The Star-Spangled Banner

Introduction Herbert Hoover is often seen as a faulty president, but is there truth behind this statement? One can find that out by looking into his early life, professional life, the presidency, and legacy. Early Life Herbert Clark Hoover was born on August 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa. His father was Jesse Clark Hoover, the towns blacksmith, and his mother's name was Hulda Hoover, the town's teacher. His mother was very intelligent. Everyone wanted her to speak during the town…

Sherman Alexie Sherman Alexie was born to write. Being brought into this world with a heart wrenching disease, having alcoholic parents, and a surgery that could have possibly made it impossible for him to transfer his deep and poetic thoughts into words. However, Sherman was able to overcome all the medical cases, and climb the mountain of success. He is now able to put all of his dreams and experiences into the process of writing incredible stories. Sherman Alexie uses his rough upbringing,…

Mr. Moon and Mrs. Burr, This is a formal request for an alternative assignment for my Micah Pierson. I have a significant moral objection to an assignment – specifically reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at CSI in Spanish. Below is the email I sent his teacher explaining my objection. Mr. Moon, is unwilling to accommodate my request and indicated that I was welcome to appeal to the school board. Mr. Moon provided the explanation that if an exception was made in this case, he would have to…

America is no longer the Land of Opportunity that Uncle Sam so boldly embodied. Instead, it is now a siren that sings the Star Spangled Banner and lures millions into her den where they are cast under her spell “The American Dream”, only to be crushed afterward by the cruel reality; The American Dream is dead. It is now for sale to those who can afford it. Dating back to the reconstruction when America was rebuilt with the blood and sacrifice of thousands of Americans-White, Black,…

(Rollingstone.com, n.d.) However this did not discourage Jimi as he headlined the Woodstock Festival in august of 1969 where he debuted his guitar version of Star Spangled Banner, this was one of the best demonstrations of his talent as a musician. (Biography.com, n.d.) That same year Hendrix started another band, named Band of Gypsys, with his old army buddy, Billy Cox. However this band did not really take off like…

Argument essay In class, we mostly spoke about the term “taking a knee.” At first, I didn't exactly know what it meant. I thought it was some marriage proposal. But as I was listening to the class discussion, I've also taken the privilege to look it up online and the definition it gave me “Taking a knee" refers “to play in American football as well as being the quarterback kneel. And can also be a gesture of respect teams occasionally use when someone on the playing field is hurt.” Donald…

“People haven’t always been there for me, but music always has.” This quote by Taylor Swift expresses how she feels about music and how it helped her. Swift’s childhood is unique and mainly about her exquisite family. Swift enjoyed music so much that she wrote her own. While she was popular outside of school, inside school had its own little twist. Finally, Swift was able to release her music and won awards for them. In her spare time, Swift picked up many relationships during her hit career. I…

nowhere, or when something out of the ordinary happens in everyday life. To exemplify the idea of life being flawed are three short stories: Sherman Alexie’s “Because My Father Always Said he Was The Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play “The Star-Spangled Banner” At Woodstock,”…

What is an American? What defines someone’s right to be an American? Everyone’s ideas will differ, their own personal experiences in this land define them. Some may say an American is defined by birthright, born and raised under the star spangled banner. Some may say an American is whoever wishes to be one, someone who truly adores this country and wishes to reside here despite their place of origin or their set of cultures and beliefs. I believe that an American is a mixture of the two, because…

Kha Tran Music Appreciation HUM 1113 First Concert Review Spring Choir Concert 2016 The Spring Choir Concert was take place in Bruce Owen Theater, Oklahoma City Community College on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 7:00 pm. Ronald Staton was a conductor and his partner Lisa Barsaleau, and accompanist. I heard about the concert a day before it was performed from my friend who takes the other music class. I was so exciting because this was the first concert I had attended. After finishing my classes, I…