Jackson Roderick
8th Grade Fitz English
Section One
Viking Warrior Paragraph
10/31/2013
Loss
“You don't know who is important to you until you actually lose them.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
One of the hardest things in life is to lose someone near and dear to you. In the Poem, “Viking Warrior”, by Taylor Mali , Tony Steinberg a brave seventh grader who is battling cancer, ultimately loses. Tony has been very brave. He is only in the seventh grade and has been confronted by this challenge, chemotherapy. All 13 of his classmates shaved their heads for Tony, not a single one of them hadn't shaved their heads. This shows a lot of empathy:
Totally bald in a jacket and tie on Friday morning—and I don’t just mean Tony Steinberg—not one single boy in my class had hair that day;the other 12 had all shaved their heads in solidarity. Have you ever seen 13 bald-headed seventh grade boys, all pointing at each other, all staring, all laughing?
Ultimately, Tony isn’t able to defeated the horrible disease and is sent to heaven. “he died with a sword in his hand and went straight to heaven”. Tony seemed like a normal seventh grade boy. But yet he had been challenged by god to surpass cancer one of the deadliest things any human could go through. when his classmates had found out what had happened they decided to do something about it. So they shaved their in honor of Tony Steinberg. Tony is loved by everybody around him. It is awful that someone so young should have ever faced cancer. His classmates mourn in their loss of a friend who was kind and loving. In the poem, his classmates show a lot of empathy towards Tony. His classmates even go to the extent to shave all of their heads in honor of Tony. Tony steinberg will be missed by many, but not forgotten.
8th Grade Fitz English
Section One
Viking Warrior Paragraph
10/31/2013
Loss
“You don't know who is important to you until you actually lose them.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
One of the hardest things in life is to lose someone near and dear to you. In the Poem, “Viking Warrior”, by Taylor Mali , Tony Steinberg a brave seventh grader who is battling cancer, ultimately loses. Tony has been very brave. He is only in the seventh grade and has been confronted by this challenge, chemotherapy. All 13 of his classmates shaved their heads for Tony, not a single one of them hadn't shaved their heads. This shows a lot of empathy:
Totally bald in a jacket and tie on Friday morning—and I don’t just mean Tony Steinberg—not one single boy in my class had hair that day;the other 12 had all shaved their heads in solidarity. Have you ever seen 13 bald-headed seventh grade boys, all pointing at each other, all staring, all laughing?
Ultimately, Tony isn’t able to defeated the horrible disease and is sent to heaven. “he died with a sword in his hand and went straight to heaven”. Tony seemed like a normal seventh grade boy. But yet he had been challenged by god to surpass cancer one of the deadliest things any human could go through. when his classmates had found out what had happened they decided to do something about it. So they shaved their in honor of Tony Steinberg. Tony is loved by everybody around him. It is awful that someone so young should have ever faced cancer. His classmates mourn in their loss of a friend who was kind and loving. In the poem, his classmates show a lot of empathy towards Tony. His classmates even go to the extent to shave all of their heads in honor of Tony. Tony steinberg will be missed by many, but not forgotten.
Dislocated Shoulder
By Jackson Roderick
2 minutes left. Hut one the ball is snapped running up the field as I reach my arm over the goal line CRACK!!!. In pure shock I run off the field. Then it starts to kick in ahhhh I scream, now in agony not knowing what has happened tears start roll down my face as if somebody turned on a hose. All I can think is what has happened, I look down at where the pain is and see a ball shape down close to where my nipple was. Screaming it’s out it’s out it’s out. I hear the E.M.T he might have a dislocated shoulder. Carted of the field into the ambulance and rushed to the hospital. It feels like everything is spinning noises all around. I hear the sirens my mom asking me questions and I know this isn’t a dream.
The hospital doors are opened into which I see doctors. I am going in to get an x ray first they give me a cortisone shot which makes the pain subside for a brief moment. After I get settled into a hospital bed which I will be staying in for a couple hours. There I am presented with graham crackers and apple juice. I quickly gobble them up as if I was dog that hasn’t eaten in days. We wait for a while until the doctor comes in to put my shoulder back in its place. As they cut my shirt off all I see is the lady putting something in my IV and then I start to drift off. My eyes are slowly rolling back into my head and everything is an echo POP!. I hear something and then as if a rocket was shot off I can see and hear things perfectly again. But the biggest relief was that there was almost no pain in my shoulder anymore. We wait at the hospital for an hour and then we are able to leave. In the mix of all of this I remember that it is Halloween night and that I have missed trick or treating. We get to my friends house where they are having a party I go downstairs to there basement and am surprised to see a bag full of candy untouched the human hands. I am greeted and then presented with the pillow case full of candy. I can't believe that through all that has happened to me and winning the game they were nice enough to caring an extra pillowcase and get some for me. We leave and get home as I lay in my bed I think to myself, I'm glad this day is over.
By Jackson Roderick
2 minutes left. Hut one the ball is snapped running up the field as I reach my arm over the goal line CRACK!!!. In pure shock I run off the field. Then it starts to kick in ahhhh I scream, now in agony not knowing what has happened tears start roll down my face as if somebody turned on a hose. All I can think is what has happened, I look down at where the pain is and see a ball shape down close to where my nipple was. Screaming it’s out it’s out it’s out. I hear the E.M.T he might have a dislocated shoulder. Carted of the field into the ambulance and rushed to the hospital. It feels like everything is spinning noises all around. I hear the sirens my mom asking me questions and I know this isn’t a dream.
The hospital doors are opened into which I see doctors. I am going in to get an x ray first they give me a cortisone shot which makes the pain subside for a brief moment. After I get settled into a hospital bed which I will be staying in for a couple hours. There I am presented with graham crackers and apple juice. I quickly gobble them up as if I was dog that hasn’t eaten in days. We wait for a while until the doctor comes in to put my shoulder back in its place. As they cut my shirt off all I see is the lady putting something in my IV and then I start to drift off. My eyes are slowly rolling back into my head and everything is an echo POP!. I hear something and then as if a rocket was shot off I can see and hear things perfectly again. But the biggest relief was that there was almost no pain in my shoulder anymore. We wait at the hospital for an hour and then we are able to leave. In the mix of all of this I remember that it is Halloween night and that I have missed trick or treating. We get to my friends house where they are having a party I go downstairs to there basement and am surprised to see a bag full of candy untouched the human hands. I am greeted and then presented with the pillow case full of candy. I can't believe that through all that has happened to me and winning the game they were nice enough to caring an extra pillowcase and get some for me. We leave and get home as I lay in my bed I think to myself, I'm glad this day is over.
