Writing Sample 1

Writing Sample

    You’ve likely heard about the Stanford rape victim. There is debate and controversy flying around, especially following the verdict in the case. The defendant, 20 year-old Brock Allen Turner, faced a maximum of 14 years in state prison. Instead, he got six months and probation, the judge citing that a longer sentence would have “severe impact” on Turner.
    On January 18th, 2015, two men on bicycles stopped and restrained a man (Turner) who was raping an unconscious woman behind a...

Remember this town vividly,
For when you return, few things will remain the same

Start, slowly, on a road through suburbia-
A path riddled with fine china and silverware, but littered with the corruption of materialism

You will pass dogs, dozens of them, so stop to pet them.
Their eagerness may make its way to you

It won’t be long before a chance comes along,
Beckoning you to the mountains of Vershire

Follow this path and explore
The sugar maples...