Chattanooga

The cost of raising a child from birth until age 18 including college comes to 249,424 dollars on average in Chattanooga, Tn. Some people look at this as being ridiculous while others see it as a privilege. ("Cost of Raising a Child Calculator.") Women also use the risk in having birth as an excuse but actually the percentage is very low. Abortion is a low risk procedure as well but they both have chances into turning to be a major risk taker. ("About Abortion Procedures.") Another big issue…

The battle of July 1-3, 1863 was fought at a town called, Gettysburg, which was the intersection of the principle streets, in Pennsylvania, while Gen. Lee was gone to Maryland and Pennsylvania through Virginia 's Shenandoah Valley. The fight was a serial of forth and back of their past positions between the armed forces. Armed force of Potomac (90,000 men under Gen. George G. Meade) and the Confederate armed force (75,000 man of Northern Virginia Army under Gen. Robert E. Lee) met up in a three…

Sexual violence has been an ongoing issue forever, especially among women, but it becomes increasingly known and talked about when it occurs on college campuses. “One in four college women report surviving rape or attempted rape at some point in their lifetime” (Sexual Assault Statistics). It’s not just women though, about “11.2 percent of all college students, men and women, experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation” (Campus Sexual Violence:…

During the 1930’s there was a case of white people against black boys in the town of Paint Rock, AL (Ransdall).” This case was known as The Scottsboro Trials. A novel written by Harper Lee titled To Kill a Mockingbird has a similar plot in which a black man, or Negro, was accused of raping a white woman (Lee). Both of these stories have similarities and parallels that are interesting to indulge in. The social characteristics, stigmas, and opinions if superiority influence the behaviors and…

Two Global Human Activities and How they Create Smog Two Global Human Activities and How they Create Smog Commuting by automobile everyday for work or other human activities may be an average recurrence in the American society but all of the convenience in arriving on schedule comes with a sacrifice, air pollution. Agriculture is also human necessity that releases vast amount of nitrous oxides that help create smog or air pollution; agriculture and transportation are the two human activities…

I was an 8th grader at St. Martin's Episcopal school and had thoroughly enjoyed the last four years of my life. The teachers were wonderful, the academics were strenuous but rewarding, and most of all my group of friends were almost unbeatable. Although we spent most of our time in the Dean's office sitting on the brown leather couch decorated with a variety of candy pillows, we truly were a good group of guys and were not looking to our final years together. Sure, we kept telling ourselves we…

Gun ownership as well as its production has been an issue of debate for many decades probably since their coming into the human society. Looking at a gun closely we see that it is a small and easy to get weapon which can be very deadly if used for the wrong purpose or handled improperly. Guns are made to kill targets ranging from birds, animals and human beings in case of wars or enforcing the law by a police officer. The issue of controlling guns in the United States is not just to send the…

It is important to realize that she was under an unbearable amount of stress. Her parents that she lived with, her stepmom and dad, wanted her to attend UTC. It was convenient for her to attend UTC because her parents lived just outside of Chattanooga and for her parents that meant she could still cater to their every wish. The stress she had built up did not directly cause her involvement with drugs. However, the stress was one of many contributing factors that led her down the path of drugs…

Becoming Me There are many different trait that tend to make a person who they are. A trait is the relatively stable internal based characteristics that describe a person (Griggs, Chapter 8, page 336). There are many traits that could be used to describe myself, some good and there are some that are bad. Throughout my life there have been many influences that help me become the man I am today, and the man I hope to be in the future. Not all influences are positive, there are some that can be…

Before I get to my story let me give you a little background of how my family is where we are today. My great grandmother Suzie lived with her brother and grandmother in Romania. Suzie’s father went to America for work so he could later move his family there with him. Education has always been a big part of my family for many generations. It started with Suzie’s grandmother (my great great grandmother). Suzie’s grandmother walked Suzie and her brother to school every day and carried them across…