Delta Winds: A Magazine of Student Essays A Publication of San Joaquin Delta College 1998

Pull Quotes

• The "Mom" Dress
  "My mother and I looked like morbidly mutant twins from the fantasy of some sadistic horror writer."
• Humbled and Homesick
  "The blade missed my neck by inches."
• Every Girl's Dream
  "The perfect little child I always wanted was not even close to being perfect."
• Le Jour Des Rois
  "The person who finds the ceramic figurine becomes the King/Queen of the day and wears a gold-toned paper crown."
• The Right Shoes Equal Acceptance
  "I was going into the fourth grade that year, and I was happier than a worm in a basket full of apples."
• Schools Gone Bad
  "It is important for kids to play, but there should always be time for learning."
• The World of Reading
  "So pick up a book and enjoy a new world filled with all kind of wonder."
• Bilingual Education--Not So Impossible
  "The better we educate immigrants--our newest assets--the more productive they will become."
• Black Cherries
  "The beautiful pie was on the windowsill when my grandfather went over, still warm to the touch, unlike the Joneses."
• Grandmother's Gift
  "I curled my toes in my socks against the cold, curving, pedestal of the dining table, trying to wish the thought away."
• Kennedy Meadows
  "The monumental granite mountains that surrounded the valley where my dad taught me the art of camping and fishing seemed like a distant dream."
• Nothing Wrong Can Happen
  "After I realized the responsibilities that adults actually have, I wish that I had not been so eager to become one of them."
• Nascar--Fast Ads
  "That alone brings about 3 million dollars a year to both driver and sponsors."