Belle Isle Park

You May Never Leave Tamaya — Except to Go to the Beach Or to go to work, or to school. Or a doctor’s appointment. Or to the grocery store… Yes, we’re being facetious. But ICI Homes’ master-planned community located just west of downtown Jacksonville and east of Jacksonville Beach, personifies the term “all-inclusive.” It boasts amazing amenities, an ideal location and the attention to neighborhood details that we, as Florida’s Custom Builder, are renowned for. Perhaps the most tempting fact…

It was a luminous and beautiful day in Hot Springs, Arkansas at Magic Springs, and all of my best friends were with me. I knew that my friends were going to want to ride a roller coaster, but I was terrified of them. Roller coasters had been my number one fear until that day, but I overcame that fear that day. On a tropical and humid day the first roller coaster that my friends and I rode was not as atrocious as I thought it would be, consequently, I had decided to ride it. I had overcame my…

their fear and go out to accomplish their obstacles.Obstacles are difficult to accomplish including when you never been in that situation before in your life.For example, if you were terrified of roller coasters and you went to the most fantastic theme park ever and all you saw…

seeing the whole park like time stood still. Once the ride was over I felt so silly on how scared I was that I wanted to go on again but was still very nervous by the big drop. It was so amazing to me but of course now…

being civilly disobedient, which is the defiance of governmental laws in a peaceful, non-violent way. Modern civil disobedience occurs in the articles, “ A Leading Pioneer”, “Saudi Arabia Women Defy Authorities Over Female Driving Ban”, and “Rosa Parks Leaves Challenge to consider Justness of Laws”. These stories…

My personal collage is an embodiment of who I am and what I believe in. It acts as a small account of my identity and, in a way, immortalizes what makes me “me.” Each object that I placed in my collage and the way I placed it means and stands for something that contributes to who I am as a person. The collage acts as an insight to my unique experiences and outlooks. In this project I show the teams who I support , a deep connection due to past personal experiences. The “Rise of the…

In Chapter one, I discovered a commonly known New Year's tradition in my family actually originated from slavery. To emphasize, eating black-eyed peas and other related meals ensures a prosperous new year ahead in my family. However, black-eyed peas was in fact fed to enslaved africans to help them survive and sustain their fearsome voyage. Black-eyed peas symbolizes a form of luck. Correspondingly, I discovered the “Rice Culture” in the United States was based on the expertise from the people…

President Dwight Eisenhower reluctantly ordered the National Guard to protect them. The efforts to integrate Central High School made headlines around the world. In early December 1955, after the arrest of the seamstress and local NAACP secretary Rosa Parks for refusing to…

As the United States was entering the last half of the 1900s, it was apparent that Black citizens had to get involved in unorthodox measures and methods to gain equality. The Montgomery bus boycott was not only a direct challenge to segregation but also the first successful example of mass nonviolent resistance in the United States. The boycott symbolized African American rising frustration and impatience with the denial of their rights as American citizens. The boycott’s success meant the…

St. Louis is a really fun place to visit. It has a lot of different tourist attractions for all ages. I have lived in St. Louis my whole life, and I love it! Some of the most popular places in St. Louis are the Zoo and the Arch. I live in Kirkwood, a small, busy town with many activities for families. One exciting place in St. Louis is The St. Louis Zoo. The Zoo is a really fun place to visit and there are tons of animals to see and activities to do. I have been there several times and I think…