Sam Houston

It's finally coming to an end. Both high school and my first pregnancy. What are my plans? Let me break it down. I start college in the fall. My daughter will be two months old. I also have to work over the summer so forget my plan of breastfeeding and being with her for those entire two months. I now have to find her a sitter that I can actually trust. I have to work so that i'm able to not only get to school myself but get her to her appointments. I can pay all my bills and living expenses…

Over the years there have been many controversial debates as to whether it was a clever idea to admit Texas into the Union. In the beginning of Texas’ succession from Mexico, Texas was clueless as to what to do about their past ally country, for a long period of time there was tension everywhere. Soon after Texas’ sucession from Mexico, Mexico decided to declare war since they decided that it was unfair how Texas left. And so to they chose to accept war with them to defend themselves. There are…

counter with diverse curators (both learner and master), and searches for not to uncover the myths of the Alamo, yet rather to understand them. Crisp finally parcels his book in every chapter a major point, the extremism clear in particular variants of Sam Houston's commended talk; the perfect and frail portions of…

but of course not towards Aunt Jojo. There, standing by rows of chairs was a guy holding a sign say “Takai” and at first I felt like we were special because we got our very own chauffeur. After we exchanged greetings we were on our way to Fort Sam Houston Military Post to see Mom and Dad. The shuttle stopped in front a really huge, yet bland hotel for military personnel and their families, especially the wounded warriors. A few hours into our hotel we walked across the street to where at the…

The Mexican American War The United States and Mexico were both newly established countries. Both were less organized than their mother countries. However, one of these two countries had an almost uncontrollable hunger for land expansion. This hunger led to the two countries fighting over true ownership of land. Though the dispute was mainly over claiming land, many other factors helped evolve this fight into the Mexican American War. The year was 1821. A large territory in the Americas had…

of students in school and in my neighborhood did I really started to embrace my skin tone and my ethnicity. Another factor that may have contributed to my light skin preference is, going to two predominantly white universities. I first went to Sam Houston State University, where the dominant group on campus was White people. Even in college I sometimes felt socially awkward because I had some classes were I was the only black student or there were only 3-4 Black students in a class. It was…

The death of 28 innocent people, 13-20 year old teenage boys to be exact,-- all of them raped, tortured, and strangled to death-- were all conducted by the person: The Candyman. Oh the irony of a child’s favorite treat being the nickname of a serial killer; what an oxymoron. Dean Arnold Corll, The Candyman, was able to obtain these victims to commit these crimes by the aid of David Brooks and Wayne Henley. There were many factors that led to the cause of Corll’s fascination of killing teenagers,…

Firstname Lastname Instructor’s Name Course Number 14 September 2015 The Battle of the Alamo The Alamo is the name given to an eighteenth century mission located in modern days San Antonio, Texas. Originally designed as a roman-catholic mission, the Alamo also served as a fortified structure whose original purpose was to withstand attacks by native American tribes. In 1836, the Alamo became the battleground of one of the most symbolic freedom battles in US history: The Battle to the Alamo,…

groups (Medical Model versus Recovery Model, 2009). Developing community housing and support services for people with serious mental illness exiting these facilities could prevent homelessness or higher cost in the future for institutional settings. Sam Tsemberis, executive director of Pathways to Housing, a New York-based housing group that works in cities across the USA, says the ability to house people comes not just from new housing strategies, but from a fundamental shift…

Manifest Destiny was not benevolent, but an aggressive imperialism pursued at the expense of others because America spreaded its boundaries over a vast area. The removal of the Indians, possession of Oregon and Texas, as well as the Mexican War, were all results of Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was an. aggressive imperialism pursued at the expense of others due to events similar to the removal of Indians. William Henry Harrison was a congressional delegate from the…