Galveston

My mother was a young girl when she lived in Mexico. She lived in Mexico when she was nine years old with her other older siblings and with her mother too. Her father was never around that much with the family, and that it was difficult for her mom to be doing things around the house by herself. I have never known how my grandfather did not help with my grandmother with anything around the house, so she decided to leave the Country of Mexico and go to the United States. My mother never went…

After the war of 1812, he agreed to act as a spy for Spain. During his conquests for the Spanish, he was able to take over small islands and regain some of Spain's property in the Americas. Then as an agent, he went to Galveston and helped them organize a government. A week later, Lafitte swore allegiance to Mexico. This bouncing back and forth between nations make it seem as though a lot of Lafitte's heroic actions were strictly for personal gain and he seemed to always…

Texas City, Texas also known as toxic city is a booming industrial area surrounded by the most significant ports in the Galveston Bay for the shipping community, and is surrounded by oil refineries and chemical plants (Ferling, 1996, p.48). Additionally, it is a city all too familiar with industrial accidents. However, nothing will ever compare to the most devastating industrial accident the state of Texas and America has ever seen; the 1947 Texas City Explosion. An article entitled “Texas City…

Strengths I have ranked the bank’s top 6 strengths as follows: 1.) Culture, 2.) Brand recognition, 3.) Trademarked checking product, 4.) Independent decision-making, 5.) Local authority, and 6.) Community involvement. FirstBank’s culture is second to none. The bank prides itself for having an entrepreneurial spirit that is instilled into every employee. The bank goes out of its way to make sure that each employee has a working environment that is light hearted and fun. Each Halloween, the…

Throughout history there has been numerous accounts of cultures being oppressed by another. There is one that stands out above all: oppression of African-Americans. However, we do not refer to this era as oppression but rather segregation. Segregation is defined as “a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group,” in this case from Caucasians (“The Definition of Segregation”). From the day the first slaves arrived in America until 1964 when President…

Texas History Term Report- The lives of slaves did not change much since Texas obtained its Freedom form Mexican rule, the constitution that was written gave protection to the slave owners while stripping the enslaved people of more rights. “The Texas Legislature passed increasingly restrictive laws governing the lives of free blacks, including a law banishing all free black people from the Republic of Texas.” (Texas State History Museum) Due to the lax regulations to the slaveowners, the…

beginning of the hectic journey of my life, I was only a year and three months when my mother made the decision to pack up and move to the United States, where my father had been living with my two older sibling. A small two bedroom house located in Galveston Texas is what my family would call home for the next couple of years. As the youngest child out of my four siblings, people always thought of my life to be perfect and spoiled; which in true honesty was nothing like that. At the age that…

For over forty years, there has been a lot of disagreement surrounding the issue of prayers in public school systems. The disagreement is not so much about whether or not school officials should be allowed to lead prayer. Public school officials and employees cannot offer prayer before a sporting event, and they may not invite a guest to offer prayer before a sporting event. This started back in 1962 after the Engel v. Vitale case which banned prayer in all public school systems. “The…

Meredith, James H. "Bragg, Braxton (1817 1876)." In Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History, edited by David S. Heidler, and Jeanne T. Heidler. ABC-CLIO, 2000. Being acerbic, many people thought General Bragg was not fit to lead a large army. James H. Meredith talks about the accounts of why General Bragg was unfit to be a field commander during the Civil War. He was said to have mismanaged all his victories, even though being promoted three times for…

graduation from Texas Tech University, I would be seeking acceptance letters from the following physical therapy schools: Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Texas State University in San Marcos, The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, and The University of Florida in Gainesville to continue enhancing my education and become a certified physical therapist after preparing for my certification exam. I chose these graduate schools because I have family members that are…