Tennessee State University

Growing up with a prominent family background you tend to have certain values and morals. These morals and values are taught to you as a child so that you can become a better self than what your parents became. As a young child you are told to be, do and strive for better than your parents and grandparents had. Those values come with certain obstacles that you have to face as a person if you want to succeed in life. Therefore you shouldn’t let your family define you as a person. In most cases…

Therefore, Andrew Jackson moved to Nashville, Tennessee. As soon as he arrived Jackson quickly fell in love with a married woman named Rachel Donelson Robards. Soon after Jackson and Rachel ran away to the south; Rachael made it clear that she was not happy with her current marriage (Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil, and the American Presidency). With Kentucky and Tennessee both being open slates and new opportunities for individuals, Jackson took that to his…

Green Shines The smell of freshly cut grass made the tiny hairs on my neck stand up. It was a Monday. I. Hate. Mondays. The sunrise from my window wasn’t making things any better. I didn’t want to get up. So I didn’t. It’s not like my mother cared much anyway. She’s so fearful she barely wants me going to school, outside, or anywhere. That’s my mother for you. She never knew when to stop trying to protect me or how old I actually had become, because she still guarded me like a lion to its kill.…

“What college are you attending this fall?” “Do you have an idea what you’re majoring in?” Questions that almost every senior in high school came across; by teachers, other students, and even their family members. As graduation gets closer that’s when it starts to all become real, I applied for COD and realized that this is when I need to find the path that will lead me to a career I will want to do for the rest of my life. The reason I am going to college is to get the education and…

As I am getting closer to graduation, I was frequently being asked from friends and families “What’s your plan after graduation?”, if I was asked about this question few years ago, I would feel helpless and didn’t have the confidence. Before college, I had no control over my life because I was always hoping that I can follow others. However, four years of undergraduate at UB changed me, I have developed my confidence and independent personality. As now, I am very confident to said that I want to…

At first, I wasn’t sure what I was going to end up doing with my life. I was lost, and afraid that I would never amount to anything. But as of today, I have found my purpose in life. Using my exceptional math skills, I plan on starting my own accounting business. Math is something I enjoy; I can’t remember a time when I struggled with a problem. It would bring me great joy to get paid for doing what I love. Until I get to where I want to be in life, there are some goals I must achieve. My…

statement of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, which is the statement, which is used as a way of communicating the purpose of the organization is as follows: Mission Statement To serve, secure, and protect the people of Tennessee ("Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security Mission Statement," 2014). The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security currently doesn’t have an official goals or value statement. Employees of the State of Tennessee are…

“Friendship, I suppose, comes at a price” Robert Louis Stevenson, Big World The road rushes past me as I stare down at the never-ending highway lines, listening to the Volkswagen’s engine threshing away behind us. Never thought that I’d be doing something that I’ll regret for the rest of my life, but here I am, a whole milestone away from my family, speeding down the highway before the sun rises, and as the sky turns a soft blue. I see the sun breaking the horizon as it shines its warmth down…

When it comes to success everyone has a different idea of what it should be. No one can sit down and tell you what it means to be successful . . . you have to figure it out on your own. Mainly, because success is specific and different to each person. In my opinion success is when you work hard to accomplish the goals you set out to do. When you get the drive to want to accomplish something you also get into the mindset of wanting to do good. And, when you have your drive and mindset you’ll…

When the blues was first produced, it was grown out of a tradition of sorrow songs from the slavery period; songs that spoke about the African American soul during conflicting times. Several writers have identified the blues as a multifaceted concept that can be defined through the lens of the traditional, black conservative politics; the white liberal ideology; and through the secularization of the traditional religious ideology. The blues created an era when African American could air their…