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Have you ever felt that people judge you based on your looks or have you gone through things you thought were harsh to you at the moment ? When in reality you do not exactly know what harsh is unless you were a Japanese during WWII. Take a look, more of a consideration the way the U.S. made the japanese ethnicity/ancestry feel. For a while we have been reading many articles about what happened in the internments and how japanese felt and many of them have themes that they share. The texts…

Houston Food Bank Reflection Paper The Houston Food Bank was founded in 1982. This organization provides goods more than 500 relief agencies throughout the southeastern area of Texas. With the assistance of the expanding markets tax credit program, the Houston food bank facilities has become the largest feeding American Food Bank. Their stated mission is to change the current standard that one in four kids, and one in five neighborhoods are now facing hunger. Therefore, their goals currently…

As Irene Martinez from Sam Houston High school As a senior at Sam Houston High School has created a reflection or as you can say a huge impact for me and my perspective on my life of education. After graduation, my personal goal is to attend sac college, with a major in nursing for little kids as well as having my cosmetology license for any backup plan. After getting my associate degree, that will help me accomplish landing a job in a good hospital, eventually building up my career for…

to know Nathan in his involvement with Kollaboration Houston in the last year. As a Programming assistant in Kollaboration Houston, Nathan has demonstrated a passion for helping his community. He has what it takes to be a good leader by organizing and preparing for Open Mics and a number of festivals we hold each year. In just a short month of starting his fall internship, Nathan was offered a position as a staff member of Kollaboration Houston. At Kollaboration, critical thinking and making…

My copies of the Houston Chronicle and USA Today were both dated Thursday September 11th. Both papers chose to write about the speech President Obama gave about ISIL on the evening of Wednesday September 10th for their main story. In their featured article, the papers talk about what the President said and what he plans to do to fight ISIL terrorism. This is a topic that should interest every American, especially on the anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. With the yearly…

A Short Man With A Big Heart “Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world right in the eye.” (Helen Keller). Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston are the authors of Farewell to Manzanar. There are twelve main characters in the novel and some characters who are more notable than others, such as Papa, Mama, Jeanne and Woody. Woody is the third and the oldest son of Wakatsuki family who has a strong character in this novel, Woody is born in California. Papa gets arrested in…

Facts: Christopher Simmons, at the age of 17 committed murder. Simmons talked about his plan with his two friends, Charles Benjamin and John Tessmer, who were 15 and 16. Simmons anticipated on committing burglary and murder. Simmons made certain to tell his friends that they could get away with the crime due to them being minors. On the night of the murder, Simmons and Benjamin met at the home of the victim, Shirly Crook, after Tessmer backed out. Simmons and Benjamin entered the home by…

Houston Community College’s motto is ‘start here, go anywhere.’ Tis the season when many students are determining where they will go to school in the fall. With all the excitement and anxiety surrounding transferring schools, one crucial thing is missing: reliable information. Decisions on where to go to college are largely made in the dark. One important factor in deciding on where to transfer is, how will attending and graduating from the university impact my financial future? Unfortunately,…

The Charlotte Hornet stormed a heavy fourth quarter charge to crush the visiting Houston Rockets with a 125-109 victory at the Time Warner Cable Arena on Saturday night. Kemba Walker led the Hornets by scoring 17 of his 26 points in the second half of the game to claim the team’s seventh straight victory and registered Charlotte’s 37th win in 65 games played this season. Marvin Williams scored 25 points while shooting 9 of 16 from the field and with a perfect 4 for 4 from the free throw line.…

Reflection Assignment Houston Can Academy-Hobby socioeconomic status is mainly compound of students from medium class. According to Texas Education Agency website 16.2% are language learners, 94.1% economic disadvantage and the mobility rate is not available for the campus. On the other hand it means that mostly all of the students receive free or reduce lunch. The neighborhood around this school looks really calm. Even though the roads are always too busy and people drive very fast. There are…