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StageofLife.com witnesses substantial social media growth after the launch of its new writing resource - a national writing contest using Twitter. York, PA (PRWEB) March 31, 2013 StageofLife.com, an educational and writing resource for high school teachers, students, and bloggers rolled out a new monthly writing contest using Twitter. For the current contest, the Stage of Life writing prompt asks, “If you were to write your memoir right now, what would the first sentence be?”...
Teens, Books, and Literacy: StageofLife.com releases its national trend report on teen reading habits and student book buying behavior. As a part of the report, high school and college students share how their favorite books positively impacted their lives... and in many cases saved them. York, PA (PRWEB) December 31, 2012 In an effort to better understand the reading habits of teens and the positive impact of reading in a teenager's life, StageofLife.com, a writing community for...
YORK, Pa., May 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Going to prom is a high school milestone, and prom traditions have been around for decades: Dresses. Dinner. DJ's. Dancing. For most teenagers, it's about celebrating life with friends and/or a significant other. However, there are also the negative aspects often associated with prom too: Drinking. Drugs. DUI's. Damaged self-esteem. Date rape. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100929/DC73342LOGO) StageofLife.com, a blogging...
YORK, Pa., May 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The "media" is an undeniably powerful entity in our daily lives. It's even more invasive for teens and college students, a generation growing up with more forms of media choices than any other generation before them. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100929/DC73342LOGO) StageofLife.com, a blogging resource for high school students, Baby Boomers, and every life stage in between, wanted to know how teens felt about the media, so...
YORK, Pa., April 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Since its launch last April, over 2,000 bloggers joined and contributed to StageofLife.com - a free, international writing project that takes submitted stories from bloggers and organizes them by stage of life. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100929/DC73342LOGO) Using a multi-generational approach, the site works with both amateur and professional bloggers/writers across the entire age spectrum, from teenagers in high school to...
YORK, Pa., Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Can money buy happiness? The answer is "no" if you're a teenager, but it certainly stresses them out. StageofLife.com, a national blogging and writing resource for generations of Teens to Baby Boomers, released its summary report on "Teens and Money." (LOGO: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100929/DC73342LOGO ) The report is complied from the anecdotal insights of 3,335 teenagers and young adults who visited StageofLife.com's recent monthly...
YORK, Pa., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Move over Lady Gaga. Gandhi and Nick Jonas, please take a back seat. In fact, Oprah, Michael Jackson, and Coach Nick Saban can take the bench as well. In its national essay contest for high school students, StageofLife.com, a writing resource for teens, discovered that "My Mom" is the number one answer given when teens were asked the question, "Who is your Hero?" (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100929/DC73342LOGO) (Logo:...
YORK, Pa., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Teachers and tax payers are surrounded by media buzz on the education debate. From President Obama's Back to School address, to Mark Zuckerman's $100 million donation to Newark public schools, to the NBC News "Education Nation" summit, to the recent release of the film documentary on charter schools, "Waiting for Superman," the national conversation over education is heating up. Some would argue boiling over. (Logo:...
YORK, Pa., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Teenagers are extremely concerned about America's relationship to food. In a national writing contest for high school students hosted by StageofLife.com, a blogging and writing resource for teens, high school students were asked, "Do we have an obligation to take better care of ourselves by making changes in the way we eat and/or buy and consume food?" Teens from all 50 states visited the writing contest page and scores participated by...
DALLASTOWN, Pa., July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It's the middle of summer, but high school Language Arts teachers across the US are planning fall curriculum now. On the first day of class, they will most likely confront three months worth of time their students spent addicted to "constricted writing environments" such as Facebook, Twitter,and mobile texting - mediums that confine the expression of ideas to a limited character count. By nature, this can lead to students throwing out...
