Each student writer chose a topic that means something to her. Our topics include Domestic Violence, Competency of the CT Scan Operator, The Impact of Alcoholic Parents Have On Their Children, Gun Violence, Why Pre-School Teachers are Underpaid, What Mothers Face in the Workplace and Living Balanced Lives, Why DCF Workers Should Get Special Training, and College Awareness of Students With Mental Illness. The issues we chose to write about are challenging. The nine writers of these articles want to persuade and bring awareness, and discuss how we as a society can offer solutions to make improvements.