While reading the chapter As Texas Goes, So Goes the Nation by: Gene B. Preuss, I found it concerning to learn that we as students, and teachers must subject ourselves to an overindulging of historical content to adhere to the history standards legislated by SBOE. I agree that teaching history today is overly complex and far to detail for the students to keep. This being said, students are failing to grasp important information about our countries history. The students have been caught in the cross fires in the battle over the standards and are not able to keep up with the broad state standards that the SBOE has adopted. I can sanction that the standards confirm what I am reading and discussing in class because of the nature of the text in regards to TEKS standards.…
Our Agency audits public funds such as County governments and State Agencies as well as Universities.…
history. Texas is just one of the many places that it occurs. The movie Lonestar portrays…
The state of Texas is the second biggest state. It became a state on Dec. 19 1876. The capital of Texas is Austin. Millions of tourists spend a total of $50 billion visiting! Texas is studying new ways of getting…
Oklahoma is set in the Indian territory. There are rivalries between a cowboy called Curley and a hired hand named Jud, both in love with Laurey. The second involves Ado Annie, Will and Ali Hakim.…
When Austin, TX began as a small settlement named Waterloo, no one could have predicted the amazing growth this city would experience. The first of many population booms occurred when this small town was named the capital of Texas and given its current name in 1839. Before long the population had soared to around 850 people.…
I chose Veracruz because it borders 7 states of the Republic and three native cultures are still inhabited there. Veracruz is also very big and has many people there. (71.699 km ² and population of 7,110,214 inhabitants).…
My main goal in life is to make an impact on America’s children. I am currently in my senior year of studying Psychology at Philander Smith College. I then plan to go on to graduate school at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, College of Social Work. Now, some ask “Why study psychology for four years then get a masters degree in Social Work”. The answer is very simple to me, child psychologist and psychiatrist true enough help children, but it’s mainly behind the desk. I truly believe that today’s children need hands on interaction.…
My state is Wyoming and it has much farm land. Wyoming was named and discovered July 10, 1890. It was the 44th state in the union! It’s three top nicknames are Cowboy state, Equality state, and the Big Wyoming. The capital of Wyoming is Cheyenne and is one of the major cities along with Casper and Jackson. Wyoming is like a big plateau and is divided with many mountain ranges. It is located in the northern western area near the states Montana, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, South Dakota, and Nebraska. The two main rivers are the Sandy River and the North Platte River.…
What I like about the region I live in today, is that the Gulf Coastal Plain is full of nature and has many unique forests, rivers, lakes, wetlands, and mountains. Living in this region I have traveled to many cities such as Austin and San Antonina. While in Austin I visited the Inks Lake State Park, that contained many beautiful landscapes full of nature. While visiting San Antonio I went to the river walk where I toured around the unique city of Austin and saw the famous Alamo. What I love about this Region is how many amazing places you can go to and discover new things. The Gulf Coastal plain also contains the most populated city, which is Houston. Living in the city of Houston I like how the population is so diverse and unique. This region…
California is one of the more interesting states. California has the most national parks out of any of the other states. California is the first state to have a trillion dollars in GDP (gross domestic product). It is also the birthplace of McDonalds. California has the tallest trees in the world. Apple, Disneyland, and Barbie all started in California. Death Valley is the hottest place on Earth, aside from the insides of volcanoes.…
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 307 684 AUTHOR TITLE PUB DATE NOTE PUB TYPE EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS IDENTIFIERS EA 020 980 Grissom, James B.; Shepard, Lorrie A. Structural Equation Modeling of Retention and Overage Effects on Dropping Out of School.…
El Paso, Texas, is home to over 2.5 million inhabitants. El Paso is located on the border of Texas in the Southwest. It also is a border city, separating the United States and Mexico. Just on the other side of the border lies Ciudad Juarez, which affects my life and those around me. Living in a border city causes important changes such as being bilingual, having international students at my school, and being able to experience a different culture without having to leave my city.…
“Hello, your captain speaking here. Welcome to the Lone Star State and thank you again for flying with us!” One month earlier, the summer of two thousand sixteen touched the horizon. Naturally, my family began conversing about summer plans. Where would we go this year? I longed to visit the beach or even adventure around the United States. Many ideas crossed our minds, but few survived. After much consideration, my family took the unique opportunity to travel to Peru; here I learned the importance of trusting in God, serving others in need, and bonding with other Christians.…
Why do political demands for smaller states and bifurcation arise? There are, of course, emotional considerations like culture, language, religion and a sense of economic and regional deprivation. But more importantly, politicians envision additional posts of power as chief ministers or ministers, leaders of the opposition, Assembly speakers and so on. Similarly, government servants think of becoming chief secretaries or secretaries, DGs of police, chief-engineers, directors and so on.…