San Jacinto College Essays

  • My Michigan Hero

    729 Words  | 3 Pages

    When you think of a hero you think of Batman,Superman,and Spiderman, but a hero is someone who has helped you or helps you succeed on what you want to do with your life. The someone that you pick will be with you your whole life and help you through the roughest times in life and help you through your deepest holes. My Michigan Hero is my Dad, my dad has been there for me for 13 years now and he loves me he will help me succeed in whatever I like to do he makes me try hard and to not quit. He has

  • American History: Texas Rising

    929 Words  | 4 Pages

    Smith and the other Rangers, and become part of the Rangers. All of the Rangers go to rescue Emily who was taken as prisoner by Colonel Portilla at his secret hideout. In episode five, The Rise of the Republic, about two months after the Battle of San Jacinto, Houston is in New Orleans. Houston keeps his promise to Santa Anna who is being held prisoner, to meet with President Jackson to discuss a treaty of peace at the White House in Washington. Then the Rangers end up saving Emily and she goes to live

  • Martyrs Of The Alamo: Film Analysis

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    more about Sam Houston. Martyrs of the Alamo is the earliest surviving silent film to show the battle for the Alamo. In this version, the Texans are fighting against not only a threat to their land, as the Mexicans try to remove Texan settlers from San Antonio, but also a moral threat, as the Mexicans are shown as lustful and lewd toward Anglo-American women. The negative portrayals of Mexican-Americans in Martyrs of the Alamo are very prominent. The Alamo is a extremely controversial and violent

  • Texas Rising Analysis

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    fun to watch, it is not entirely historically accurate. Texas Rising shows Emily West at the Alamo, however, the real Emily West was captures by Mexican troops on April 16, 1836. She may or may not have been with Santa Anna during the Battle of San Jacinto. If she was in the tent, it was not by choice. In Texas Rising, Santa Anna is shown shooting prisoners at the Alamo. Based on eyewitnesses, it is very unlikely that he himself shot those captured. In Texas Rising, Colonel Portilla is portrayed as

  • Haitian Revolution Causes

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    “The Haitian revolution was the most successful and symbolic revolution in the 1700’s and 1800’s century. Haitian Revolution began in 1791 and ended in 1804. This Revolution was the largest slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere. Where slaves initiated the rebellion in 1791 and by 1803 they had succeeded in ending slavery and French control over the colony.” (Sutherland, 2007-2015) In this research paper, we will be touching on the brief history of Haiti. The role Toussaint L’Ouverture played

  • Santa Anna Characteristics

    840 Words  | 4 Pages

    The reason some may disagree on the fact that he was not courageous is because he cowardly tried to escape during the Battle of San Jacinto, while those in his command were dying. When he was asked where Santa Anna was, he faked it and said that Santa Anna ran away, even though he was Santa Anna. He has some courage because Santa Anna kept on fighting many wars even after he was injured

  • Why High School Is Important To Me Essay

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    admit that San Jacinto Christen Academy has not prepared me for college as I believe it should have. It has how ever made me a better person and who I am today. I am not prepared for the work that I am going to get when I attend college but I am prepared in a different way one that most people ever even think about. One of the reasons that I believe that I have not been prepared for college is that there is a lack of challenges in the work that is given to me. I transfered to San Jacinto Christen

  • Personal Statement

    501 Words  | 3 Pages

    Being out of school for five years made me feel nervous about whether or not college, was something I could be able to get through. I decided that I would take the GED test and I passed. Receiving my GED allowed me to pursue going back to college. I took my prerequisites for the nursing program in 2013 and this year I applied to the RN program at the North Campus. I was accepted, which

  • Essay On California Gold Rush

    920 Words  | 4 Pages

    The California Gold Rush The California Gold Rush; an era of hope, greed, destruction, and growth. The California Gold Rush was, in the 1800s, a direct pathway to the American Dream. In January 1848 James Wilson Marshall found gold in the American River. This new discovery spread throughout the United States and eventually throughout the world. After President Polk confirmed the rumors of gold in California in 1848 (Oakland Museum Staff), around 250,000 people came to California in seek of the soft

  • Crystal Goblet Analysis

    1819 Words  | 8 Pages

    The drive to the core of absence is also evident in the realm of type design. In 1932, Beatrice Warde, an American typographic expert, published an essay ‘The Crystal Goblet’, or known as ‘Printing Should Be Invisible’, insists on a ‘invisible’ or ‘transparent’ typography in order to elevate the printed words. In her essay, Warde applied a metaphor that the design for typefaces should be as transparent as crystal glass for wine (Warde, 1936, p.6). A typeface, as a container, is calculated to reveal

  • Negative Effects Of The California Gold Rush

    744 Words  | 3 Pages

    Mexico, Hawaii, and China. b. People came from all of the other U.S. states as well. c. The people that traveled to California and left everything behind were called the 49ers. C. The gold rush affected many other things in California as well. a. San Francisco’s newspaper was closed due to all the employees quitting their jobs to gold mine. b. California became a state of the U.S. after the California Gold Rush occurred. c. Because California was so new to the U.S., there was no governing rule

  • Grey Goose Ad Analysis

    918 Words  | 4 Pages

    In first glance of the Grey Goose “Fly Beyond” ad, the asymmetrical balance and positioning of the product catch your attention. The Grey Goose bottle setup is shifted slightly to the right on a marble slab table, while the accompanying text is placed overhead on the upper left, creating harmony and unity — evenly distributing the ad’s content. Paying attention to the colours, there are no outstanding or unfitting colors that seem out of place. The colours mainly found in the ad — grey, white, and

  • Awkward Analysis

    797 Words  | 4 Pages

    ‘Awkward…’ Has this ever happened to you while communicating with people from different cultures and countries? This ‘awkward moment’ can be described in a theory called the stumbling blocks, designed by a lady named Barna. Her theory describes the relationship between intercultural people. There are mainly six points she focuses on: Assumption of similarities, Language difference, Nonverbal Misinterpretations, Tendency to evaluate, Stress, and Culture shock. I would be explaining about these stumbling

  • How Did The Gold Rush Change People's Lives In Good Or Bad

    391 Words  | 2 Pages

    times. Sam Brannan created the hype for gold, so he can sell his mining supplies to the miners, he made more than for panning for gold. The gold rush also created the levi’s pants. Also the growth of many cities in the california region grew including San Francisco.

  • San Sebastian Festival Essay

    818 Words  | 4 Pages

    Forever Festival The San Sebastian is a popular festival that takes place on Old San Juan and San Sebastian street. The festival is where the Puerto Ricans celebrate their cultural on the streets of Puerto Rico. The festival is held every year on the third week of January. There is a lot of different traditional activities and lots of live music shows. The importance of the festival is to keep some of the Puerto Rico’s cultural traditions alive. The original name of the San Sebastian Festival is

  • Weather Underground Bombing Research Paper

    730 Words  | 3 Pages

    The Weather Underground Organization (WUO) went on to claim credit for some 25 bombings over the next several years like the Haymarket statue, a bathroom at the Pentagon, the Capitol barber shop, the New York City police headquarters, and a variety of other targets. The WUO also (for a fee of $25,000) helped psychedelic drug guru Timothy Leary break out of a California prison and arranged for his transport to Algiers. However, these bombings didn’t have any mass mobilization effect and the fact that

  • Harvey Milk And The Board Of Supervisors In San Francisco

    1050 Words  | 5 Pages

    On November 27, 1978 Daniel James White became famous for shooting and killing elected official, and coworker, Harvey Milk, and San Francisco’s Mayor, George Moscone. In 1977, Dan White joined the Board of Supervisors in San Francisco. He was against homosexuality and lived in predominantly middle class area that was particularly hostile to the homosexual community, because it was growing so rapidly. He often opposed his supervisor Harvey Milk, who was the first ever openly gay elected official

  • John Sutter's Gold In California

    328 Words  | 2 Pages

    Sacramento is one of the oldest cities in the western region of the United States and Sacramento is filled with rich history. The city and the capital of the great state of California dates back to 1839 when a man named John Sutter created a small rugged town that he would use for farming and business opportunities. John Sutter’s intentions and thoughts were to be given a Mexican land grant, however, as his small town grew, more opportunities started to rise. Due to the large amount of gold in California

  • Is Ed Lee's Unorthodox Path To Becoming Mayor Of San Francisco?

    1209 Words  | 5 Pages

    Mayor Ed Lee’s somewhat unorthodox path to becoming mayor of San Francisco is an interesting case study into the convoluted politics of the city, and how the factors of race and wealth play into determining who runs San Francisco. The first item that stands out in Mayor Lee’s bio, is that he had never won (or participated) in an election until his re-election until 2011. Mayor Lee’s image among the San Francisco voters is somewhat of a bureaucrat, which becomes clear with even a glance at his biography

  • How Did Frank Morris Try To Escape Alcatraz

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    preparations and hard work to pull this escape off, but they made it happen. There were many escapes attempted, but the only one that may have been successful took place in 1962 and was known as “The Great Escape.” Alcatraz was a federal prison located in San Francisco Bay, California. The prison was in operation from 1934-1963, and it held some of America’s most dangerous felons. It was known as an inescapable prison and “the prison system’s prison.” Alcatraz typically held around 260-275 prisoners. During