Split Splat

Inspired by Milton Resnick's East is the Place

Split Splat
Split splat
Split splat
The sounds of not caring
Just letting things go the way they are
Doing one, mindless thing, and just letting it go

Basketball

There is nothing more calming then hearing a basketball hit the wood floor as you set up the offense. The noise of the squeaking shoes, people shouting to guard the weak side, or the noise of the ball being passed from person to person. There’s the noise of the crowd in the background, cheering, booing, and chanting. Then you hear the dribbling suddenly stop and the next thing you hear is swish, as the ball tumbles down through the net. You hear the crowd go silent, while the other side of the gym seems louder than front row tickets to metal concert. Your players are swarming you like a pack of wolves, surrounding their kill. You go through the line, and shake hands with the players on the other team. Seeing their face is like a reward, the look of adversity on their face.

Speak Essay

Speak Essay

Did you know that it is estimated that over 3 million teenagers between the ages of 14 and 17 have problems with drinking? Or that 9.7 million teenagers between the ages of 12 and 20 are drinkers? For some teens, drinking alcohol is unbearable, and for others it’s just another thing that they do in life. While drinking is not only a problem itself, it also causes many other problems.

Imagine, you’re at a party. There’s alcohol there, and before you know it, you’ve had a few. Next, there’s videos being taken, people doing stupid stuff, so you want to leave. Unfortunately, when you’re driving home, you get pulled over, arrested, ticketed, and taken down to jail. Next thing you know, you’re suspended from school, suspended from sports, you have fines to pay, your parents are mad, and you ruin your chances of getting into college. This is just some of the few possibilities that could happen when you drink.

Now many of this think that would be extremely hard to do, but it’s not that hard. Something like this happened to Melinda. She goes to a party, has a few drinks along with mostly everyone else. Before she knows it, she’s out in the woods, dancing with a senior. It starts out great, she’s going to start high school with a boyfriend, to look out and protect her. Then however, it takes a turn for the worse, as Melinda gets trapped and pinned on the ground, and raped. Still stunned, hurt, and drunk she calls the cops, and flees. Her friends get busted, mad, and don’t talk to her for basically the whole school year. Just because of a understanding, her life has taken a turn for the worse.

This is just one of the many examples of that drinking is not only a problem alone, but can cause many other problems.