… the record of my senior year of high school football. What a way to end my high school football career. The wins that we worked for and earned came with a lot hard work. A football season is not just one season. It consists of three stages combined:…

… abolish parole. We need parole. The judges would let a lot of criminals off on probation if we didn’t have parole because they don’t want them sentenced to ten years in prison but, because they will be released in a year on parole they are all set…

… very inspiring story of a woman who not only wants to be an obedient and a loyal wife but also a very good mother. This story was written at a time when patriarchal families were very dominant in the society in which a male was the provider and the…

… morning wondering if you would live to see tomorrow? Could you imagine wondering if today was the lucky day that you would get a bite to eat? Could you imagine wondering each morning about the different types of torture that would be forced upon…

… Handmaid’s Tale, a satiric dystopia by Margaret Atwood, contains a complex power structure. The novel details the methods through which power is used and abused in the different classes of people in Gileadean society. It describes how the Commanders,…

… wanted to jump on the internet and do some web surfing, perhaps even download a few of your favorite tunes from Napster? What seemed like a perfect idea just turned into endless time in front of the monitor because your Internet connection has not…

… you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up these defenses, you build this whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person,…

… a whimper. - - T. S. Eliot "The Hollow Men" "I wanted to be scared again . . . I wanted to feel unsureagain. That's the only way I learn, the only way I feel challenged." --Connie Chung "In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't…

… Back when I thought i knew What it meant to love Back before the slow pain Of forgetting it all. We were all Sharp angles and Elbows sticking out With words that came Hard and fast Back when I knew How to live How to love…

… crying, becasue everyday the scales goes up higher than the day before. There are no locks on the bathroom stalls, and a nurse has to come in to flush your toilet with a special key. The only reason you eat is because you have…