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Hello Scarsdale Teens!

Here's the 14th installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it Prompts!

Our latest prompt for you is: If you had to delete all but three apps from your smartphone, which ones would you keep?

Here's what you said:

• WEBTOON
• Google Chrome
• Signal

Our next Post-it Prompt will launch in January.

This project is brought to you by Scarsdale Public Library's Teen Services Department & Teen Advisory Board.

Hello Scarsdale Teens!

Here's the 13th installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it Prompts!

Our latest prompt for you is: Name a creature that seems impossible but exists anyway.

Here's what you said:

• duck-billed platypus
• geoduck ("gooey-duck")
• dinosaur
• narwhal
• axolotl
• bumble bee
• your dad/mom

Our next Post-it Prompt will launch in December.

Hello Scarsdale Teens!

Here's the 12th installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it Prompts!

Our latest question for you is: What's your favorite pokémon?

Here's what you said:

• Bidoof
• Bulbasaur (x2)
• Charizard
• Darkrai
• Dinosaur (x2)
• Lilipup
• Mudkip
• Pikachu (x2)
• Snorlax
• Squirtle

Our next Post-it Prompt will launch in October.

Hello Scarsdale Teens!

Here's the 11th installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it Prompts!

Our latest question for you is: What do you expect to be the highlight of your summer?

Here's what you said:

Hello Scarsdale Teens!

Here's the 10th installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it Prompts!

Our latest question for you is: What's your worst irrational fear?

Here's what you said:

Hello Scarsdale Teens!

Here's the ninth installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it Prompts!

Our latest question for you is: If you could speak eight languages, what would they be?

Here's what you said:

Hello Scarsdale Teens!

Here's the eighth installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it Prompts!

Our latest question for you is: What's something imaginary you wish were real?

Here's what you wrote:

• Love
• Magic
• Telekinesis
• A place to nap

Our next Post-it Prompt will be posted the week of February 7, 2022.

This project is brought to you by the Scarsdale Public Library's Teen Services Department & Teen Advisory Board.

Hello Scarsdale Teens!

Here's the seventh installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it Prompts!

Our latest question for you is: What's an opinion you have that not many people share?

Here's what you wrote:

• Studying is interesting.
• Talking to people who think differently than me helps me learn :)
• Political parties bring more chaos and bad to America than good.

Our next Post-it Prompt will be posted the week of January 15, 2022.

Hello Scarsdale Teens!

Here's the sixth installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it Prompts!

Our latest question for you is: What's something you hope never goes out of style?

Here's what you wrote:

• Combat boots for civilians
• [your clever answer here]

Our next Post-it Prompt will be posted the week of January 3, 2022.

This project is brought to you by the Scarsdale Public Library's Teen Services Department & Teen Advisory Board.

Hello Scarsdale Teens!

Here's the fifth installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it Prompts!

Our latest question for you is: What's your favorite karaoke song?

Here's what you wrote:

Hello Scarsdale Teens!

Here's the fourth installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it Prompts!

Our question for you is: What's your ideal form of transport?

Here's what you wrote:

• teleportation (weeeeeee!)
• motorcycle (vroom vrum)
• Razor Scooter is my favorite.
• Train :)
• I would FLY!! (like me flying - no plane --> I'm the form of transportation)

Our next Post-it Prompt will be posted the week of October 18, 2021.

Hello Scarsdale Teens!

Here's the third installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it Prompts!

Our latest burning question for you is: What's something American that you wish existed everywhere else?

Here's what you wrote:

Hello Scarsdale Teens!

Here's the second installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it Prompts!

Our latest burning question for you is: What's something you'd put in a 2021 time capsule?

Write your answer to this question on a sticky note in the Teen Room and post it for others to read. Sticky notes, pens, and reinforcing tape are provided!

Here's what you wrote:

Hello Scarsdale Teens!

Here's the first installment of our bite-sized writing exercise: Post-it Prompts!

Our burning question for you is: What will people be nostalgic for in 40 years?

Write your answer to this question on a sticky note in the Teen Room and post it for others to read. Sticky notes, pens, and reinforcing tape are provided!

Here's what you wrote: