New Orleans Public Schools

Louisiana has had reoccurrence natural disasters. The most predominant and frequent one is hurricane. This is a life threatening disaster that has caused plethora of harm to the inhabitants of Louisiana, in particular New Orleans. George L. Sills, article “Overview of New Orleans Levee Failures” speaks about the protective system that was put in place to stop Hurricane Katrina in 2005 (Sills, 2009, para. 4). On August 29th, 2005, Hurricane Katrina had struck the southeast of Louisiana. The…

Saving Lemonade Lightning clashed against the ground as hurricane Harvey pummeled the southeast coast of Texas for the third day in a row. My house was in a flood zone but hadn’t taken on water since the flood of ‘94, so although we had our worries it wasn’t something that we were losing sleep over. More and more rain began to fall by the instance and we received word that water was being released for the Lake Conroe dam at a pace that had never been reached before. The water began to flow over…

At first after reading through the Daily Emerald and New York Times articles about this incident I immediately sided with the students because they were in their right to protest and they were fighting for the student body which I am a part of. As time went on and I began writing this paper I found strengths…

Perseverance Through the Storm James G. Mackay tells readers of The New York Times about his experience during Hurricane Harvey, in order to praise the resiliency of humanity throughout the storm. By implementing his first-hand accounts of heart wrenching and uplifting stories from Harvey, Mackay is able to convince his audience that the devastation has propelled the affected community into a period of selfless cooperation between strangers and neighbors. Mackay establishes credibility by…

Floods could be very catastrophic as they are known to destroy property and cause deaths. When such catastrophic things happen, people from all over the world extend their generosity to the victims. Some people may take advantage of the situation to loot or take part in price gouging. The writer uses facts, emotional appeal and logical fallacies to support his argument. He uses vivid examples to sway his readers to the winning side of his argument. When volunteers stumble across information…

Around the turn of the 1930s, music took an interesting ride with the earliest fully documented particular style of Jazz music emerging, which was centered in New Orleans, Louisiana; swing. It was not only a musical pastime, but a way of life; as those who brought it to us will live on forever. Duke Ellington was a pioneer of Renaissance jazz and one of the great elite jazz artists of his time. His most popular 1930 piece was "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing". Around 1931,…

Swing and Jazz of the 30s and 40s How do you feel about Swing and Jazz? Well even if you have never heard of them or don't like them , there were many people in the 30’s and 40’s that were interested in this type of music. Nowadays people think it's the music that old people listen to, but it's got a sweet rhythm. Jazz was popular before swing, but musicians like Benny Goodman mixed Swing and Jazz. Both genres are part of an important part of time because they were popular during the…

In 2004 the presidential election was occurring and soon after George Bush became the new president of America, and not long after followed the Iraq war. This war caused thousands of deaths within the United States leaving some people to become anxious. When writing the song American Idiot Billie Armstrong wrote it from a spectator point of view because he lived through it and watched it everyday on television. Throughout the song he voiced his own comments and concerns on wondering how society…

bad the storm is (“Hurricane.”). There were four category 5 Hurricanes in 2005, the most that were in record for an Atlantic hurricane season, and Hurricane Katrina was one of them. Hurricane Katrina was a very disastrous event that occurred in New Orleans. The hurricane was a very effective one but not as effective as Hurricane Sandy. Hurricane Katrina did various amounts of damage to the people and the areas. It was the deadliest to strike the United States since the year of 1928 (“U.S.…

What if over 15% of the United States disappeared? By the year 2040, more than a million acres of Louisiana will vanish. This is important that Louisiana’s wetlands protection is ensured since it helps protect the coast from hurricanes and storms, they provide a home for wildlife, and is a part of Louisiana’s culture. Louisiana’s wetlands and coast provide protection from storms and hurricanes. Without the help of the wetlands and coast, storms will cause more storm surge, causing more…