Bakersfield

“Addiction breaks bonds and hearts and all the rules.” The Joey Song: A Mother's Story of Her Son's Addiction by Sandra Swenson. One’s addiction to drugs creates a tremendous toll on the body, not only theirs but especially for those around them. Those that truly suffer are those who hold the addict close to their heart, financially they have to be strong. The same follows for their own health and cooperating with the user. The use of drugs, abusive and recreational evokes many complications not…

The Black Blizzard Mom was cooking breakfast, I could just smell the eggs and bacon. so I got out of bed and headed downstairs to eat breakfast. When I got downstairs I went into the kitchen, I told mom hi and then sat down to eat breakfast. A few minutes later Erica came down and sat at the table with us. When I was done I put my plate in the sink and headed outside to the barn. I like to sit with the animals and talk to them. There like my best friends because we live in the country in…

Header To: California State University of Bakersfield Education Board Proposal- Too many college students are stressed, overwhelmed, and depressed leading to lower grades and lower self-esteem. According to Emory University’s suicide statistics in the United States, there are more than 1,000 suicides on college campuses per year. The National Alliance on Mental Illness reported that 64 percent of college students drop out of school because of mental health issues. CSUB does offer counseling…

months in Yemen for about four times. While going back and forth he worked in construction for twelve years. The fourth time when he went back to Yemen he had finally saved up enough money to bring my pregnant mother and four other siblings to Bakersfield, California where he had already bought a…

Goldberg Sloan is a heartwarming and inspiring novel about a young girl who lost her parents and learns about life on her journey of recovering from her loss. Willow Chance is a girl who was adopted by her parents and has been living with them in Bakersfield, California. Since she is exceedingly knowledgeable, nearly everything intrigues her. She is especially fascinated by plants and medical conditions, though, and also is obsessed with the number 7. However, despite her extraordinary…

On one hot skin blistering summer day in Bakersfield I was dying of heat exhaustion so I hopped into my 1967 Nova that has no ac and is not very good on gas and drove down to the store to get a Slurpee to quench my thirst. I was down to my last $10 so I bought 1 blueberry raspberry Slurpee which was 3.75 and I had to get a ice cream Snickers for later. So I was down to my last few dollars and I felt oddly lucky;therefore I bought a super mega lotto ticket hoping to strike it rich and win the…

Great depression storyline Growing up in Penny, Oklahoma was difficult. As a young girl I constantly moved from place to place. We were never able to afford one months pay, so we would move every month. I became accustomed to it. The mystery of where we went next would fascinate me. In my childhood, we always found something to do. I didn't go to school very often because we constantly moved, but I loved reading books. I began to learn how to cook and perform daily women duties. When I was six…

President Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists” (Franklin D. Roosevelt). This quote accurately sums up the majority of Americans in the United States. Immigration is seen in so many different positive and negative ways in our country today. Immigration can be defined as “ a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence” (Webster 1828), and there are many functions…

Culture comes in many different forms, from many different kinds of people. In this discussion paper we will be going over what exactly culture is, defining my culture, as well as evaluating two other cultures that are not my own and last I will be answering the discussion question #3 on page 25 of our textbook. In the dictionary it says culture is the behaviors, beliefs and characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group. When it comes to me and my life, I am of Hispanic decent and…

norms, which differ from culture to culture. What might normal for one culture may not be normal for another. Sanctions are rewards or punishments based on a norm that is connected with an appearance or behavior. I work at a restaurant in Downtown Bakersfield. I see plenty of norm violations. Almost everyday I see something new. Let me begin with these two ladies who decided to come eat when I was working. I was running around, doing my job and then all of a sudden I see these two ladies walk…