Pothole

“There are approximately 150 academic and administrative buildings on campus(Grant)… only about nineteen buildings comply fully with the Americans with Disabilities(ADA)” (Deshpande 296). In Manasi Deshpande’s essay, A Call to Improve Campus Accessibility, argues for more college campuses to accommodate for students with disabilities. She starts off her essay with a wheelchair-bound college student at University of Texas at Austin, Wes Holloway, and his struggle with campus accessibility.…

Breaking my ankle was a great experience for me. It happened at an all-star softball tournament, during the game before the championship game. On the field we were working together with the single purpose of winning in mind, but off the field was a different story. Softball has 9 possible position to play and with 10 girls we felt comfortable starting, it led to tension thick enough to cut in the dugout. Hostility was oozing off two of my teammates who were fighting for the same starting spot…

The feeling you get throughout your body when you go to this place is a feeling that cannot be explained. I have tried to explain the feeling millions of times, but the words to describe it don’t come out. The football field is a place where I have had a ton of fun, but have also learned hundreds of lessons that have shaped me into the man I am today. Locate in Anacortes, Washington, this field is where I practiced and played games on. This old rundown field is right on the campus of my high…

The Pickle It was twelve thirty in the afternoon, when I was heading to Walmart in the back of a giant semi truck. Everyone in my family was squished together in a tiny glass jar. We were all terrified. Every time the truck would hit a pothole, all the glass jars would shake and even some would fall and break. I had to witness so many families get separated. Finally, the truck came to a stop. I heard the two big truck doors screech open. It was an old man with a long gray beard. He reminded me…

How many people have been injured playing the sport they love? What causes concussions people may wonder. The impact of hitting your head hard enough for your brain to hit off the side of your head and cause a concussion is simple these days and we have to stop that. Whether it be more padding in helmets or a better in a wreck to not get a concussion. After getting a concussion, there will be many effects people will face in their everyday life. Having a concussion, there are many complications…

engine power. This means you suffer the most when colliding with a two ton car. Your exceptional maneuverability is due to your two wheels. This makes you less stable than four-wheeled vehicles, and more likely to get in an accident when hitting potholes or small road debris. That wonderful unencumbered feeling means your lack of a protective cage, seat belt, and airbag increase the risk of a serious injury or fatality in an accident. There is no doubt that riding a motorcycle has its dangers,…

The “farmhouse” is a crucial setting to my book “The Dogs”. Dark, isolated, dingy, and a discreet place in a small town called Wolf Hollow. One of the main reasons this house qualified for their stay was because it was in a quiet neighbourhood and in midst of a dense cornfield making it hardly visible to transient passerby. Of course, an ideal hideout for a woman who doesn’t want a speculative audience and in particular wants to steer clear of her abusive and promiscuous husband’s company. The…

Arches National Park This area is changing and here is why. The story of Arches begins roughly 65 million years ago. At that time, the area was a dry seabed spreading from horizon to horizon. The striking red rock features we see today would have been buried thousands of feet below you, raw material as yet uncarved. Then the landscape slowly began to change due to erosion (National Park Service). The national park lies on top of an underground evaporite layer or salt bed, which is the main…

When someone asks me if I feel that the Federal Government is holding up its obligation to the American people, I must stop first and determine as to what it is that the government is actually obligated to provide. When our founding fathers created this country, they dreamed of a small-government that was not all involved in the details of the people’s lives. Thus, there aren’t many tasks the government is compelled to uphold. The first guaranteed function of government was a republican…

blocks your view of the road ahead. If the vehicle in front is a truck, then your lack of visibility is compounded. Tailgating a motorcyclist threatens the person's life. Motorcyclists can fall off their bikes on slippery pavement or when they hit a pothole. Should this happen to a motorcyclist just a few feet in front of you, you won't have time to avoid hitting the person. The three-second rule for following distances, is currently recommended in California. Long ago, there was a different…