The Lake House

Once upon a time in a land far away…….oh wait, wrong story. Once upon a time in Louisiana, there was a girl in 4-H named Kourtni Thibodeaux and that girl was me; correction, is me and as you can presume I’m a bit of a jokester. I am sixteen-years-old, in the eleventh grade, and this is my eighth year participating in 4-H, sixth year a part of the Calcasieu Homeschool 4-H Club. This year, I was elected senior parliamentarian of my club. Being homeschooled, I have a lot of time to work on my…

Tidal and brackish, the lake forms a popular resort and recreational region,” (“Lake Pontchartrain”). The fact that Lake Pontchartrain is connected to other Lakes, makes New Orleans more of an attractive city, creates a better boating area, and helps support the economy and help everyday life. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia states that Lake Pontchartrain has “ The two causeways over Lake Pontchartrain opened in 1969, both spanning about 24 miles long,” (“Lake Pontchartrain”).This feature…

dollars’ worth in damages, the most destructive to date (Cuyahoga River Fire). As Michael Scott of The Plain Dealer wrote, “The river was increasingly filled with flammable liquids as it drained Cleveland industrial byproducts into an equally polluted Lake Erie”…

Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world. Lake Superior is 2,726 miles around with the deepest part being 1,332 feet deep. If you could go anywhere you should go to Lake Superior. First, you should visit the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. There are many things to do in the U.P. one of these things is skiing. A few ski hills that overlook the water are Mount Bohemia, Indianhead Mountain, and the Porcupine Mountains Ski Area. Indianhead Mountain is a small mountain but if you're…

It was a little after nine when we finally got into the city, and we were all sure there was place we had to go. The others had talked about how much they had wanted to Navy Pier before we even left; even the two other people from Chicago want to go. No matter how much they wanted to go, I couldn’t get myself to want to go as much as they did. The thing is that Navy Pier is one of the most touristy places in the whole city, which means that it’s always filled to the brim with people, and I’m not…

The rapid industrial and suburban growth that Chicago exhibit during the turn of the century can easily be seen from its skyscrapers and gridded roads to its booming economy and population. However, beneath the surface lurks a problem that hints at just how far the windy city still must go through to achieve its grand status as one of the world’s great cities. Much like Chicago, across the pond Manchester experienced a lot of the same issues. Plagued with problems Chicago and Manchester had…

Us as humans we need to save Florida's Everglades. The Everglades is filled with rich bodies of waters swamps, marshes and bogs. All of these bodies of water are useful for animals especially endangered animals that need the everglades to survive and also for us humans the swamps marshes and bogs help slow down the hurricanes and storms that are heading to land. They are also ''known as “transition zones” because they are the link between water and land, and they have a unique combination of the…

and quickly. I'd have to change my name to Bill, get a teardrop tattooed below my eye, and move to Guam to spend the rest of my days with Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood hiding from the FBI. Wait, what? My mom and I picked each other up and stumbled into the house and collapsed in a heap on the living room floor. When our tear ducts dried up and hypothermia began to set in, we decided to go to bed. I don't think either of us got any sleep that…

I’ve lived and even more with me being in the Navy. I honestly thought that Lake Michigan was pretty clean growing up with the exception of the seaweed and litter floating around. While at summer camp one year, I traveled to Green Lake WI, and was so amazed that the water was actually green. On a side note, I remember that WI water always smelled like eggs. At that age, I also couldn’t tell you the difference between a lake and ocean. When…

American exceptionalism. What is it? American exceptionalism is the characteristic and political views that the United States is a free nation that is built upon democratic ideas and liberal views based off the ideology of Americanism. American exceptionalism stems off of the history of the United States and how it is inherently different from the birth of other nations. We set apart from Europe and began a new nation which stemmed from the American Revolution. We as Americans take pride in…