Fairfield, Connecticut

In New Fairfield, Connecticut cheer was everything. Almost every girl in town did Falcon cheer. There were times when missing practice was equivalent to death. During my last year of cheer with the Falcons I was a Jr. Midget, the last team before high school. This particular year there were two Jr. Midget teams, black and red, both of which had the same cheer coaches. I was on the black team, which was considered the lowest ranking team of the two. We were seen as the bottom or the throw aways…

Flint, Michigan was a town once filled with a working Middle class and a booming economy but now has a high poverty level and an economy that is close to nonexistent, leaving the town to switch water sources to the local river because it reduced cost. When we were asked to research, and hold a class discussion on the situation going on I was excited to hear fellow classmate’s opinions because I was aware of was going on. Although, I knew about the situation in Flint and could infer that this…

This paperback by Richard Godbeer, a professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University, is being reviewed for analyzation of the book’s context, style, and purpose. The author of this piece studied at Oxford University, where he received his bachelor’s degree, preceding him going to Brandeis University to receive his doctorate. He has written other pieces of importance like The Devil 's Dominion: Magic and Religion in Early New England and Sexual Revolution in Early America which showcase…

Almost everyone has told a young teenager at one point in their lives, “This is your time to make mistakes! Have fun with it.”. When they say that, they might have in mind stealing a toy from a younger sibling. However, most kids in Darien see this as an opportunity to consume alcohol on a regular basis. Alcohol and binge drinking have become a dangerous, regular occurrence in Darien as, “24% of Darien Teenagers say they have binge drank”. Being a survey, many kids are afraid to answer…

The American spies of the Revolutionary War, also known as the Culper Spy Ring, changed the course of history, helped save America and shaped the future of military intelligence as it is known today. In the summer of 1776, the future of America’s colonies was unclear, would America continue to be under British rule or gain independence. The first artillery fire was in Boston, but fear and mistrust were spreading throughout all thirteen colonies. After the continental army defeated the Regulars…

manufacturers of airplane engines, announced the $42 billion merger “General Electric 2000 Merger Sub, Inc.” with Honeywell (HON), a rival industrial conglomerate. GE is an American multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut. It is the only company listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Index today that was also included in the original index in 1896. In 2000, General Electric employed 223,000 people in over one hundred countries, counting 85,000 in Europe only…

I have been working on my Service learning project (SLP) with Roosevelt elementary school, service learning project program which is basically shaped to demonstrate the US students mind in term of their ethnic, cultural, religion, racial and gender impact of school going students and to encourage other students to experience and build their personal and internal growth and act as an active vibrant citizens to bring change in population of greater Bridgeport area ,Roosevelt school in Bridgeport…

Grand Central terminal was originally created to be a train station and still serves that purpose today. Owned by the Vanderbilt’s, Grand Central Terminal earned its name as a terminal because all railways end there, it's always been referred to as Grand Central station. Grand Central Terminal is not only iconic structure in the middle of New York City, but is still a working train stain to help people on their daily commute to places inside the immediate tri-state area and the east coast.…

The fraud that Bernard Madoff committed was discovered in December 2009, which was based upon a Ponzi scheme. He did so by taking money from new investors to pay earnings to old customers. The higher the number of his clients who wanted to withdraw of retire their investment, the more revenue he would need. Ponzi scheme is named after Charles Ponzi whose crime was discovered in July of 1920 by the Boston Post. Madoff started in the investment business legally by buying and selling stocks that…

Mason Montgomery History of Rock Todd Campbell 5/9/2015 The Success of John Mayer “People want to see musicians sing things that come from their own mind and own heart in real time, responding to the moment for them (BrainyQuote)”. John Mayer said this, referring to himself as a musician that sings about real things. Whether his quote his true or not, Mayer has always been a singer song writer that thinks highly of himself. He is obviously a great musician being awarded 7 Grammy’s, and nominated…