Ronald McNair

This school holds a total of 849 students, the grades for this high school are grades: 9-12. Lake City has a private high school, Carolina Academy, this school holds a total of 182 students. The grade levels for the private school are grades: pk-12. The public elementary/middle schools in Lake City are Main Street Elementary, which has 375 students; J. Paul Truluck intermediate, which is for grades: 6 and Ronald E. Mcnair junior high, which is for grades: 7-8. Ronald E. McNair junior high, once known as Carver Middle School, was named after native Dr. Ronald E. McNair. Dr. McNair was one of the seven astronauts who went up on the spaceship “Challenger” in 1984. Unfortunately, shortly into the flight, one minute and 13 seconds after take-off, the Challenger disappeared amid flames and dense smoke (The University of Texas at Arlington,…

On January 28, 1986 seven crew members were killed when their shuttle exploded mid-flight. 74 year old Ronald Reagan was the president at the time of the incident. Reagan was only one year into his second term as president. He was fascinated with the space program so he played a big part in the rebuilding years after the tragedy. Ronald Reagan became the 40th president of the United States in 1981, although he did not originally start out as a politician. He was born in Tampico, Illinois on…

On January 28TH 1986, President Ronald Reagan gave his speech famously known as “The Speech on the Challenger Disaster.” He gave this speech in a presidential, hopeful, and very American way. He acknowledges The Challenger Disaster in such a way to address the families of the lost and the school children whose teacher was involved in this terrible disaster. He also creates a positive opinion towards the United States Space Program. He continues to honor the astronauts and tries to help…

“All of us have grown up accepting with little question certain images as accurate portraits of public figures—some living, some dead. Very seldom if ever do we ever ask if the images are true to the original.” ~Ronald Reagan Very few figures in American history are as studied and scrutinized as Ronald Reagan. Reagan was elected to the presidency in a crucial period in American history; a recession threatened American prosperity and the Soviet Union’s aggressive expansion threatened the…

The middle class struggled because their taxes were being raised to pay for special programs for the lower classes. The people of the middle class also experienced cuts in their jobs. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan cut social services and many residents came to protest against cuts in funds for the teacher, firemen, and police force. The middle class also felt the pressure on rising prices and the uneasiness of finding a job. Zinn states that, “a college education is no longer a guarentee…

era of reasonable growth with rising inequality, from 1980 until the present.”(Krugman 54), due to the rise of Movement Conservatism. What might very well be proof of the effectiveness of the New Deal, is the consequences which occur as members of the far right attempt to wither away at its policies. “The New Deal 's greatest legacy was a shift in government philosophy. As a result of the New Deal, Americans came to believe that the federal government has a responsibility to ensure the health…

As of 2016, there are 7.4 billion people on the planet. Of that 7.4 billion, the United States accounts for roughly 321 million people. Would it surprise you, that although the U.S is home to less than 5% of the world’s population, we have 25% of the world’s overall incarcerated population? Our country has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Michelle Alexander writes in her book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, that the impact of the drug war has been…

Torreon (Torreon, CRS 01/27/15, summary section). Regardless of whether the conflict is stand alone or part of a prolonged engagement and/or war period, a majority of these conflicts where American troops are involved do not have an associated authorization use of military force associated with them. To highlight this fact Mr. Timothy McGrath states that the United States is currently involved in 134 different operations in his 8 December 2014 article on US Foreign policy (McGrath, Global Post…

Carson’s views on education include supporting teachers more, helping expand educational opportunities for everyone, and lowering the cost of education. He believes that “teachers are the greatest resources in our educational system”, that “a student’s zip code or race should not determine their success”, and that “we must take affirmative steps that lead to a reduction in tuition costs and student loan debt” (Ben). Dr. Carson is associated with the Republican Party for the presidential…

When you hear the word ‘flood’ what do you think of? The majority of us probably think of the scientific definition of the word: a natural disaster that happens when a large amount of water covers an area of land that is normally dry (Merriam-Webster Online). However, in recent years, this scientific definition has been taken out of context to form a tasteless political metaphor. In the United States, immigration has/is frequently referred to as a flood, a stream, a tide, a wave, a tsunami, or a…