Seat belt

but they were forced to share the front seat ,where the seat belt could not fit over both of them, because Paul’s dog “was in the back seat and he was wet and stinky.” Tired and cold from playing in the snow all day, both Taryn and Amy were silent as Paul drove behind Wendy’s pickup truck. But while driving down the mountain on a logging…

to calm her down. My mom started driving super fast down the two-track like road that the lake was located on. She was crying so hard, harder than I have ever seen her cry before, even to this day. I remember sitting in the middle passenger bucket seat in our silver van. Watching her cry, and struggling to keep her driving under contol. My other aunt had already been at my house waiting for us. When we got home we quickly packed our bags and…

3 AM I’m a young, unexperienced high school student trying to figure out where I fit in this world… country… town... life. After tossing many ideas around in my head, in my heart, and with my parents, I finally feel good about a direction I plan to pursue. Most careers in the health field look good to me because of the appearance of these positions. In the health field, you have a stable job, decent pay, varying amounts of education, many different departments to choose from, and opportunities…

Alfalfa’s Shadows “Give me an R” a loud man yells at the front of the theater. He now has everyone in the audience’s attention. “R,” the crowd yelled back at him. “Give me an O!” “O!” “Give me a C!” “C!” “Give me a K!” “K!” “Give me a Y!” “Why,” the crowd answers back sarcastically. It was show time. The leader of a theater group, Paul, successfully got everyone in the crowd to pay attention. We had been practicing for this night for about two months. I could already feel the sweat drip down my…

A chinese proverb once said, “Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.” Freedom was my definition of driving. Learning helps us move forward from the earliest to the last stage in life.As a reserved, young girl, I always dreamed with the idea of going out with friends and being able to get to places on my own. I knew that my parents weren’t always going to be able to be there when ever I needed them. The perception people gave of driving made me want to pursue that obstacle…

started to get me ready to go. With a bright orange brace around my neck they slowly pushed me onto a stiff backboard. They placed a neck brace on me and I immediately got tense and started screaming “AHHH”. “She has and open wound on chest from seat belt” the Paramedic said. They made me wear the neck brace anyway and put me on the levy and took me away. Bumpiest ride ever “ssssss” I said every time the neck brace hit the abrasion I had from the seatbelt. Each tiny movement they made pierced my…

for an inhaler, but he was not giving one. Instead, Miller and Nero searched him, arrested him for possession of a switchblade knife and held him down as he began to flail and scream; they then put him in a paddy wagon, handcuffed but without a seat belt” (2). Gray was targeted by this police; they punished him for have a little knife on…

"Take a seat." For corporate leaders in position of great power and authority without equivalence, they say this in their offices, for me, it was in the corner of a boxing gym. In fact, it was while I was a volunteer at Gleason 's Gym New York, during the 7th annual New York Boxing Tournament. My supervisors, Dr. Beatty and Dr. King, instructed me to record a boxer 's heart rate, blood pressure, and facilitate the boxer when the doctors were ready to give a check-up before their fight. The…

1 Running Head: DECREASING CELLPHONE USAGE Decreasing Cell Phone Usage by Using Prompting during Certain Durations of Time Omid Sadigh CUNY Queens College Abstract A self-management study was conducted to examine the success and effects of prompting on decreasing the time spent using a cell phone. In this self-management study, the participant was studied throughout the day at specific time ranges in the environment of only a household. Reducing cell phone…

A soft glisten of pale, blue moonlight graced the dark navy sky of Happy Harbour's winding bays as midnight dawned over the city. Twinkling white stars gleamed throughout the dark sky; reflecting in the soft waves below. Cicadas chirping accompanied by the occasional splash of the rising tide, which rose over the rocky shores- frothing and hissing with white foam. The chilly night smelt of salt, accompanied by the skittering of water caught in the breeze. The perfect ocean side night for…