Ridgewood High School is not exactly the perfect school. The school is full of delinquents, guns, and drugs. Lunch period was the prime time for trouble. The sound of the glass shattering from the window awoke the whole school. The people started to gather around the three boys creating the commotion. One of boys Douglas, a big, mean bully was heaving rocks at two boys Glen and Taylor. Glen is a smart fella who wants absolutely zero trouble. His only desire is getting into MIT. Taylor is the starting wide receiver for the football team and tries to protect Glen. During Lunch, Douglas pushes Glen to the ground and Taylor steps in front of Douglas in attempt to stop him. In the end, there were a couple bloody noses and several broken windows. On the other end of the school, Davis is waiting to sell Kevin marijuana. Davis really needs the money and Kevin has nothing going for him. He cuts class, abuses drugs and flat out does not care. After their exchange, behind them stands the school narcotics officer. Silence fills the air as Douglas, Glen, Taylor, Davis, and Kevin sit in the unusually large Principal’s office. Principal Verron marches into the room with two police officers by his side. “I’m not happy boys, not happy. The fact that some of you have the audacity to exchange illegal substances on school grounds disgusts me”. Principal Verron’s face looked angrier than a raging bull. “Do you boys think it’s right to destroy school property”? He asks. The five boys continue to
Based on the low test scores principal Clark embarks on a motivational campaign for the students, as he tries to not only motivate the students to learn, but essentially becomes a father figure to many of the students and a great example of behavioral conduct. Tensions in the school still rose as one of the expelled students, came into the school and caused a fight with the students. Enraged, Clark threw him out and barred the doors with chains to keep the
When he gets to the school he goes to the gym to see all of the students at the school this year, and when he walks in he sees Chris immediately. Later that day Coach Fulton goes to the lady in charge of all of the student records, and finds out that Chris came from a high school in Indianapolis, but he is disappointed when he finds out that Chris didn’t put basketball as an extracurricular activity. So after about a week Coach Fulton decides to call Chris’s old coach in Indianapolis to see why Chris doesn’t play basketball. When he calls him he learns about Chris’s accident, and finds out that that is the reason that Chris doesn’t play basketball anymore. Chris’s accident was just that an accident where the player that got hurt was out of position, and when Chris was going for a rebound Chris hit him with his elbow in the eye socket. This left the player temporarily blind in that eye, but after surgery he was able to regain his eyesight. After the accident Chris made a promise that he wouldn’t play basketball again, and his parents decided to move him to a new
TreVon was rushing to get out the door. He knew if he missed the buss one more time he was going to be in big trouble. He’s older brothers Luther and Jaron never favored him anyway. So they did not care if he missed the bus. TreVon was very smart kid but he wanted to be cool so he did not care about his grades. The boy's mother worked 13 hour shifts at a old mill house. His mother Mary did not like TreVon outside during the late hours of the night. Today was the day he probably wished he
Naomi came to Justin’s school a few months ago and was in two of his classes. From the day she walked in through the doors Justin immediately began to fall in love with her. They began to talk to the point where Justin felt so comfortable that he told Naomi about his life and his past experiences. Naomi came to Park Vista Community High School because the parents and principle of the school complained that students were selling illegal drugs on school
Clarence wasn’t very excited about the upcoming school year at his new school, just starting highschool with a bad rep isn’t good for street cred. In fact Clarence was anxious about attending his new school, he didn’t know what people would think of him, how they would treat him, would they leave him out of all the class activities and parties if they had known what he’d done? Clarence, sitting in his room thinking, hears a beating at his window. Confused, Clarence glances through his heavy gay curtains into the pitch black night. He scans and searches through the weed and bushes only to find his best friend,
Charlene provokes a heated debate with her “wanna be” thug boyfriend Donald. The debate gets physical when Charlene slaps Donald. Overcome by rage, Donald chokes Charlene until a concerned classmate interrupts him. The moment spirals out of control when Donald brutally attacks the apprehensive student with a blunt object before fleeing the school. Act 1
Paul sees that while the schedules and classes at Tangerine Middle School are the same as at Lake Windsor Middle School, the two schools are very different. At Tangerine Middle School, boys and girls play on the same teams. Theresa proudly tells Paul that last year the soccer team placed second in the county.After school, Theresa introduces Paul to the team coach, Ms. After practice, Paul panics when he spots his mother leaving the school office.But, she tells him that, as she was transporting it, the IEP that he does not want Tangerine Middle School to have disappeared out of his folder somewhere between Lake Windsor Middle School and Tangerine Middle School.The next day,When
The hallways of Lutz Creek High School were always too loud. The school was just big enough that the shouts and squeals of teenagers confident enough to express themselves tended to drown out the empty gazes of the students who weren’t. It was a hell hole for some and a haven to others, but to Faline Rabe, it was a temporary evil to be dealt with for one more year.
