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Jorge Briseño Ms. Carrillo English 11 June 2, 2016 L.T My name is LaDainian Tomlinson I was born on June 23,1979 in Rosebud,Texas near the towns of Waco and college station. My parents are Loreane and Oliver Tomlinson, my dad is 15 years older than my mom. My dad had 5 other children. One of my brothers lost his life in a street fight when I was 6. It was really hard for my dad so what I would do is I would wake him up every Sunday in the fall…

Laken Riley Mrs. Chamberlain 10th Honors Lit./Comp. 14 August 2017 Socratic Seminar Questions World Connection Questions Question 1 Everyone has a right to their own thoughts and opinions of the world. To be exiled from your friends, or even family, would be devastating, angering, and confusing. I know the importance of being a part of something, such as a friend group, especially in high school. If I were forced to leave my friends because I had different views than them, I would be…

Most individuals around the world know Jackie Robinson by the man who broke the color barrier in the Major League Baseball (MLB) on April of 1947. They do not know everything he faced to get to that day. Jackie had to face more obstacles in his life to get to where he was when he broke the color barrier. Today’s society is much different as it was in the 1900’s era. Jackie Robinson helped change America as he played baseball through the Major Leagues while fighting racism and battling adversity.…

Due to the flu originating in Africa and then eventually spreading to the battlefields in Europe, it eventually made its way to military bases in the US. The virus arrived in Fort Riley, Kansas in 1918 and after infecting the military eventually spread to the civilian population. Influenza was a highly contagious viral infection which was shown to be particularly deadly by the fact that it caused between 50-100 million deaths around…

He moved to Pasadena where he went to high school, and junior college. He excelled in track, football, baseball, and basketball. He would then go on to compete in these sports at UCLA. After college, Jackie enlisted in the Army and served in Fort Riley, Kansas.(Robinson, 13). At the army base Jackie experienced racism, “ Finally, taking for granted that I was white, he said, ‘ Lieutenant,let me put it this way. How would you like to have your wife sitting next to a ni**er?” (Robinson, 14). He…

go.” Furthermore, when one of the victims pretended to be shot, Roof questioned another victim if she had been shot, when the victim replied with a “no,” he said “good” and left the church. Dylann Roof was eventually found and captured. Joe Riley, Mayor of Charleston, expressed that “The only reason someone could walk into a church and shoot people praying is out of hate.” There were many people that interrogated the reason Roof probably committed the actions that he did was to start a…

Clara was born at home in 2008. She has two older sisters, twelve-year-old Mae and fourteen-year-old Avery. She also has two cats named Alex and Jerry. Clara is a very happy and joyful girl. Once in a place called Elora, there was a girl named Bella. She was fifteen years old. She had two sisters named Tate and Fae. One Friday morning, when everybody was eating breakfast (except for Tate, who was finding her outfit for the third time), Fae whispered to Bella, “Tate is such a drama queen.”…