Introduction to The Outsiders

The book i’m reading is called The Outsiders, the book is based on the 50’s and 60’s . The  town is small and mostly sunny , but the boys like the night because it makes them feel dangerous. The boys have no curfew unlike me, i have to be inside when the street likes turn on, in my opinion which i think is dumb. There is a whole gang called the “Greasers” and the rival gang called the “socs”. The two gangs hate each other, which means there is a lot of violence.

My main character is pony boy, he is apart of the gang but he is the one who is different. When pony boy was young he lost his mom and dad, so he grew up with his 2 brothers, Soda and Darry. Pony boy is shy and peaceful, unlike the others, they are all loud and outgoing. Pony boy rather be alone either reading a book or watching a movie, while the others flirting with girls causing commotion. But the Socs don’t like any of the “greasers” including the shy ones so pony boy still gets himself banged up once in awhile.

 

 

Volleyball 101

Number 25 serves the ball over the net number 5 yells “GOT IT” and bumps it to 8 and number 8 sets it to number 18 and 18 spikes it into number 15’s face and before 15 could move she gets hit smack dab in the nose. Blackhawk middle school girls run in the middle to congratulate each other for the point. Coach Mr. Hubley pulls out number 15 and puts in number 25. 25 goes up to serve, she pounds that ball over the net like she were pounding a mallet. All of a sudden Jefferson’s players all dive to the ground to get the ball up, but it was too late,  Bms took the win against Jefferson, 25-14.

Later that night number 15 Alexia Goodwin’s nose was bruised and swollen. It almost looked as if it were broken. Alexia cried to her mom saying “Image result for volleyball broken nose mom it hurtsssssss” while her mother is gently feeling it. Amy * Alexia’s mom* thinks her daughter should go to the doctor and get it looked at. But for now it was time to go to sleep. Her mother put a Band-Aid over her nose and gave her some ice. Alexia and Amy went to bed that night.

When Alexia and Amy woke up the next morning Alexia’s nose were all different types of colors. The 2 girls went to the doctors around noon. When they arrive they wait patiently in the waiting room. The nurse takes them back to the room .  The nurse asked what happened to my nose. I told her how Bms took the win vs. Towels and how I got hit. The nurse responds, “Now I know sports are fun but they can be dangerous. You can do a lot to hurt yourself. That’s why you should always stay safe.

The nurse goes to get the doctor. He comes in and says, “OWWWW!” He already knows what happened because of the nurse. The doctor told Alexia about all these injuries in volleyball. Alexia asked him, “what kind of injuries?” He was excited to tell Alexia about injuries.

Doctor King said, “Well, in volleyball you can roll your ankle. It mostly happens when you back pedal or after jumping. To prevent that from happening you should wear an ankle brace. You can get floor burns from sliding on the ground. They can burn and swell up. Volleyball players usually wear knee pads to make it easier to dive for the ball.”

The whole time Alexia was nodding and listening . “spraining a wrist is painful. Those hurt the worse. You can do that by catching yourself from falling, or hitting the ball wrong. Not all, but some players put tape on their wrist for that and just so the ball doesn’t hurt their wrists.”

Doctor King was done with those examples of injuries for volleyball. After Amy and Alexia left the doctor’s office the girls went to buy knee pads and tape. Now Alexia and her nose will be fine.