2. The author Moore describes the culture in the streets with violence, drug dealing, and lack of education. Guys think its cool for them to do drugs, being cool at school, and fighting because it makes them men. Wes was a drug dealer he was once caught selling rock to an undercover cop. Besides dealing them he also did them, “ … Wes held the plastic bag with both hands and poured in nine ounces of cocaine.” (145) The author Wes and the other Wes both tried to act cool about school. Tony always told him, “Yo, you need to take this shit serious, man. Acting stupid ain’t cool!” (27) And the author Wes told the story when he got into a fight but made him sound cool, “... I decided to juice up the story up a little. Or a lot.” (50) Tony told Wes
Mikey and Kendall had no motivation to go to school and were at high risk, until a teacher brought himself into the young boys lives. The teacher could see the boys were falling into the cultural norm of this are of Toronto and knew they had
The 1950’s, a time of growth, a time of a technological advancement, a time of a new culture, this was America. Post WWII America was full of joy, full of ambition and overflowing talent that helped develop an amazing period in American history. One important outcome of this decade was the birth of Rock and Roll. Rock and Roll was new, it was hip, but it was also frowned upon by many of the adult population at this time. One particular effect that Rock and Roll was thought to be the blame for was the rise in juvenile delinquency. History shows that there was an enormous spike in delinquency during the 50’s. With the assumption that Rock was to blame makes one wonder how rock was correlated to the increase in juvenile delinquency, and why would one come to this conclusion? To understand the main effect of rock on delinquency one needs to observe the rejuvenated culture of the 1950’s, know what defined a juvenile delinquent in this period, what crimes were being committed by the youth, the political aspect against rock, and the influences that rock had on the youth culture in the 1950’s.
Marcus was a high school boy who joined a gang that was fighting on the streets. His mom didn’t allow him to live with her, because he had joined a gang. Marcus lived on the street fighting for the freedom he wanted, but after he saw his friends die one by one, he began to wonder if he would die before turning eighteen. Marcus doesn’t like the subjects that teachers taught him. Especially Mrs. G’s class.
6.After the Nelson house was burnt down, because of Chidester Gang, Lisa and Todd take refuge at Jill’s orphanage. She decided that they would be more likely to win in battles if they didn’t have to fight at all, just defend. Lisa thought that an abandoned high school, Glenbard would be the perfect place and so she tells the captains. The Grand Avenue citizens moved to the high school one night secretly so no one would know. They had classes, jobs and dorms for every child family who lived under a constitution of freedom.
“Please everyone let’s-” Mr. Brandt’s voice became audible just as soon as he was cut-off mid sentence. John Brandt was a sullen man who was rarely ever listened to by the students he was supposed to control. Principal Brandt wasn’t always so relinquished, rumor had it the principal had once been upbeat and even cool before taking a job at the worn out high school. Nevertheless, the students often ignored the authority of Mr. Brandt, and when Keith Watson spoke up, Brandt’s lack of power became evident.
“What is going over here?” says the teacher, the kids stay quiet, even Margo. The teacher