Essay Archive - Heilner's "Beneath the Wheel" and Me
Heilner's "Beneath the Wheel" and Me
As it did every school day of my junior year, 11:12 AM had come
once more to mark the end of my academic morning, and the beginning of my
lunch period. After paying my one dollar for a small cherry vita-pup slush
drink and a strawberry fruit roll-up, I would take my place at the usual
lunch table. The next forty-five minutes were always used as an escape
from the labor and frustration of the academic world. Whether my time was
spent playing bass in the band room, or spent engaging myself in
conversation with my close friends, I nev....
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