don’t take it with me. So my car ends up filling ...
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By Sam French, Special to tb-two*
Let’s face it. From time to time, everybody’s car gets flat-out disgusting. I’m no exception. Neither are you. You get used ...
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By Allie Davison, Wharton High
You could say Tampa police Cpl. Kert Rojka, a 17-year veteran with the department and supervisor of Hillsborough County school resource officers, has been around ...

TO NOT HAVE A CAR
By Rachel Lubitz, George Washington University
When you live off drive-through Taco Bell and Diet Coke in high school, it’s hard to imagine yourself ...
*Click here to read our Q and A with a cop about texting while driving. He says: "Don't do it. You could die."
By Mina Asayesh-Brown, St. Petersburg High ...

get in the car | 2012 Kia Soul | $13,900 base, $19,845 as tested | 26 mpg city
tb-two* tags along for a test ride with Peter Couture, Daily Driver columnist ...
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tb-two* tags along for a test ride with Peter Couture, Daily Driver columnist for tbt* and the Times
GUY’S TAKE: ANTHONY CLOSE
Robinson High
Curb appeal factor: One of ...
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By Tyler Hall Holcombe, Lakewood High, and Olivia Smith, St. Pete High
2011 Kia Forte | starts at $19,395; as tested, $23,640 | 23 mpg city, 32 highway
GUY’S ...
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Shopping for a first/new/better car? Summer is a great time to ponder lots of different possibilities before funding (or getting your gracious parents to fund) such a big ...

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