Tales of Tenth Grade

After a bit of pondering on what story I should put on display for the topic of creative writing, I realized that my idea bank is completely dry. So, as they say, write from experience! The holidays are fast approaching, as they always are and with it, a new decade. 2020. That's a big one. When we look back in time, it seems as if everything gets classified by the decade. The '70s are groovy, the '80s are colorful, the '90s are... slimy? All I can think of is Moon Shoes and Nickelodeon-gak. And Rugrats. For some reason, our culture has always been obsessed with nostalgia. The kids that got inspired grew up, and they draw from their childhood, which then inspires the next generation, who writes about their childhood and so forth. For us, that means our generation is going to reflect on the 2010s when we're our parents' age, just the same way they talk about the '80s. It's scary but it's true. Instead of comic books and magazines, we'll be ...

Remember when we were younger? When our innocence made us invincible, our youthful naivete an escape from danger  Each fear irrational, each fear foolish in the arms of a parent Remember when our imaginations were a vessel On which we traveled far and wide Courageously venturing through pirate-ridden lands Wielding sticks for swords and ridding the world of evil? Where castles of sand become kingdoms fit for royalty A stuffed bear with a friendly smile: lovable companion by day And fearless protector/dragon-slayer by night Everything enhanced, everything magical in the eyes of a child Remember the times when we took it for granted That safety found in childhood purity,  When dropping your ice cream was the bane of existence Two pages of homework nothing short of catastrophe We look back on those times and laugh Laugh at our tantrums and whines our “monsters under the bed”  No one told you there would be peace in the i...