Jerry Renault, the main character, is a fourteen-year-old boy who is a freshman at Trinity Highschool. In this book it tells how a young boy in a new environment can lose control of his identity by just trying to fit in with the rest of the people. He does this by trying to please a group of kids,...

College? Who needs it? Not me, that's for sure. At least, that's what I had thought for a long time. In the last two years of high school, I didn't do much. I knew that I wasn't going to go to college. No matter what I told my parents and teachers, I knew it wasn't for me. All I wanted to do w...

In high school, I was a bad kid. I didn't do drugs or drink beer, but I was bad. School wasn't a priority of mine during my junior year, and I failed all of my classes except weight training, ceramics, and jewelry. I lived for the bell at the end of the day. This was the first year that...

A Movie That Makes You Think Movies make up a large part of every person's life. They act out events people can only imagine but are afraid to do. They also affect the lives of the people who see them. One movie, which dramatically affected my life, was Grosse Pointe Blank. This movie...

Some things are easier to remember, and some are easier to forget. I can remember my most embarrassing moment as if it happened yesterday. I've tried, over the years, to forget this moment, but it just never seems to go away. As I've gotten older, I can think back to that day and just...

It happened April of 1999. It was the single worst tragedy ever to occur within a high school. Two high school students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, marched right into their school armed head to toe with weapons, and opened fire on their peers. Who is to blame for this senseless act of slau...

School Ties Movie Critique In the movie "School Ties" racism was shown through eyes of a Jewish teen at a catholic private school, where he was a minority among the ignorant students who had spent their whole lives at boarding schools. It also tried to portray this teenager, David, as the he...

Passion The definition of passion is a powerful emotion. These emotions can include love, joy, hatred or anger. Passion can drive people to do the best things in life, or it can drive people to do the most terrible things possible in life. Passion is an important factor in every ...

Role Models Role Models are a part of everyone's life. They help us get through life's ups and downs and teach us to become successful people as we grow. Someone that does just that is my mother. My mother is a very important woman in my life.. She is very helpful and trustworthy to me. ...

A Glorious Day in the Fall The alarm clock sounds at seven am, Bzzzz, Bzzzz, Bzzzz! I reach out with my left hand to hit the snooze button, but a thought enters my mind, it is game day. Today is the day of my senior homecoming football game. I rise out of bed and go to the window. I pull the...

Unfair Judgments Everyone has their share of being judged unfairly and many do their share of judging others unfairly. It's human nature to compare and contrast others to yourself or "your group". Sometimes, though, it can get out of hand and people are down right mean and hurtf...

The only way to know for sure if a path is right for you is to take and follow the path all the way to the end. Unfortunately life can only allow so many misdirection plays and crossing of paths. There are many paths to choose from and every decision everyday of one's life can lead further dow...

GEEKS! Geeks are generally social outcasts from mainstream America. The ranks of "geekdom" are swelled with science fictions fans, punks, perverts, programmers, nerds, and trekkies. These are people who did not go to their high school proms, and many would be offended by the suggestion t...

A Walk of Life I thought that A Walk of Life was a pretty good movie but it did lack in some places. A group of high school seniors meet at a cement factory to initiate a potential boy into their group. This incident serves but one purpose to introduce Landon as a reckless, superficial character ...

Most people around here worship Texas high school football like the ancient Greeks might have worshipped Zeus himself. For me football was just the precursor for what was yet to come; high school basketball. Giving my friends no choice but to attend every tournament and travel countless miles ...

January January is the month of new beginning's and celebration. It is the time to celebrate the coming of a New Year with friends and family. A New Year means more opportunities. More opportunities to start over and for fill new promises. During January we get together to party and have ...

House on Mango Street Do all neighborhoods affect people's attitudes? Is it there when personalities are shaped and courtesy is learned? Do all people raised in bad neighborhoods turn out bad? Esperanza has not found her place in the world yet, resembling the four skinny trees trapped in ce...

The saddest and the scariest day of my life was when my friend, Angela, died in a car accident. What scared me the most was that I could have ended up like her. It took me a while to accept the fact that she is gone and I have to deal with this grief by accepting it, keeping myself busy, and by than...

I think forgiveness is learned throughout life. Living through and learning to get over it and move on. I am not one to want to live my life full of anger. You will always come across people that upset you some how and it is just not worth you "hating" them. Personally, I learned forgiv...

Life is full of challenges. No-one's life is ever totally free of troubles or struggles. People have to deal with illness, disappointment in love and relationships, natural disasters, war, even death. No one can grow in 'self knowledge' and 'self identity' without facin...

Quentin Quentin is the oldest child of the Compson family. He is a very intelligent boy. When he is preparing to go to Harvard, and his family sells a large land to a local golf club in order to afford the funds to send him there. We understand that Quentin's future is very important for the f...

The Twenty-yard line Bob was a jock. He was extremely huge. He looked like Grizzly Adams in a bad mood on steroids. His whole life was football. All year round he practiced football. He ran two miles and lifted weights for two hours every day just to stay in shape. When he stood on the field, you c...

From the moment we met I knew at one we were to be best friends. I remember the first time we saw each other, second grade Berne Tremble remember he had stolen my doll Caroline and was throwing it around I was so upset he that he wouldn't give it back. Then there you were my savour, out of now...

I have had these packaged for the longest time, but just have not found the time to get over to the post office to send them with our families busy schedule! I'm sorry it's taken so long. I know how you love your woobies and probably miss them dearly. Look on the bright side though; you h...

A week ago when I first arrived at the bridge program, it did not make sense to me on why and for what purpose I was here for. I was certain that I'd be successful in college without any help or preparation such as the Bridge program. At first I felt, scoring below average on the American Col...