Honduras

The Mayans: Civilization The Mayan Civilization was an American Native Civilization which grew to be one of the many advanced civilizations in America. The Mayans lived in Eastern and Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Western Honduras. While living in these various places the Mayans built enormous stone pyramids, temples and sculptures. The Mayans also had many accomplishments in mathematics and astronomy, which were recorded in hieroglyphics. Around 900 the Mayans…

It was 5am in San Marcos de Colon, Honduras and we woke up to the sound of the rooster crowing. Kayla, my roommate, and I decided to head down to the courtyard, where the kitchen is to see if Gina had started the coffee. As we walked down the stairs, we saw our principal, Brother Davis, was writing down out itinerary for the day. We headed straight for the delicious soul-warming coffee. As we enjoyed our coffee, Kayla and I watched as our fellow classmates started to wake up. Every few minutes…

"Freedom Writers" Social Theory Analysis Even though many people aren't really aware of the existence of the social theories, they are a big part of our lives. Until we studied them, I didn't know about this, and now that I have a better knowledge about them I can easily apply them to my everyday life and what surrounds me. The movie Freedom Writers is a movie that contains ALL the social theories, and they are really easy to spot. In this essay I shall walk you though some of the things I…

I went to the Pilipino Street Festival on October 29th, 2016 at the Bayou City Event Center. I must say that I was totally surprised to see so many people; the place was packed. There was a good environment, music, dance performances, and beauty pageants. Although, I did not feel familiarized at first, I could see that there were people from different cultures and not just Filipinos’ that helped me not to feel constrained. The queue to buy the tickets was quite long. When I arrived to the Bayou…

According to a study done by the United Nations, Latin America is considered the most violent region in the world. It accounts for every 1 in 3 deaths worldwide. As a whole, Latin America's homicide rate is 23 deaths for every 100,000 people, nearly double the rate in Africa, which is sometimes mistakenly believed to be the most violent continent. Most of the time the crime, violence, and murder take place in Northern South America and Central America. I have a friend who emigrated here from El…

A. Phaniraja Kumar CHAPTER – II CABBAGES AND KINGS I. Cabbages and Kings Cabbages and Kings appeared in 1904 and included nineteen stories. Although most of these stories had already been published, O. Henry did add a few peers to realize his conception of the book as a loosely-connected novel. Indeed, one needs to read all nineteen of the stories to discover what finally happens to the characters introduced in the first story. The plot of the “novel” details the adventures and misadventures of…

Torture is inflicting pain on someone to get them to say or do something.Torture is one of the crimes that humans have committed for many centuries. Many rulers used torture to gain insight into their enemies movements and plans and used torture to gain insight on their subjects actions. Today torture is frowned upon, and no one wants to admit that it is happening. Those who admit the relevance of torture today want it to end, they know that it can leave mental and physical scars. Torture is…

Introduction “An effective strategy sets a clear vision and ambition for your company while identifying the necessary resources required to deliver on it, including your people. Linking your HR strategy to your organizational strategy makes good business sense for a number of reasons (Smith, n.d.).” Bearing this thought in mind, this Module One Case Assignment along with other assignments during the course of this session, will allow us to examine various issues beleaguering The King Company,…

asylum courts are notoriously tough, with one of the country’s highest deportation rates (some 80 percent of cases result in removal)” (The Nation). Gang violence, typically, is not enough to gain asylum. However, gang violence in a country like Honduras can be perceived as a domestic form of terrorism. This can be problematic as it permits courts to become the decision makers on foreign affairs…

For many years, countries have continuously been competing against one another to be greater and more powerful than the rest, whether it be in profits, aiding countries in need, and as of recently a growing significance in education and technology. The more the competition goes on, the larger the gap between developed and developing countries becomes, due to the humanesque survival of the fittest attitude. No matter how much countries claim that they help other countries and try to better…