- Ninth Grade Diary: The diary I kept throughout most of 1993. (Link goes to the Journals Page.)
- "Al's Story": Science fiction novella; first piece of substantial short fiction. Written sometime in 1992. (Link goes to the Ancient History section of my Long Fiction Page.)
- "Stowaway on Planet Earth": Poem written when I was in ninth grade. (Link goes to my Poetry Page.)
- "Skyler Stories": Partially-finished science fiction novel, written from 1992 to 1994. (Link goes to the Ancient History section of my Long Fiction Page.)
- Tenth and Eleventh Grade Diary: The diary I kept from 1993 to 1995. (Link goes to the Journals Page.)
- "Helpful Hints": A list of stupid things my friends and I wrote as suggestions to brighten your life or lead to your death (or just make you look very silly).
- "The Chosen": Essay on the book The Chosen, November 3, 1993. (School assignment for tenth grade Honors English)
- "The Mayor of Casterbridge": Essay on the book The Mayor of Casterbridge, December 13, 1993. (School assignment for tenth grade Honors English)
- "Realistic": Poem written in attempted sonnet form. (School assignment for tenth grade Honors English)
- "Breaking Out of Structure": Poem about restrictions of society, written for fun. (Link goes to my Poetry Page.)
- "Bruce the Duck": Silly set of stories written in my free time, on which a movie was later based. (Link goes to the Ancient History section of my Long Fiction Page.)
- "Babbitt": Essay on the book Babbitt, April 27, 1994. (School assignment for tenth grade Honors English)
- "Canopy": Poem written during the summer I was sixteen. (Link goes to my Poetry Page.)
- "Sharing With Innocence": Poem I wrote when I was fifteen. (Link goes to my Poetry Page.)
- "They Used to Be Here": Poem written before going into junior year. (Link goes to my Poetry Page.)
- Chorus Essay: Example of when I didn't take schoolwork seriously when writing an essay on a choral performance, November 4, 1994. (School assignment for eleventh grade chorus)
- "The Great Gatsby": Essay on the book The Great Gatsby, March 24, 1995. (School assignment for eleventh grade Honors English)
- "Desktop Art": Poem written during an exam when I was seventeen. (Link goes to my Poetry Page.)
- High School Agenda and Year Plan: Silly things I wrote in a planning book during my twelfth grade year instead of actually planning my future.
- "Oedipus": Essay on the book Oedipus Rex, October 4, 1995. (School assignment for twelfth grade AP English)
- SAT Scores: Copy of my results from SAT tests. November 1995.
- "The Odyssey": Essay on the book The Odyssey, November 14, 1995. (School assignment for twelfth grade AP English)
- Spanish Conversation with Paco: My conversation partner and I had to create a conversation and speak in Spanish in front of the class. This is the (hilarious) text of it. (School assignment for twelfth grade Spanish II)
- Spanish Composition, El Rascacielos: I had to write in Spanish about the floors of a building. (School assignment for twelfth grade Spanish II)
- "The White Heron": Essay on the excerpt "A White Heron," February 22, 1996. (School assignment for twelfth grade AP English)
- "Neuromancer": Essay on the book Neuromancer, March 4, 1996. (School assignment for twelfth grade AP English)
- "Insane Oatanese Rant": Something I wrote on the ALPHA option with my graphing calculator as a twelfth grade Analysis of Functions student.
- AP Scores: Copy of my results from AP tests in American History and English. Spring 1996.
- "Moonlight": Original short story, novella-length. (written for "creative project" in AP English, but was never accepted; this link goes offsite to the Short Stories page)
- "Waiting for Godot": Essay on the play Waiting for Godot, April 29, 1996. (School assignment for twelfth grade AP English)
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