The Hurt Locker

Bruises hurt. Growing up with the uncomfortable yellow-green of an old battle wound sustained from being an adventurous kid wasn't much of a surprise. The off-shade violet of a deep one, or the angry red of an underdeveloped one, on the other hand, is a more recent discovery. Receiving them daily has become a required hindrance when being chased by your neighbor's sex crazed Pit bull. I could have gotten a car to avoid him --my town is small and my mother never thought I needed one-- I…

Words can hurt as much as physical abuse; I was once a victim of verbal bullying. Seventh grade was tough for me and my friend Annie, we were known as the Twinkie and the calculator; I was the Twinkie. When I was first teased I did not let it get to me I did not…

Hazing/bullying in The Locker Room A huge problem that I have encountered personally and heard about around at other schools is how sports teams like to haze the under classmen. This can be sometimes just by saying a few words that may be a little hurtful for the little guy but other times it can be very physical and sometime harming the person health. There are many problems that come with this that need to be stopped to ensure a good and healthy high school career for the upcoming students…

Moving to America was the biggest turning point in my lifetime. Everything was new and I had to adjust through it. There was a change in the educational system, language, friends, culture and environment basically America was a whole new world for me. I was fifteen when I got to know that my parent has applied for US immigration and within a time span of one year we had to move to America. Moving here was a big achievement for me as a student. I was able to see a bright future ahead of myself,…

a part of the team. Once football season is over, he becomes a part of the basketball team. Again, one of the boys who had previously tied him up in the field house, tells him the girls basketball coach needs his assistance, and he walks in on the locker room full of girls after basketball practice. Throughout the movie, the dad's of the players meet in the barber shop to discuss the games and drink coffee. The father of the son that continues to give Radio a hard time doesn't like the idea of a…

skate and realized I wasn’t lined up with the bars enough. I picked up Frank’s skate while sitting on it, the weight was too much for me so I dropped it and gravity went against me and made me roll on my middle finger. “I told you you were gonna hurt yourself,” the guy exclaimed as I skated off the…

harassed by her classmates (her microsystem) at school and on social media. She would be pushed into lockers and call every derogatory term in the book. Even though her classmates’ actions were physical, most encounters were emotional. In Ashley’s situation, she was experiencing bullying which can be defined as an aggressive behavior (words, actions, or social exclusion) which intentionally hurts or harms another person; the behavior occurs repetitiously and creates a power imbalance such that…

we leave the lunchroom we head up stair to prepare for the game. We get our pads and cleat ready. We have offense and defensive meetings. Then i start focusing on me. I go to the very back on the locker room and put my headphones in and i doze off thinking of all the possible outcomes like i could get hurt or i could make a big play we could win or loss. I had a lot of things racing through my head.…

together and left the locker room. Me, Mom, Dylan and Dad head back to the car and get our stuff loaded in the back. Dad tells us to put our seat belt on, He puts the key in the ignition and as soon as he starts to lift off and fly back to the house. I guess some people on a hover board were riding down the street and got hit by a car because there were ambulances like two or three of them were the people were hurt. Doesn't surprise me there are a lot of people getting hurt down in this part of…

works. He was born and raised in Georgia, normal of many country singers to grow up in the south. He didn’t get into country music until after he was out of high school. He got inspiration from listening to different styles of music throughout his locker room encounters while playing college football at Middle University State University and The University of Alabama at Birmingham. The music inspired him to take a twist on the traditional country songs and add other genres to it. Biography…