Louisiana State University

Lakeview Middle School is located in Parkville, Missouri. Lakeview attends 7th and 8th graders only and the students are separated by pods. Lakeview has a 1:1 laptop program, which means giving students their own laptops to work with. They also reward their students for numerous things like having good grades, being respectful, and not bullying with incentive parties. Here at Lakeview, the teachers, staff, and most of the students don’t prohibit bullying. We have our 4 rules we follow by which…

There major reason as to why New Orleans was so vulnerable to a Category 5 Hurricane is because the city is 7 feet below sea level. It creates a perfect area for the sea water to rush in and but it’s not so easy for that water to leave. The U.S. Gulf Coast on the other hand was vulnerable due to the warm water that surrounds it. Warm water allows for hurricanes to maintain themselves and travel in towards the coast. Hurricanes are a natural disaster, and have been happening for centuries and…

near Opelousas. As he was growing up, he spent a lot of time in the kitchen with his mother and it was from her that he learned all about cooking and the blending spices to make the meal taste delicious. Paul was a talented chef who loved cooking Louisiana food and didn’t have years of culinary school or other formal training, but he had a desire and the love to cook the best food around. Until the early 1970s Paul traveled around the country cooking in bars, diners, resorts or hotel…

Wind whipping and rain falling, the Galveston Hurricane demolished almost the entire population of Galveston. Galveston is a long sandy island right off the coast of Texas that is 30 miles long and several miles wide(Lerner). During the year 1900, the city of Galveston was a wealthy and fast emerging city in the U.S. Having many beaches and commercial shipping ports, Galveston’s population surged with tourists and businessmen(Lerner). Before I researched the Galveston Hurricane I knew miniscule…

Acadia was unmistakably a separate colony of New France, developing their own variant of the French language and traditions. The Acadians were the descendants of the 17th century colonists of Port Royal (present day Annapolis Royal). Tribulations of warfare by the French and British resulted in the tragic Grand Derangement. Expelled because of reasons by the British, dispersed throughout the British settlements, and the effect it had on the Acadian people and the history of Nova Scotia is…

Hurricane Katrina was a catastrophic event that affected many people located in New Orleans, LA and the surrounding states in 2005. Merely hours before the evacuation was announced and enforced, many people, specifically the African American community could not leave and decided to stay. Throughout all the research from the study there are a number of recurring ideas that led the population to stay that included: financial factors, social factors and racial pre-existing conditions within this…

hurricane that destroyed many homes and caused many injuries as well as deaths. Hurricane Katrina was a very deadly hurricane. Hurricane Katrina started on August 23, 2005 and ended on August 25, 2005. It started to form over the Bahamas and ended in Louisiana. Those two days were very scary and shocking to many people. Many people were injured and even died. Hurricane Katrina is one of the most deadliest hurricanes to occur. The wind speed was 280 km/h, which very fast compared to other…

With a vast variety of flourishing tourist attractions, New Orleans was a lively city located in the state of Louisiana, and neighbors Mississippi. Although there had been widespread natural disasters in the past, nothing could compare to the unforgettable tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. This devastating topic was chosen to be written about because of my fascination of such natural disasters, and admiration for people. My aspirations to become involved in the field of psychology in the future…

I started my organization to help kids around the Louisiana area. For example my organization is to try help kids stay out of trouble. Like for the kids that 's in and out of juvnile detention is to help them change the life around while they are still young. Also on every 2nd saturday of the month I have…

through hardship. After briefly researching the author and her collections of poetry, it became clear that Hurricane Katrina and the events that followed heavily influenced the poem. In her statement for the New American Poetry of Engagement, Ford states that “Living in New Orleans before and just after Hurricane Katrina made the American government and its failure to protect and aid its citizens an overwhelming and inescapable fact pressing on my mind” (216). This impactful event clearly seeps…