Seat belt

Ever since the Industrial Revolution began, the United States has been improving its technology. Initially, the inventions and improvements merely made farming and manufacturing more efficient. Later, the quickly-advancing technologies demanded a new career field to continue the technological advancement, maintain the technology already created, and solve society’s problems. With this career field came a new need for science, technology, engineering, and math education. Teachers successfully…

“I came in like a wrecking ball!” I belt as loud as possible, sitting in the passenger seat. At the moment, it’s 10:30 at night, and we are driving to the Matlock Bridge with the entire dance team. My oldest sister, Molly, is driving and in her little car, we managed to fit three people across the back seat. Anna, Carly, and Hope are dancing and singing loud and clear, as we have no idea what’s to come. Paige, my other sister, is driving the other vehicle along with six passengers crammed inside…

Harnessing My Amygdala Infuriated, outraged, furious, we have all felt these emotions before. Beginning with small situations like hitting every red light when your running late to work, to more complex of conditions like getting your brand new car’s rear fender smashed in by a moron who has his life in reverse and still doesn’t look in the mirror. Ironically, both of those examples are memories that I 've experienced. I myself experience anger on a daily basis. Some say I have a short temper.…

In 1966, there were 1000 highway deaths per week and two years later the numbers were more that 50,000 a year. At the beginning of the decade, cars did not have seat belts, head rests, padded dashboards or backup lights. In 1963 thousands died from carbon Monoxide poisoning. Ralph Nader published Unsafe At Any Speed in 1965, a book about the dangers of cars. The book became the #1 nonfiction best selller the next…

It was June 10th, 2015, my mother and I were in our large southern Indiana home on the Ohio River, the weather was sweltering and it was unbearable to set foot outside without sweating. The maid had just arrived at the house and went to get me another lemonade just like she has done every other hot summer day for years. As I throw back my third glass of lemonade on the porch swing, I hear my mother talking to her friend on the phone about our trip to New York City. “Yes Laquisha, I have to take…

Epicurus once asserted that death neither includes nor supports pleasure or pain for the person who experiences the end of life, and, therefore, it must be neither good nor bad for that individual. His argument claims that humans should rid themselves of the preposterous anxiety of death itself. But in order to accept this assertion, one must regard that fear of death causes pain whereas death itself does not as the underlying truth. Epicurus disputed that death is no catastrophe because when…

I believe that everyone has experienced some type of fear; whether it’s a fear of bugs, flying on a plane, or even the fear of being in an enclosed area. My personal fear is of failure. Fear is a very powerful emotion and can really take a hold over your life and stop you from doing what you want to do most. For example, fear of failure has kept me from being able to sing in front of an audience, speaking up in class, and even passing my driver’s test. Fear of failure has kept me from being…

when thrown into the life and social status of their absent mother and learning, facing, and experiencing racial discrimination; it was not easy for me to relate to these girls and their story. The novel starts by saying “good thing the plane had seat belts and we’d been strapped…

Open campus lunches allow students to leave school during their lunch period and buy food from restaurants or go home to eat. According a study performed by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, nearly 1 in 3 high school campuses across the country allow students to leave campuses during lunch. Some countries have allowed open campus to be widely accepted. According to mlive.com, French students have a two-hour lunch break from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This implements…

"Get in, go to sleep, and wake up at your destination." The Pros and Cons of Driverless Car It 's been estimated that nine of ten car accidents are caused by human errors. As a human, we get bored, sometimes could get drunk, nod off at wheel, run red lights, take phone call, send text message, those all make us terrible drivers. Computers don 't get distracted as humans, they make rational decisions much faster than human during the limited time. Many pros believe that the widespread use of the…