Minivan

He just unloaded his bag from his car and took mine from my car. He unloaded them into the minivan. My parents had said they would drive us to minimize traffic. What is all this talk about there being traffic at 2:30 am? We all climbed into the car and were on our way to the unknown. We had quickly arrived at the train station. “It looks closed”…

Martina James David Detmer Philosophy 221 21. March 2017 The Clifford/James Debate In 1877, William Kingdon Clifford wrote his essay “The Ethics of Belief”, in which he famously formulated evidentialism. Here is the question he poses: Is it ever morally permissible to believe a proposition on insufficient evidence, or is it ever okay to let our opinion be influenced by something other than evidence and rational argumentation? He answers the question with a resounding no, and he specifies it as…

you strive for the satisfaction of perfection. Welcome to the world of figure skating. This day began like any other day, waking up four in the morning to drive 30 miles down to Hackensack, New Jersey. I lived in that blue Honda Odyssey minivan that smelled like whatever meal I had eaten last. I slept, ate, and changed in the car. Waking up in the pitch black to make it to the rink to practice for a few hours, only to drive back and make it in time for sunrise as the bell was about to…

The better part of my time in high school was spent in a little coffee shop and bakery, called Dough Ray Me. The shop was a cute place, with twinkling fairy lights that draped from the ceiling like sails on an unearthly ship. Moving down from the ceiling were the walls, which were littered with either coffee, or Christian themed artwork. Below the walls were shelves that housed sizable jugs of an assortment of coffee beans. The glass cabinets, containing shortbreads, cupcakes, and cookies, met…

Many children today start their transition into adulthood on their eighteenth birthday. That is the time that the parent will loosen their reins on their children. But in the Catholic faith, that transition starts in the eighth grade. As a Catholic when you become of age, you have to decide whether to continue your belief in the Catholic faith or to move on to something else. I decided to be confirmed and continue my belief. The process to become a confirmed Catholic is a long one. You can’t…

Visiting the Florida Aquarium is a gorgeous journey that brings the ocean to downtown Tampa, Florida. The ocean is a wonder of the world enshrouded in mystery. The aquarium is built with this in mind. It is filled with beautiful construction, amazing wildlife, and nature exhibits. The senses are assaulted throughout the journey. Each visitor is greeted with oceanic smells, colorful reefs, wild sea creatures, and theme music for each exhibit seemingly ripped from an adventure film. Of course,…

an egg?” She whispered to herself. “Hey Odd-Eyed, why don’t you and your disabled brother come down here!” an anonymous male demanded. Jamie sprinted down the creaky stairs, and bolted for the door. The incognito tribe darted towards their azure minivan after spotting Jamie. “See you later, loser!” shrieked one of the members. While driving away, a hand peeked out of one of the windows, and threw lined pieces of paper on the ground. Teary-eyed, Jamie hurtled to the sheets of paper, and read…

some unknown location. This was the summer before I started high school and I wasn’t in the family bonding mood for a day let alone two weeks. With me being an only child, grandchild, and great grandchild, I was the only kid with five adults in a minivan. Why my parents thought that this was a good idea is still beyond my imagination. The trip started off like any other hectic family vacation, full of last minute packing and arguing. None of us had any idea as to where we would end up, but…

Car rides can kill. Car rides can kill people, happiness, and fences. I learned they could kill fences the hard way-I watched my best friend demolish one with a tan minivan in the middle of nowhere the day we were scheduled to drive across three states to get home. Next to no apology was given by Emma, the guilty driver, to the owners of the poor fence. This was one of many eventful car rides that took place between Illinois and Colorado this summer. “You know, the sunset is a lot prettier…

Kotler and Keller (2016) stated that successful marketing corporations consider the customers to be of utmost importance. Furthermore, customer satisfaction, otherwise known as, “a person’s feelings of pleasure or disappointment that result from comparing a product or service’s perceived performance to expectations” (Kotler & Keller, 2016, p. 73) constitutes a driving force in creating customer loyalty and relationships. Moreover, Kotler and Keller (2016) concluded that brand loyalty affects…