Walking stick

I drove home in a hurry. Damn,I was late to my first babysitting job since the McCoy's kids died. I went home, I opened my closet to get the closest thing I could find. I put my flip flops on and walked over to my car. I turned on the ignition, and drove straight to the Willcots' home. I only knocked 3 times before a man in a suit and a woman in a red, silky dress appeared. "Hi. I'm Anura Mackey." I say,” and I’m the babysitter.” "Well. Hello Anura," said the man," I'm Joseph Willcot and this is…

My alarm went off and I jumped out of bed! Today was the day that I was going to Valleyfair with my choir! After throwing my hair in a ponytail, sliding on sandals and putting my contacts in, I was ready to hit the road. I grabbed my sunglasses and hopped in the truck with Sarah. We were off to Mrs. Holmstrom's house. The sun was hot, the air was sticky and we were ready for a good time. Crammed into the little mini van packed like a can of sardines, we hit the road. As we drove down the highway…

One Friday, in September I decided to go up to Neff’s Canyon to look at the fall colors. It had lightly rained the night before so the colors where especially bright and pretty. It was a warm but cloudy day. That night was the Homecoming football game and the weather forecast was 100% chance of rain. It was one of those days where all you want to do is go home and drink a cup of hot chocolate. Instead, I got in my car after school: turned my seat heater on, turned my radio up and drove five…

Many drivers pay little or no attention at highway-rail crossings they drive across day after day because they never see a train there. They don't realize that freight trains do not run on set schedules and can be anywhere at any time going in any direction! At all crossings, and especially those you are most familiar with, you must always expect a train. Also, did you know that the average freight train consisting of 100 cars and weighing anywhere from 12 million to 20 million pounds takes over…

Big Question: How fixed is our personality? “But something deeper and more transformative happens when we move from people who walk to people who drive,” the author states.(20) In this quote, the author says that people change from personality when getting in a metal box on wheels. The reader realizes that they too, are victim of rude gestures while driving, and feeling invincible. Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt is about different variables that affect drivers on the road. Your attitude is…

Railroad crossing behaviors can truly affect the driver and all of the car’s passengers and surrounding vehicles and their drivers and passengers. Every driver needs to always slow down when coming to a railroad crossing. When driving it is a great precaution to turn down all noise so the driver doesn’t miss the train’s whistle in order to tell if there is a train coming. Every railroad crossing is serious and should be thought of that way. The driver needs to be extracautious at…

Beep! Beep! Looking over at my iPhone, the screen lit up the room with the time 5:30 AM. Swiping the screen, the phone turns off and the room plunges into complete darkness. My body forced itself to get up, while my mind was telling me to go back to sleep. I poked my cousin, Delvin, in order for him to wake up. Tired, my legs touched the wooden floor and made its way towards the closet. My hands grabbed the running clothes inside the closet, and I proceeded to open the door and trudge down the…

One sunny day,Angelica and her friend Altasia decided to take a walk in Centennial Park. All of sudden, they noticed a black cloud approaching their way. Moments later, it began raining real hard then came a large whirl wind that swept them off their feet. Angelica and Altasia was no longer in Centennial Park. Instead they were in a mysterious place they never been before. They were in a field of talking plants. They decided to take a stroll in the field to see if they can find their way home.…

Tom Godwin’s “Cold Equations” and Ray Bradbury’s “The Pedestrian” both share similarities in their respective views on the effect of technology on human freedom and individuality in the future. In “Cold Equations”, if a human stows away on an EDS ship, the computer systems of that ship’s calculations for the exact amount of fuel needed to get from point A to point B would be incorrect: “Additional fuel would be used during the hours of deceleration to compensate for the added mass of the…

acting like a dog. Bill’s immature character leads him into creating many antics. Bill, a mischievous brother, who sneaks up on his dad when he is working on the “Foolish Carriage”. He stealthily went into the driver seat, eagerly waiting for dad to stick his head into the hood of the car. When his father finally does, he hit the car horn and scares dad. Father jumps so high he, “toppled into the engine” (Gilbreth 12), leaving him head first in the hood. Bill always finds ways to cause much…