The Lockers

Isn't it weird knowing that, you can notice the demons of others, the beast that hangs around you, in fact, even at school, I see people’s own beast’s as I brush past the students and teachers as it hangs on their shoulders, or pulls them by their hair, grasping it so tight, they can’t break free. I notice the ugly beast of depression wearing my friend’s faces thin, the subtle beast of anxiety steer them away from me, the small beast of anger beating on their heads as the beast forces them to…

Prayer, School and Sports in the Public Schools’ Prayer and sports have been around for a long time. “Throughout human history, individuals, and groups from various religious backgrounds combined sports and physical activity with acts of faith.” If you look back thru history there has always been some type of sport that involves the Gods. Sports were used in ceremonial ways, sacrifice, fertility rites, weather, crops, and the list goes on. Ancient culture would thank the Gods when doing…

When I get to my AP Language class I look around the classroom that has a homey feel to it. Curtains drape over the cold foggy windows in royal red, rimmed with gold shimmering colors. A lamp is turned on, creating a soft glow in the room while the warm smell of pumpkin pie is enough to make it hell for a sleep deprived person to stay awake. I walk to the back of the classroom, and sit exactly in the middle. Then I put my head down, and wait for class to start. While waiting for time to go by,…

buzzer ending the second half was about to go off, they try one more play. The quarterback heaved it into the endzone and the opposing player had caught it. Touchdown. We stood there, frozen and confused about what just happened and walked back to the locker room with our heads down. Sports have always been a big deal in my town, especially football. The Alumni that stayed around town talk about the game all week leading up to the next. How the team should’ve done this or that and how it…

To learn something new or to relearn something forgotten within the expanses of our minds, we, as learning creatures, require a catalyst to prompt the learning sequences. We, as humans, use life experiences and events to learn as well as to teach others something of relative importance to the learner to make a particular experience easier to accomplish repetitively or to cope better with trauma or experiences that we deem as difficult to handle. Speaking personally now, I have never been…

smiled at her and she beamed. We walked side by side all the way to out locker. Since we still have half an hour before our first subject, I told him about what Drew and I talked about last night. She was shocked to know that Leslie and Drew are already in a relationship. “They just met two days ago and now they’re in a relationship? Who are they? Romeo and Juliet” she said sarcastically. I laughed at her. I was arranging my locker when Hannah spoke. “Speaking of the devil” I looked at her and…

The Comeback “ Let's go boys!” I screamed as we raced out onto the ice. As we started our warmup drill before the most important game of our life I looked to the other side of the ice and saw the other team. “ Jeez,” I think to myself, they are definitely bigger, stronger, and faster. I shake it off as I hear the buzzer sound which means warm ups are over. We all bring it in to my coach and he says the same thing that he always does. All I care about is the game and once it starts I’m in the…

Many students experience boredom in a traditional school setting. Knowing the exact order of classes and what’s going to happen everyday leads to feelings of disinterest. Well have I got a great idea. We could have school in a fun location that isn’t so boring and bland. How about a baseball stadium? Doesn’t that sound like one of the best things ever? It would help everyone have a longer attention span and it would be a lot more fun. Think, being at school and never being bored. Before we get…

Writer, Malcom Gladwell, in his nonfictional book, “The Story of Success” establishes the reasons why some people are successful in their lives. He uses non fictional stories to solidify his point he was trying to make Gladwell claims that achieving successful can vary. Gladwell shows us that there is an alternate way of how people gain their success His purpose is that inherited gifts and abilities to individuals is not the reason why people are successful. To back up and to clarify his claim,…

The turning point at the end of Chapter 7 is when Russell and Elliot read the note that was in Catalina’s locker, and Elliot started going nuts about it. It is important for the characters in the story because now Russell and Elliot understand the troubles she is going through, which is not on,y being bullied because she stands up when called, but she is bullied…