French Quarter

The author of The French Quarter is Herbert Asbury. He wrote the book to tell about events that occurred in New Orleans that many people wouldn't always realize. As we read the book, we gain information about what happened behind the scenes and what was kept out of the history books. The book was about the founding of New Orleans and the rough start the city went through. It talks about the crimes, the rising belief of voodoo and how important the gambling buildings became during the time period. As we read the book the event fall into place, allowing the reader to know the book was written in chronological order.We can also tell the story is narrated by the author, as he gives some background information for each of the character introduced.…

child a “bedtime”. Some parents even see curfews as taking away a teenagers human rights. Communities that have strong opinions against curfews will even challenge the government to diminish curfews in their city. Therefore, curfews in some communities can cause conflict because parents see them as unfair. This is because they don’t feel curfews should apply to their child. The oldest, and poorest city in New Orleans, Atlanta is the French Quarter. This city is home to many low income…

I sat in the very back with the most room to myself, while Enzo and Marcello sat in the crammed middle row bickering about something that was probably very unimportant. The ride was going to be sixteen hours long, but nobody cared because of how fun the Ohio State game would be. So, after two days, we arrived in New Orleans. Our hotel room was quite small for five people, so we were itching to get out as we explored the city. That night, we had great dinner to start our three day stay in New…

In Tennessee William's, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” he uses his main character Blanche Dubois, to demonstrate how her current experiences relate to her past. Throughout the play, Williams uses Blanche’s life experiences to illuminate that the hardships she has faced, were also faced by many women throughout history. In “A Streetcar Named Desire,” Williams was able to use Blanche’s story to call attention to the injustice of gender inequality. In the beginning of the play, Blanche moves in with…

I am a sophomore who has learned a lot of useful knowledge and loves my life in UC Davis. Yet, I am writing to point out problems with the quarter system. Similarl to many aggies, in my first college year, I had a hard time adapting to the university life because of the quarter system. To succeed in university, every UC student must spend a lot of time adapting this depressive and painful system. However, after acclimating this schedule, students still need to bear massive stress and many…

kateboard Scandal Troy loves skateboarding, ever since he was two years old he would be on his skateboard everyday, no matter what the weather was like. When Troy turned 11 he was almost pro, he was one of the best skaters in Minnesota. One day that all changed, his mom told him that they were moving. Troy cried for three days, he didn't want to leave his friends. The day of the moving, Troy was kind of excited that he gets to see the beach for the first time. He is going to live in a nice…

for our dealership. Our initial choice was Nissan with Chevrolet as our back up, but we decided to change to Audi and named the dealership Norsworthy Audi. Audi was the franchise that we based our first project on in freshman year, so we wanted to go with the iconic idea of beginning with Audi and ending with Audi. After deciding upon our desired franchise, our instructor informed us that we would have to keep track of our progress with the use of measurable goals and individual activity logs.…

The four skill builder concepts that I feel pertained to my experiences this quarter were other-centered messages, initiating conversation, clarifying supportive intentions, and describing feelings. Starting with other-centered messages I feel that I used this skill throughout this quarter. A particular example that comes to mind with my utilizing of this skill is just recently when I had a conversation with my sister, Danielle. My sister Danielle is currently taking a break from classes from BC…

which would be the opposite arm that the opponent is throwing with. When the player that I was guarding got the ball, I pressed at a distance so that I would not get called for a foul by the referee. I managed to grab the ball quickly as it was being thrown to another opponent player and I threw the ball to our goalkeeper. Our team was now on offense and we had to swim to the other end of the pool to set up and score. Everything was very fast paced and I tried my best to keep up with my…

we were to lose the game it would make us undefeated and not be able to make the grand final. Making me really pressured to perform. I had one day to practice before the game, I got changed and ran outside. I spent nearly the whole day practicing and reviewing scenarios, making sure I was fully prepared for the game. As night came I began to get more and more nervous. As soon as I arrived I began less nervous, and less pressured. It hit 8:00 and the whistle went, I was sitting on the bench…