Bianca
Rodriguez
Ever wondered why a donut is called a donut? Or why there are two
different spellings for donut…or doughnut. It crosses my mind every day as I drive
by America’s second favorite coffee place in the world, Dunkin Donuts. I can’t be the
only person in the world to actually have my mind on a donut constantly. Everyone
has their mind on food, right? You would not be human if you didn’t. When I was in
my fifth grade writing class, my teacher told us to pick any object to compare a
human to, and why? I thought long and hard on what to compare human beings
to. Almost felt like fire was on top of my head and steam was blowing out my ears
until the most brilliant student walked through the classroom door and said:
“GUESS WHO GOT A BOX OF DONUTS FOR FREE!!!” My eyes lit up and a joker smile
went across my face. I yelled out “OF COURSE! MICHAEL YOU’RE A GENIUS!’ The
class looked at me weirdly and Michael was clueless as to why I said that. I turned
back to my paper that I have not yet started and thought how the most eaten pastry
in the world didn’t pop up into my brain the first time. I literally thought about
everything that a human can somewhat relate to: an ostrich, pizza, books, pictures,
vultures, etc. Disappointed is the word I would feel towards myself. The signs were
everywhere, I even asked my mom if we could share one before dropping me off to
school when she gave me a lecture of how unhealthy it is instead of a simple “No”
but she knew that as a child they always want an explanation as to why it’s a “No”
instead of a “YES.” I snapped out of the thoughts I had running through my head and
got started on my essay.
Halfway done with my essay realized that I was totally off topic. Instead of
comparing a human to an object I compared the object to a human. I went off on
questioning and imagining how a donut feels, probably feels empty…considering it
has a giant hole in the middle.
To read more of Bianca's work, please visit her website.
Rodriguez
Ever wondered why a donut is called a donut? Or why there are two
different spellings for donut…or doughnut. It crosses my mind every day as I drive
by America’s second favorite coffee place in the world, Dunkin Donuts. I can’t be the
only person in the world to actually have my mind on a donut constantly. Everyone
has their mind on food, right? You would not be human if you didn’t. When I was in
my fifth grade writing class, my teacher told us to pick any object to compare a
human to, and why? I thought long and hard on what to compare human beings
to. Almost felt like fire was on top of my head and steam was blowing out my ears
until the most brilliant student walked through the classroom door and said:
“GUESS WHO GOT A BOX OF DONUTS FOR FREE!!!” My eyes lit up and a joker smile
went across my face. I yelled out “OF COURSE! MICHAEL YOU’RE A GENIUS!’ The
class looked at me weirdly and Michael was clueless as to why I said that. I turned
back to my paper that I have not yet started and thought how the most eaten pastry
in the world didn’t pop up into my brain the first time. I literally thought about
everything that a human can somewhat relate to: an ostrich, pizza, books, pictures,
vultures, etc. Disappointed is the word I would feel towards myself. The signs were
everywhere, I even asked my mom if we could share one before dropping me off to
school when she gave me a lecture of how unhealthy it is instead of a simple “No”
but she knew that as a child they always want an explanation as to why it’s a “No”
instead of a “YES.” I snapped out of the thoughts I had running through my head and
got started on my essay.
Halfway done with my essay realized that I was totally off topic. Instead of
comparing a human to an object I compared the object to a human. I went off on
questioning and imagining how a donut feels, probably feels empty…considering it
has a giant hole in the middle.
To read more of Bianca's work, please visit her website.