Prairie School

Have you ever heard of the outlaw Laura Bullion, well now you will. Laura Bullion had different names, she used the names Della Rose, Freda Lincoln, Freda Bullion Lincoln, and Mrs. Maurice Lincoln and more. She was born in Knickerbocker Texas near Mertzon in Irion County, in October 1876. The actual date of her birth is not known. Laura Bullion died December 2, 1961. When she died, she was about 84 or 85. Laura Bullion was an outlaw that was known for robbery and forgery of banknotes signatures.…

Willa Cather’s “A Wagner Matinee” was first published in 1904 and is a short story about a woman, named Georgiana, who finds herself transition from the ecstatic city of Boston, to the primitive Nebraska frontier. Cather’s “A Wagner Matinee” was inspired by Richard Wagner who was a German composer and conductor that lived from 1813 to 1883. He’s well known for his operas and his most famous work is that of “The Flying Dutchman”. Willa Cather, instead, wasn’t a musician but was an author of the…

Garrison Keillor’s “How to Write a Letter” gives instructions on how and why a shy person should write a letter. Keillor believes that when someone is shy they don’t put a lot into the conversations they are in, leaving them unknown to people around them. His solution is to write a letter. Keillor explains that, “…a shy person writes a letter. To be known by another person…”(506). He continues on to add that treating writing a letter as an obligation only serves to be counterproductive to the…

Part I - The Community and School Culture My school of choice to do my observation is Lorenzo de Zavala Elementary Science Environmental Academy located in Grand Prairie south of Interstate 20. Zavala sets on a land adjusted to Jackson Middle School. The school is directly impacted by residential houses and an open field. In the back of Zavala there is a garden and a greenhouse. Next to the garden there is a gated play area that has a basketball court for the public and remains open daily…

Gary Wills is the author of the book James Madison, which details the life of James Madison through his career as a politician. The focus of the book is Madison’s presidency, which Wills brings to the forefront as the major topic. Wills states that most other books do not focus on Madison’s presidency saying, “Madison’s very presidency is semi-forgotten. When Madison expert Jack N. Rakove published a selection of his writings in 1999, only 40 of its 864 pages came from his presidential years.”…

Zavala is located on the south side of Grand Prairie which is the affluent area of Grand Prairie, and the parents are very active and participate in their children school activities. However, I am employed on the north side of Grand Prairie, and the climate is totally opposite. Thinking in line with patterns and themes, the district shares the same theme across the board, but each school has their own climate. Being on both sides of the city, I have learned that teachers, administrators, parents…

She attended Yoakum Colored School and was her class Valedictorian in 1910. At the time her parents did not have much money for college and educational opportunities were particularly sparse for African Americans. Fortunately, Prosser was able to continue her education, when her older brother chose to forgo college for marriage. Her brother Leon said, “Send Inez. If she doesn’t go, she’ll die. I don’t want to go. I want to get married.” She attended Prairie View State Normal and Industrial…

My education goals to are to go to Prairie View A&M University after graduating high school. I never thought I would be attending this college, I did not even want to apply until my mother made me. I always planned to attend a college in Houston because that was where all my family lived. I finally realized this was the college for me when I went on a visit to it with my school. I just fell in love with the school and from that day on I knew this was the college for me. It was a long trip and…

Speech Team as a Subculture At my high school, I was a member of the Speech Team for four years. Our team fits the definition of a subculture because of our unique cultural patterns (SOC 1001 lecture 2). By examining the cultural characteristics, material culture, and non-material culture, the Speech Team at my high school can be thoroughly evaluated as a subculture. The members of Eden Prairie High School’s Speech Team were a part of a subculture by cause of certain shared behaviors that…

who is from a military family, who has dreamed of working with the Department of Defense (DOD) schools overseas, and I have been told to never give up on my dreams. Attending college to become a school psychologist has been a dream of mine. Receiving this scholarship would help me pursue my career with helping other military children cope with their parent or parents being deployed. Working as a school psychologist, I can personally relate to the emotions and struggles the kids are going through…