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

Pull Quotes

• A Fading Culture
  My Abuelita was the first person to innocently surprise me with Chicano stereotypes.
• My Relationship with Dad
  There is an old Chinese saying: "A tiger-like father will never have a dog-like son."
• An Unfair Incident
  It is very difficult for me to comprehend how dehumanizing this whole healthcare system has become.
• Best Friends Forever
  Any member had to be approved by us, with a fee of a dollar.
• The Trip Down the Road of a Life-Threatening Illness
  Once my son's doctor spoke to us about what caring for a child with Leukemia would entail, I realized I could not keep my two part-time jobs.
• A Lesson Learned
  With a snap of a finger, I become a rebel.
• The Quest for Awareness
  However, some instructors perceive that students with a disability are deceitful, threatening, incompetent, or burdensome.
• Cell Phones at Public Events
  The mayor of San Diego's phone was ringing while she gave a news conference asking the public to stop using cell phones at inappropriate times in public.
• The Misunderstood Femme Fatale
  The poems "La Belle Dame sans Merci" by John Keats and "The Loreley" by Heinrich Heine share the male view of the female seductress.
• ~Goddess~ World Healer
  There is a gap in the collective human experience, which is reflected in our inability to move from a war-like to a nurturing mentality, in our systematic destruction of the earth.
• "I'll Always Love You, Mommy"
  She took about an hour to slurp up her meager bowl of soup, but before she could finish it I interrupted.
• A Dishonest Society
  So some children, driven by good intentions, cheat their way through a major test, perhaps, because they just don't feel like putting all that effort into actually studying.
• America's not Heaven, but It's the Closest Thing on Earth!!
  I remember my friends and I sitting in the worst place we had ever been, wondering how long before the cheering and applause would be replaced by bullets and bloodshed.
• The Big Root Beer Float in the Sky
  Grandpa smiled meekly, and motioned for me to come to him.
• A Circus
  Next in line we find the family lion tamer, juggler, and head clown, otherwise known as Grandpa Chuck.