Delta Winds: A Magazine of Student
Essays A Publication of San Joaquin Delta
College
2004
Pull Quotes
Forgotten
Children It is easy to want to blame laws, society,
bureaucracy or the fathers themselves for the lack of support,
but trying to force people to accept the virtue of responsibility
would take far more than laws and consequences.
A
Hard Act to Follow Many people will never have the chance
to meet someone of true genius, but I had the distinct honor
of being related to such a person: my father, Walter P. Bennett.
The Burden of Being Black What if black were no longer the color
of death, but white was? How would a simple change like that
affect how we see the world?
My Technologically Challenged Life However, nothing is permanent and walls
do come down, and so be it -- the Wunderlichs buy their first
computer!
"No." As she opened the door, a blood-curdling
screech, similar to that of a severely wounded animal, nearly
knocked her over.
Parental
Advisory "When I was a girl, blah, blah, blah,
just your age blah, blah, blah" or something like that;
I had heard it all before.
Prescription
Drug Ads: Too Much Information? "Go-ahead. Ask your doctor about
Altace" and "Ask your doctor if Zocor could work for
you" are examples of the pressure pharmaceutical companies
are placing on the general public to request medication from
their doctors.
The
Day I Died But in the middle of May, reality revealed
what was once concealed from my heart.
The All-American Prospect Our other author, Henry David Thoreau,
became the original proponent of passive, nonviolent resistance
157 years ago when he refused to pay his poll tax, which supported
the Mexican War.
The
Best Thing I started at a new school, Spring-Ford
Area High School, and took my straight A's and turned them into
almost all F's.
King
of the Road My egotistical mania exploded and rage
overcame rational thought as I began to swear random obscenities
and act like a complete lunatic.
