State College, Pennsylvania

Chester County is where I have been raised all my life, it’s a wonderful area. It is located in southern Pennsylvania in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, about fifteen miles from Philadelphia. Specifically it is located at 40.0010 degrees N, 75.8069 degrees W. William Penn founded the county in 1682 making it one of his three original Pennsylvania colonies. It was named after Chester, England. The landscape is beautiful here, lots of rolling hills and valleys flourishing with wildlife and plants. The entire county is very large, seven hundred and fifty-nine square miles or approximately four hundred eighty-five thousand six hundred acres in size. There are one hundred sixty-four thousand four hundred ninety-five acres of farmland and one…

Seeing the demand for iron and steel, Andrew left the Pennsylvania Railroad to work for the Keystone Bridge Company until 1873. Carnegie would eventually leave the Keystone Bridge Company and start his own Business, the Carnegie Steel Company. Carnegie would be the first person to build huge plants in the United States that solely used the new method of steel manufacturing known as Bessemer Steel. Another advancement that Carnegie introduced to the steel industry is the Open Hearth Furnace. This…

country of Mexico. Throughout my childhood, I only got to see my father for a few days every year during the holidays because he lived in the United States in order to make more money to send to Mexico. I am proud and thankful of my parents because they worked day and night to have enough money for us to eat and pay for our school needs. Their consistent effort is what gave me hunger to succeed. In 2012 we decided to move to the United States in search of a better opportunity to make my dreams…

American border. Henry Hudson is credited with the discovery of Massachusetts in 1609. Henry Hudson was working for the Dutch East India Company and he discovered the Delaware Bay and River, which allowed easily accessible routes for trade. This made Delaware a desirable stop for traders and merchants. The natives to the state were the Lenape, Algonquian and the Powhatan Indians. The first natives were of the Paleo-Indian culture that lived in caves and were Nomadic hunters, which was quite…

pushing us to practice and play harder. My father was a very athletic man throughout his sports career. He started in high school as a baseball, track, and football star. Though he had received scholarship offers in all three, his love for football was tenacious. He went on to start as a receiver at Louisiana Tech. After College, he went on to play professional football in Canada. Unfortunately, because of his bad knee, he had to quit playing football and settle for a coaching job at Ole Miss.…

The Little League World Series, a kids dream to be at besides Disneyworld. Every kid that plays Little League wants to work hard to get to there. Some kids don’t even make it passed their city championships, but they set their goals so high so they can make it to Williamsport. It’s not just only in the United States, it is international. Kids around the world get to participate in it. There is so many positive influences about the Little League World Series, from the lifetime friend ships with…

Employee benefits are one of the largest investments a company makes. “Benefits make up an important component of the employment relationship, providing employees with financial protection, access to health care and programs to support work/life balance” (Kwon, J. and Hein, P., 2013 page 32). Although employers are careful in creating and managing the benefit program, they often failed to look at the other benefit programs. As a result, the employers may not get the highest return for the…

Gerard Jones is an American author and a comic book writer about media. Jones argued in his essay “Violent Media Is Good for Kids” to discuss several good reasons that violent media is beneficial to kids. In Jones’s essay, he talked about many good reasons that led me to be certain of his reasons why violent media are helpful to kids. Jones believes violent media assistances children to be more courageous to face their obstacles. Jones gave a very good example of his son, who was not able to…

In the modern day world, technology and participating in social media has become part of society’s everyday life. For example, if one forgets to bring a camera or map when travelling, it is no longer an issue because a phone’s camera and Google Maps can be used. The same can be said for computers when travelling for a business trip. However, this convenience has slowly turned into an addiction when that said piece of technology has to be brought along everywhere with its user regardless of the…

Human beings were not created to be alone. Human beings were created for a relationship and to be supported and encouraged by other people. We are supposed to be in relationships with others, which are why prisons and specifically the Eastern State Penitentiary became the first jail to use solitary confinement as a punishment; it is the overall worst punishment. We desire to communicate and interact with other people. According the article, “An Inside Look at Solitary Confinement,” states that…