Delta Winds: A Magazine of Student
Essays A Publication of San Joaquin Delta
College
2001
Pull Quotes
Loving Life in Montana "The sleeping quarters are to be
an old bunk house that you will share with a wrangler and a packer."
A Memorable Place "I just waited for him to fill my
arms with everything he could entrust me with for a safe journey
to the boat."
America's Shell Game "Americans seem to have come to a
point where the truth is lost somewhere between what they want
it to be and the truth itself."
Are You a Father or a Daddy? "I had to learn to deal with less
sleep, 2:00 a.m. feedings, diaper changing, picking up the spoon
for the hundredth time and changing my clean shirt several times
a day."
Compassion's Harvest "As the blows from fists, feet, and
boards rained down on me, I could hear the heartless laughter
that I feared would be the last thing I ever heard."
Coming Home: A Study in Contrast "Unlike the hero status given to
the returning soldiers form World War II, the soldiers that served
in Vietnam were portrayed as baby killers, psychos, drug addicts
and war mongers."
Crowding the Aisles "We need to fix the overcrowding
of our educational system for the sake of our youth."
Drowning in Sorrow "The heaviness in my heart comes
from a different place than it did then."
Materialism "I am always amazed at the number
of parents who have chosen to move to our area and commute many
miles to work in order to have more expensive cars, clothes,
homes with pools and other materialistic items."
Mrs. Smith's Kindergarten Class "How could they sleep like that --
on the floor, no blankets, and in the middle of the day?"
School Safety: Is It a Lost Cause? "Students are now wondering if it
is possible to make it through the school day without becoming
a victim of a senseless act of violence."
Too Busy for Dreaming "This morning while driving to work,
I remembered to look at my shoes to see if they were a matched
pair; fortunately they were."
True Nature "Public image and selfish, petty
feelings usually motivate even politeness and courtesy that we
think are genuine."
The Bookmakers "In contrast to the robust oversewn
volume is the elegant and super-flexible double-fan adhesive
bound book."
