As the motors screamed down the road, I couldn't keep focused. My eyes started to quiver and my head started to spin but I had victory in my mind and that is what kept me going. I tried to breath but pressure had its grip on me, my heart ached as if something was going to hit me straight on. ...

The Town of Beckley The observation of people on Neville Street in Beckley can be an interesting thing to watch. Most people seem to be in a mad rush to get where they are going. As I was sitting in the eye doctor's office one day I observed people during their lunchtim...

Dear English Portfolio Committee: It is very difficult to admit that English Comprehension and writing are my least favorite subjects. After twelve years of schooling, I thought my ability to put a cohesive thought on paper would have been accomplished so when I found out that I needed to take rem...

I think forgiveness is learned throughout life. Living through and learning to get over it and move on. I am not one to want to live my life full of anger. You will always come across people that upset you some how and it is just not worth you "hating" them. Personally, I learned forgiv...

I hop into the passenger's side of my best friend's car and simultaneously buckle my seatbelt and crank up the A.C. Matt and I begin to laugh about how we're never going to find a summer job that pays more than seven dollars an hour. I can hardly even see him through my squinted eye...

There was an article written by Brad Darrach regarding a robot, named Shakey, which was built by The Stanford Research Institute. Shakey possessed human qualities such as reason and understanding and the article posed the question is Shakey a person? Well to answer this we must first define what a...

In observing a person you are studying there true aspects and personality. Trying to see what possibly makes the person who they are. Characterizing there body movements and behavior showing there true nature. In my naturalistic observation I will be studying two different people an hour each in the...

Under Surveillance The nature of difficulty in surveillance will be determined by the reason for the surveillance. Some cases are easy to conduct while others are relentlessly hard. To the layman, surveillance seems a simple or fun task, but that is not always the case. There are certain types of...