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A Lunch Story

A Lunch Story

by

Justin T. Winokur
Stowe Middle School/Homeschool, Grade 7

Here’s the thing about lunch:

No matter where you have it, where it came from, or where it is going, lunch can always have two outcomes. No more. No less. You can have a good lunch or a bad lunch. And depending on these two outcomes, you can either have a good day or a bad day. Nothing else.

See, lunch is such a pivotal part of our day that if we do not get to enjoy it, we do not get to enjoy the rest of our meeting or the rest of our drive home from a vacation or the rest of our revolution of the planet. Lunch, in fact, is so important, that many people refuse to go without it.

A very simple observation is that no one wants to survive without lunch.

• • • •

Another thing about lunch:

blue_sky_rising's picture

A Lunch Story

A Lunch Story

Here’s the thing about lunch:

No matter where you have it, where it came from, or where it is going, lunch can always have two outcomes. No more. No less. You can have a good lunch or a bad lunch. And depending on these two outcomes, you can either have a good day or a bad day. Nothing else.

See, lunch is such a pivotal part of our day that if we do not get to enjoy it, we do not get to enjoy the rest of our meeting or the rest of our drive home from a vacation or the rest of our revolution of the planet. Lunch, in fact, is so important, that many people refuse to go without it.

A very simple observation is that no one wants to survive without lunch.

• • • •

Another thing about lunch:

Windows Vista ((The whole thing!!))

Window’s Vista
~~~
The Best Part of a Brand New Computer

Windows Vista, every teenager's prison dream. Always getting to be logged out at only nine pm, never having to worry about the internet criminals of the world, because the leash is set to where I can't even go to Myspace. But who really wants a Myspace when you can have an AIM profile instead. The new age version of computers only wants to be protective though, and make it so that you aren't sitting down all day communicating and socializing with friends. But this program doesn't run itself on random, no, no, no. The things holding me back from going certain places on the internet, and staying up all night on the computer is a little amazing thing you would call parental controls. I mean who doesn't want to be controlled by your mother 24-7? Not me that's for sure. The newer the computer you have, the tighter the parental controls you can have, and that means a whole lot more fun. And I am most definitely not kidding around, if you know what I mean.
Now, there are many features on this program that a computer from maybe last year does not have. If you are one of the people who has an outdated computer, you must get a brand new computer with the new programs and tell your parents to get on with the parental controls. Who wouldn’t want to miss out on so much fun? In order to get parental controls on your computer, you need to have two usernames on the ‘log in’ screen. Your parent’s username is obviously the administrator’s username, meaning the computer’s control freak. If it is your mother who is doing the controlling, then she’ll have to make an account on the computer along with a hidden password that you will never be able to find out because you aren’t even aloud to be in the same room as her when she is typing it in.

Windows Vista ((Part Two))

Now, there are many features on this program that a computer from maybe last year does not have. If you are one of the people who has an outdated computer, you must get a brand new computer with the new programs and tell your parents to get on with the parental controls. Who wouldn’t want to miss out on so much fun? In order to get parental controls on your computer, you need to have two usernames on the ‘log in’ screen. Your parent’s username is obviously the administrator’s username, meaning the computer’s control freak. If it is your mother who is doing the controlling, then she’ll have to make an account on the computer along with a hidden password that you will never be able to find out because you aren’t even aloud to be in the same room as her when she is typing it in.

don't forget to read the first part and the ones that follow!

Windows Vista ((Part One))

Window’s Vista
~~~
The Best Part of a Brand New Computer

Windows Vista, every teenager's prison dream. Always getting to be logged out at only nine pm, never having to worry about the internet criminals of the world, because the leash is set to where I can't even go to Myspace. But who really wants a Myspace when you can have an AIM profile instead. The new age version of computers only wants to be protective though, and make it so that you aren't sitting down all day communicating and socializing with friends. But this program doesn't run itself on random, no, no, no. The things holding me back from going certain places on the internet, and staying up all night on the computer is a little amazing thing you would call parental controls. I mean who doesn't want to be controlled by your mother 24-7? Not me that's for sure. The newer the computer you have, the tighter the parental controls you can have, and that means a whole lot more fun. And I am most definitely not kidding around, if you know what I mean.

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