Texas Legislature

Part I - The Community and School Culture My school of choice to do my observation is Lorenzo de Zavala Elementary Science Environmental Academy located in Grand Prairie south of Interstate 20. Zavala sets on a land adjusted to Jackson Middle School. The school is directly impacted by residential houses and an open field. In the back of Zavala there is a garden and a greenhouse. Next to the garden there is a gated play area that has a basketball court for the public and remains open daily…

Power Rankings 13. Tiffany Rousso – Tiffany’s biggest problem is something called a social game! It just does not exist and she sketches the other houseguest out. Everyone feels she’s going to be a paranoid mess and it reminds them of her sister Vanessa. No one is loyal to her in this game and she’s an easy scapegoat to leave this week. Her closes allies were Michelle, Paulie and Da’vonnne who all played a direct role in her undoing this week. 12. Bronte D’Acquisto – If the vote flips, then she…

Texas has grown rapidly in the past few decades. The state of Texas has attracted people from everywhere because of the profound high-tech movement, availability of several natural resources, and other numerable sources. The finding of oil and its’ reasonable prices in Texas drove a lot of people into the state. “From 1970 to 1980, as oil prices spiraled upward and people flocked to Texas, its population grew by 2.71 percent per year, while the nation’s increased at a 1.14 percent pace”…

Pikes Peak miners needed beef, and the drovers made the drive from Texas to the Rockies every summer right through the town...or at least close to going right through it on their way to Pikes Peak. William could see their dust miles before they got there, anticipating their arrival as any child before Christmas would a…

Indians the U.S. gained a significant amount of territory. In 1824, Mexico offered cheap land to any American willing to move to Texas and in 6 years American residents outnumbered Mexican residents by more than double, but in 1830 barred any further American immigration. In 1845, years after Texas gained its independence it officially became a state. Just like in Texas the Mexican Government invited Americans to come and live there and soon the Americans outnumbered the Mexicans. Oregon…

When looking at all of the environmental disasters of the United States, the BP Oil Spill and Dust Bowl are by far two of the most devastating disasters to the surrounding environment and ecosystem. Although both natural disasters have different characteristics and environmental effects, each disaster greatly impacted the surrounding ecosystems from before and after the disasters. Although the Gulf of Mexico before the BP oil spill was still known for its suffering under the effects of coastal…

The Texas Revolution began with the Battle of Gonzales in October 1835 and ended with the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. The Mexican-American War, also called Mexican War, was a war that was fought between the United States and Mexico beginning in April 1846 and ending in February 1848 with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The Mexican-American War emanated from the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845 along with a disagreement about where the Texas territory…

sources with history textbooks being more valuable to schools. These textbooks have the ability to have a potentially large impact on the younger generations. Thus, censors see them as essential channels for circulating a more conservative view as Texas educators now must teach according to the new standards. Many of these new standards were changed to show a more conservative view of American History. These changes come from the many conservative board members, many of whom, are not historians…

Medical Center. My family moved to the neighboring suburban city of Round Rock, where I have lived in one house for all but one year of my life. My Dad attended the University of West Virginia and my Mom completed a few years at ACC. The University of Texas was not pressed into my life through my family, instead I was fortunate enough to choose my passion for it. Often time’s, children of my generations are cultured to worship like their parents, to vote like their parents, and particularly to…

employee people without regards to their race, color, or national origin, studies have shown “that affirmative action helps white woman” (Nittle) more than women or men of color. In the Supreme Court case of Abigail Fisher versus the University of Texas, ironically, she is the type of person affirmative action benefits the most. But the ban of affirmative action has not always been a disadvantage for all minorities. In an article written by Glen Towns from the New York Amsterdam News, he…