Grant County

My agency, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, has Civil Service and, as such, there are certain criteria that one must meet before I could promote. Anyone who passes a few tests and does well on some Internal Review Boards is eligible for promotion. Therefore, since I guessed better than the person sitting next to me did, I am making major decisions that affect dozens of people directly and possibly hundreds indirectly. The only training I received in supervision were the classes I took to impress

Human Environment Interaction: In all of the places that both sides of my family have lived they've mostly had jobs in agriculture. They interact with the environment by using the land to grow crops and to graze their animals. This has most likely led to some desertification in Mexico and south Texas. Movement & Push Pull Factors: Alice- Alice attracted parts of my family for its factories, and the agriculture business there. Pharr-Pharr attracted my parents for the myriad of banks and small

“Riley are you ready to go?” “Yes” I excitedly replied to my father. “Are your clubs in car? “They are” I answered, eager to begin the exciting day. We jumped in my dad’s ford explorer that warm July morning and left for the nearby Ye Olde Country Club. After we finished the 9th hole I ran back to the cart grabbed the score card and began adding. Excitedly I yelled “I did it! I just shot my best score! I was so happy, I will never forget that day that started my love for the sport of golf. I fell

It twas a warm July morning and the best friends George and Jeff were out on the water. The two boys loved fishing and they would always try to go. When they would comeback they would always have new stories and forever memories from their previous adventure. The boys would do whatever it took to get to a fishing spot. The boys have stories from when they had to swim upstream to a spot, or have to tightrope walk a dam, once they even kayak down river for 3 days just to get to a fishing hole. One

To begin, Hillsborough County in Florida is home to downtown Tampa which is one of the major cities in the state. With having big cities in your local areas comes with some side effects. Tampa is related to many air quality issues in the state. Tampa is a continuously growing city, as people relocate to the area, many things must happen to accommodate the growth in population. Most of which contributes to of the air quality standards in our area because of the need for additional roads, and numerous

Some of the most common causes of bicycle accidents include: Turn Accidents: Often drivers of motor vehicles turn left in front of an oncoming bicyclist. This type of accident is generally called a left cross. Similarly, a motor vehicle can turn right in front of a bicyclist. This is called a right hook. In both cases, there is a risk of collision with a bicyclist. Distracted Driving - Our roads are inundated with distracted drivers. Texting, talking or even checking emails is a common cause of distraction

There was one day where I woke up feeling like if I was going to win the lottery and it gave me a heads up that something good was going to just by the way I woke up. But at the time I was doing badly, I was on probation trying to do good again. First I had to complete 10 hours of community service so I can try to get off probation already , then I had to go pay a $350 fee because the charges I had committed at Bartow by the court house , furthermore I had to complete my community hours at my favorite

The Veldt Essay We rely on technology nowadays to do simple tasks for us like dry our hair, research answers on the web, and watch television for entertainment and for the news. Technology is being over used for very simple things, what if we relied on them too much as a whole for us to forget to do simple tasks? Would it be helpful to us that we rely on technology to do everything for us? In the story "The Veldt", the author Ray Bradbury communicates that the misuse of technology can lead to unforeseen

Baker beginning his story about Nat Turner’s rebellion in Africa has both some advantages and disadvantages. Regarding advantages the start of the story in Africa helps to create an engaging opening to the story and showcase Nat Turner’s background, tying back to an important feature of him. Firstly, a story involving an event as dramatic as Nat Turner’s Rebellion deserves a dramatic, captivating opening. Although still interesting, an opening that solely started with Nat Turner’s childhood and upbringing

“Sylvia Plath was an angry young woman born in a country and at a time that only intensified her fury” (Wilson). This quote perfectly describes Sylvia Plath’s feminist attitude which was reflected in her writing. Since writing is such a personal endeavor, one inevitably leaves a part of one’s self behind in a story. This is certainly the case in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, which is very similar and at times indistinguishable from Plath’s own life. Through protagonist Esther Greenwood’s feminist