Tom Clark

The players of a high school football team were traveling home from their football game in Fernandina Beach, Florida. It had been a tough night. It was August and still hot. The game had lasted three hours, and the players had to play offense, defense, and special teams because there

| Tom wants his old life back prior to the accident and he sees the accident as the end of his life as he knew it. He loses his sense of identity and sense of family in particular.Feels guilty and ashamed about the irrevocable consequences his brother’s irresponsibility had for other people and their familiesRetreats into a depressed state which feels empty and black.

He got D on his math quiz and bullied by the playground bully Frankie T. while his best friend Steve Negrete did nothing but stare at him, and the girls turned away to whisper and talk about him. He also claimed that the teachers were of no help as they looked at him and talked about how foolish he looked like in his new jacket. He felt that they were all laughing and belittling him while wearing that awful jacket. During lunch time, he stepped out to the field and wanted to play kickball. Despite of the cold atmosphere, he removed his jacket and started playing. When the school bell rang he slipped back into his jacket and went to his class. As soon as he was able to warm up a bit, the fire bell rang that prompted everyone to go outside. As he queued outside, other children looked at him and again he felt as though they were all laughing and saying, "Man, that's ugly"(Soto, 474).

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

Finally, I find Tom, the supposed love of my life. When I go talk to him, he is on the phone with some girl. I do not eavesdrop, even though I should have. While we are sitting on the beach, Tom says “I will be back, dear. I need to use the restroom.”

• empathy is created as we grow fond of the protagonist who shares a story of hardship

As a result of making Jake the starter, he leads the team to the state championship again. The game went back and forth between both teams which eventually led to Jakes team winning. There was only a couple seconds left and Jake called a play where he let Casey be the quarterback for the final play of the game. Casey scored the game winning touchdown and the was credited for the win. Sarah rushed onto the field and game Jake a hug and then kissed him. Then she asked him whose idea it was for that play and Jake said it was his idea. So after they won Jakes dad went to every single game of Jakes and congratulated him after every win they got.

What have the attitudes and actions of people in your texts revealed to you about venturing into society?

Outsiders Essay In the novel “The Outisders” by SE Hinton there are three themes, Family, Bravery and Death. The first theme is Family because the Greasers all treat each other like family and do anything to help. The second theme is Bravery because when the children got trapped in the church with a fire Johnny and Ponyboy help get the kids out of the building and Johnny gets badly burnt. The last and final theme is Death because Dally dies when robbing a supermarket with police after him.

It was the year of 1993. Vernon King lived in a big town called Gainesville, Florida. Vernon was 17 years old about to begin his Junior year at Eastside High school. Vernon loved sports and he was very curious. Vernon excelled in basketball. His team, The Warhawks, were the top team in the region. The Warhawks won most of their games. This year they wanted to play someone tougher. They were ranked 25th in the state and they wanted to play the top team in the state. When practice started up again Vernon and his team worked extra hard. One day Veron and his best friend, Desmond, decided to stay after practice one day and shoot some more. Vernon’s coach had left and it was just him and Desmond. Desmond had to leave to go visit his mom who had

We can learn from Joe Clark's way of education and use some of his education methods in our high school.

He also had gym with Jonathan Baller. Stewart hated Jonathan Baller. He was really good at basketball and this week happened to be basketball week. This week he was in his prime. He would always make fun of Stewart for being bad at sports. He would tell him, “ Why don’t you get a life and play a sport loser.” That would always get on Stewart’s nerves cause he knew he was bad at sports but he could never think of something to say back. However, Cody was in the class which always made him feel better. Cody wasn’t the best at sports but he was certainly better than Stewart. Coach Henderik was the teacher for gym. For some reason he always made Stewart uncomfortable but he couldn’t quite figure it out. Henderik told the class to get together in groups of their choice. He knew what Henderik was doing he did it anytime we had a team sport. He would let the students group up and then give them numbers and split them up. He was surprised that barely anyone had figured it out. Cody and Jonathan were in the majority and they were in a group together. Then Henderik split them up and Jonathan got mad. He shouted, “ Why do you always split me and Cody up!”. Henderik responded,” Jonathan, I split everyone up.” Everyone said, “Johnathan your so stupid!” and I took this opportunity and joined in. Then Henderik said “ Everyone quiet down and let's play basketball.” I was on Team One, Cody was on Team Two, and Jonathan was on Team Three. When Henderik wasn’t

“Let the game begin” Jared said and so it did. Immediately both teams ran to the boundary where they would wait for someone to cross. This time is Danny to make the same move as my dad did but Danny was to confident. The greatest thing for my dad was that Danny was the one that my dad needed to get back at. So as Danny sprinted up the hill to the deck where the flag was, my dad chased after him. When Danny got into range my dad lit the firework taped onto his hand and let it go. The firework flew out of his hand like a bullet out of a gun. My dad got what he wanted and a lot more. The firework struck Danny right in the middle of his back. Not only did it burn Danny’s back it melted his shirt to it! Poor Danny just dropped to the ground crying and bawling his eyes out. When they heard the crying the parents all rush out of the house to see what was going on they say Danny laying on the ground with his shirt melted to his back. They started yelling at my dad, especially my Grandpa Blake who said some colorful things. My dad also started to cry because only being ten and all he was still a little kid. Well at least one good thing came out of it, Trent oblivious to what had just happened ran and grabbed the flag from the other team and ran back to his side. At least they won the game right. This was one of my dad's best and worst days as

One day in his sophomore year of high school Raymond meets Jack Alexander. Jack is in the 12th grade, he is considered very skilled at basketball and popular until he quits the basketball team because he doesn’t enjoy the sport anymore. Jack picks Raymond up after he fainted in front of the painting of the founder of the school. Jack felt sorry for Raymond because everyone was just stepping over Raymond

Summer has come to an end. School is back in full swing and ready to crush the challenges a 5th grader faces. The second to last bell of the day sounds triggering young boy’s to race outside and enjoy the sun’s warmth on their last break before the weekend. While horse playing name calling immediately starts. Challenging each other to accomplish silly acts or flirt with the group of girls across the playground. Recess is almost over when one yells out “if you don’t jump from the top you are a sissy.” Then one hears “ask Julie out first.” Another one shouts out “he won’t….he’s gay.” Silence has now taken over the playground. Saved by the bell it was time to line up and go back to class. Now the final bell for the day has rung and ready to start the weekend and free from the teachers nagging voice. While having dinner chitchatting about one other’s day the young lad asks his parents if he could join the Boy Scouts. Suddenly, dinner appeared to be over. Quickly dad springs up and authoritative smacks his hand against the table in disgust. One hears in an extremely stern voice “my son is not gay nor will he join any gay organization while living under this roof.”