Skateboarding

Attending court can be an intimidating situation especially if you have never been to one before. The court that I decided to visit for our assignment was the Harris County Criminal Justice Center located at 1201 Franklin St, Houston, TX 77002. I called prior to attending the courthouse to make sure I had something to observe and take notes from. I spoke to a lady that was very nice and she let me know that there was going to be many docket calls in the court room number 174 on the 19th floor…

Sir Isaac Newton was born on December 25th, 1642. As Newton grew up he was recognized as a very knowledgeable physicist, mathematician, author and astronomer. He excelled in both math and physics and has been developing theories since his early twenties. Isaac Newton attended a grammar school in Grantham near Lincolnshire, where as during this time Newton became very interested with chemicals. In 1664 Newton at that time was a student, he read up on work containing optics and light. He was…

mind to parents of student athletes going forward. Concussions are not fully preventable, as any direct contact to the head can potentially jar the brain inside the skull. However, football is not the only culprit. Baseball, soccer, lacrosse, skateboarding, snowboarding, and pretty much all active hobbies come with concussion risks. Rather than being fearful of concussions and keeping children out of these activities, it is more beneficial to become knowledgeable of concussions instead.…

In a narrative format, discuss the key facts and critical issues in the case. Using valid peer-reviewed sources on the Internet, update any dated facts in this case with more current information. Nike has had bad publicity in the past with the workforce, low wage, abuse of workers, and scrutiny over not being concerned about the environment. The list of challenges they have faced relates to social responsibility, however, they stated they were guilty of those actions they, and asked how do we…

Working off the initial framework of taste developed by Pierre Bourdieu in his Distinction, that “art and cultural consumption are predisposed, consciously and deliberately or not, to fulfil a social function of legitimating social differences.” (Bourdieu 6) Holt explains that one’s taste in art and aesthetics is largely an extension of the cultural capital they have accumulated. In Holt’s example, the person singing the praises of Milos Forman to a friend over dinner is flaunting their…

Purpose of choosing the topic: The purpose I choosing this topic is that we are already living in the 21st century, women are already in the fore front in many fields. Look at the world today, jobs that are not suitable for women are already been taken up by women. In the years before, we have never heard of woman president or woman prime minister before neither have we heard of woman engineers or pilots. Today, these so called weaker sexes have conquered by storm and some of them have…

Research shows, “with it’s trick throws, juggling, behind-the-back catches, and other flashy moves, Freestyle caught the public imagination in the 1960s” (Pendergast 796-797, 881). Although it doesn’t mention what exactly the game is, it’s Frisbee. Skateboarding was fun, yet somewhat a dangerous activity to do, and along with yo-yo, a lot of people still do it today. Operation has changed a lot since the good ‘ol days. And Frisbee. Although not played much anymore, is still a fun one. Some games…

One day as promised if she passed her spelling test, a young girl and her parents made a special visit to McDonald's. The little girl had to use the restroom when the family arrived to the restaurant. The parents ordered food for themselves and told the cashier, “I would like to also order a happy meal for my daughter”. By the time the family’s order number was called, the little girl was already out of the restroom. The family went to sit down and eat, but the girl was disappointed when she…

A baby girl was born in Clinton, Iowa around 10pm on December 24th, 1998. She was born with a blank slate, a brand new person, vulnerable to her surroundings. She had the ability to be whoever she wanted to be and develop into her own person. That baby girl was me. As we grow older, we develop, even our personalities. The majority of us think we know who we are, but do we really? Many of us have gone into work fields and started doing things because we THINK that’s who we are, when in reality it…

When I was very little, walking up the trail with a pack on my back and the dog at my side, I would reach out and pull leaves from the bushes and trees. I would tear off corners, smooth the edges, and they would be turned into spaceships, flying across a lush alien world. Sometimes the trail, worn down into the ground over time by paws and hooves, would climb its way up onto the crests of ridges and meander across the moist, mossy fringes of muskegs. The rough, black and gnarled spruce branches…