Crashing On my Dirt Bike Today was going to be another day of dirt biking. I was all ready to leave the house and I was just waiting for my dad to load his dirt bike and mine into the back of his truck. I had my new riding gloves on and was ready to get going. I heard my dad coming back inside when I heard the sliding glass door open.…
Weeeoooeee!! The sound of the ambulance in front of my house. Long ago when I was younger my brother, and I were riding our bikes, and Bam! Out of nowhere I was hit by a car. In the midst of it later found out my leg was broken, and when the doctors told my mother, I had no motivation to walk again.…
Would you be able to cut your own arm off with a dull knife to survive? Aron Ralston, an accomplished mountaineer, discovered that he had what it took to complete this gruesome task. Ralston decided to take a simple day trip to Blue John Canyon, Utah for some canyoneering in 2003. Unfortunately, the trip took a turn for the worst after an 800 pound boulder fell onto his right forearm, crushing and trapping him in the confined space. This trip was supposed to be a leisurely break from his usual grueling mountain climbing.…
Left Turn I sat on the wet, cold grass. Blood trickled from my chin. I wiped it with a gauze pad a paramedic gave me. In spite of everything that had just happened, I was okay.…
The same hit again. THREE! I slammed to the floor. I didn’t feel anything at first and was very confused as to why I fell and couldn’t get back up. I looked down and screamed so loud I swear I felt the floor shake.…
One Saturday, September 12, Ava spent the night at my house. Before we picked her up at one thirty we went to a football game, grocery shopping, my dad and I got Starbucks. We had a blast together, we played volleyball, basketball, and we danced like we were out of our minds. Before we picked up Ava I went to Braedey´s football game with my parents.…
Bob and the Blob Bob knew that he should not have mixed those chemicals together, but the resulting giant blob that ate up the school was not really his fault. How could he have known, that by mixing hydrochloric acid, potassium iodine, copper sulfate and some of the “secret” substance behind the teacher’s desk would have resulted in an omnivorous, gelatinous blob? However, he was blamed nevertheless. The chemistry class that Bob attended had few rules that had to be explained, as most were what people considered “common sense”.…
My ant asked my mom to take her to the Dr then my mom said ok so we took her but she was late to the Dr so my ant got mad at my mom ad then my mom and my ant were fitting I was taking my ant to her Dr because she got in a car accident two months before and then we left her Dr…
I saw Robert opening boxes on a cart out on the floor. I walked up to him and he grinned at me and said: Hello, do you need something? I asked: Where are the olives? He said: They are over here. Robert led the way several aisles over where he pointed out the product on a shelf.…
It was a beautiful day in Sparta, New Jersey. The grass was green and the birds were chirping. I had just gotten a new trampoline a month before and the day I got it I did my first ever double flip. I felt like practicing my doubles so I invited my friend Michael over.…
I was smiling the whole time as the skin around my neck was being ripped off. Well I wasn’t actually smiling and as brutal as I made it sound, it wasn’t as horrific an event now that I look back on it. The incident occurred while I was on Spring Break during my freshman year in high school. My family and I were vacationing in Gatlinburg, Tennessee;which if I might add we’ve been there about eight times since I was seven years old. I remember clearly that day down to the exact temperature.…
Being raised on a farm in such a rural area such as Monroe County, West Virginia meant learning how to use a firearm was almost more of a necessity than a passion. However, for myself it happened to be both. I love to hunt all sorts of game such as: deer, squirrel, turkey, and dove to name a few. Hunting all these animals obviously requires the use of several different types and calibers of guns.…
Disbelieve and fear shook my mind as I lie on my back, sitting on top of concrete sandwiched in between the hot metal hood of a car, as the weight pressed down against me it didn’t hurt, my body was too numb to feel anything. All I could feel was a car pushing me further into the ground pushing my lungs down and shutting air out of it. It felt too surreal I kept blinking as if I thought I’d wake up from this mess. I could see sirens and people gathering around me watching in disbelieve, I kept fading in and out of conscience I felt like I was close to death.…
My initial exposure to dentistry came at an early age. My aunt is a dentist in Mexico and my grandfather was the technician in charge of her in-house dental laboratory. While growing up my summers were spent at my aunt’s dental practice, and while I waited for my mother to get out of work I observed, interacted with patients, and assisted both my aunt and grandfather. As I grew so did my curiosity for dentistry; however, it was not until I had a dental emergency that I considered dentistry as a career option.…
When mothers tell their daughters they’re going to India, many imagine shopping among the heavily populated, colourful streets of New Delhi or Mumbai. However, my mother, being the peculiar mother she is, decided we’re going to the northeast state of Uttarakhand, which borders Nepal, to hike the treacherous Himalayas! I was somewhat shocked at first, but the idea intrigued my adventurous side; I only had one more year of highschool left, so what’s the worst that could happen? That was my first mistake……