Delta Winds: A Magazine of Student Essays A Publication of San Joaquin Delta College 2003

Table of Contents

• Letter from the Editors
  
• A Fading Culture
  Veronica Padilla finds herself stereotyped as an American in her own family's hometown in Mexico.
• My Relationship with Dad
  Yushan Hu describes the complexities involved in a father-daughter relationship.
• An Unfair Incident
  Donna Hagen discovers how bonuses for insurance company employees can result in negligent health care.
• Best Friends Forever
  Tajmah Jones looks back on her life through the friendships she shared with the women in her bridal party.
• The Trip Down the Road of a Life-Threatening Illness
  Tajmah Jones discusses the effects of her son's leukemia on her entire family.
• A Lesson Learned
  Tina Svetlana Gomez decides to run away from her grandparents in the Philippines.
• The Quest for Awareness
  Thu Phan proposes educating instructors on how to become more aware and more understanding of students with disabilities.
• Cell Phones at Public Events
  Jacqui FitzGerald researches the growing annoyance of a public disturbance.
• The Misunderstood Femme Fatale
  Brian Musich offers an analysis of male and female characters in two poems by John Keats and Heinrich Heine.
• ~Goddess~ World Healer
  Nola Pierce expresses the need to honor the values of nurturing and harmony over confrontation and conflict.
• "I'll Always Love You, Mommy"
  Jessica Pittman recalls an emotional family episode triggered by suspicions of an eating disorder.
• A Dishonest Society
  Jasmine Poscablo analyzes how children learn to accept cheating and dishonesty.
• America's not Heaven, but It's the Closest Thing on Earth!!
  A U.S. Marine reveals the reality of a war scene in Somalia in 1992.
• The Big Root Beer Float in the Sky
  Becky Weeden recreates the confusion of a young girl's hospital visit to her grandfather's bedside.
• A Circus
  Cary Faruggia finds similarities in family roles and circus performers.