Jenean Hampton Research Paper

"I wanted to be the first to view a country on which the eyes of a white man had never gazed and to follow the course of rivers that run through a new land."

Charmayne James was a shy girl that grew up in small town of Clayton, New Mexico. Beginning her way to being the Million Dollar Cowgirl she is today at the age of 3 riding from sun up to sun down. She started rodeo at a young age on a horse named Bardo. When Charmayne needed her next horse she looked to a young bay gelding that was used in her fathers feed lot. This bay gelding became Charmayne’s once in a life time horse. The pair was entered in the Rodeo Hall of Fame, and hold the record for most consecutive qualifications into the NFR for men or women.

Heather Whitestone was born February 24, 1973 in Dothan, Alabama. She was the youngest daughter of Daphne and Bill Whitestone. Heather has two sisters, Melissa and Stacey. She was able to hear and speak until she became sick at eighteen months. Her family were unaware of her deafness. They found out that Heather was deaf during Christmas of 1974. Her mother happened to drop several pots and pans in the kitchen that scared the family members who heard the loud crash. But, Heather who was playing by the Christmas tree did not react at all to the loud commotion. Her mother took a spoon and a pot and banged them directly behind Heather’s back who still did not show any reaction to the noise.

Jeannette walls is the posterchild of outward social conformity. Born into a family ill-equipped to raise children, Walls was forced to find strength within herself in order to survive the chaos that her childhood entailed. Walls begins her memoir with her first memory at the age of three. She describes standing above the stove and watching herself catch on fire. Later when she is at the hospital her father comes in to do the "skedaddle" in order to avoid paying hospital fees. This is symbolic of the type of upbringing Walls endured. As a kid, Jeannette was daring and venturesome. Her impulsivity was fueled by her free spirited mother, Rose Walls, and her independant father, Rex Walls.

A university student who has already made headlines for having sex with a married doctor has now been banned from driving after being described as ‘nothing short of a lunatic’.

In the life of the day of Tila Henderson is unplanned and sometimes even unorganized. “I have to get up and check my school schedule and my athletic training schedule. Anything new can come up and throw you off course. ” said Tila Henderson. Her current major is athletic training and she is pursuing her major at Nicholls State University. “I never been to a school where athletic training is token to high extremes. Being able to be a part of this team and organization is just a blessing,” quoted Tila. Henderson mentioned it wasn’t easy getting to where she is now, but it was worth it.

Quote/intro: “As a profoundly deaf woman, my experiences have shown me that the impossible is indeed possible!” Heather Whitestone won miss America in 1995 by dancing ballet en Pointe to “Via Dolorosa” (Street of Sorrows). “Despite her deafness, she pursued her dreams, and even made history as the first Miss America with a disability.” signingsavvy.com

Joni Eareckson Tada stood at the edge of the rock as she had done many times that summer. When she dove into the water, she felt her head hit something hard. An agonizing pain tore through her head. She felt as if her hands and feet were tied by ropes. As she rode in the back of the ambulance that afternoon, Joni thought that her injury was not serious. She had no idea how drastically her life was about to change.

Heather Whitestone was the first, Deaf Miss America, and the first Deaf Miss Alabama. Heather was born February 24, 1973 in Dothan, Alabama. She lost most hearing from a reaction to a diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus shot when she was eighteen months old; she has five percent hearing in her left ear. While in elementary school, Heather learned about Helen Keller, who became her role model. She attended the Central Institute for the Deaf in Missouri after falling behind in her classes, but returned to her hometown to graduate. She also attended a fine arts school to study ballet. Because of the emphasis of speech her mother placed on her, she did not learn American Sign Language until her senior year in high school.

My life story I was born on November 25, 1997. I"m a loving son, brother, nephew, grandson, and cusion. My life started out great and awesome. Four years after living a life my mom and dad had other child a little boy my brother named DJ. That was the start of a new life and someone to hang out with. A few years later I had found out that my dad was not my real dad but guess what he is the only man in my life and was there when I was born thats my dad and I love him so much and think him ever day that he has been there every step of the way. Thank you God for this man. My life has threw me some hard balls too. Like when I was eight years old and I came home from a fun day and my mom lieing on the couch crying. My dad had to tell me

Cammie Morgan is a student at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, she takes the same classes, and she has the same goals: to become a spy. The Gallagher Academy is really a spy academy for the training of exceptional young women. Martial arts black belts, fluency in fourteen languages, and expert hacking abilities are all included in the most basic parts of this challenging course. Sophomore year is when the students start their first field work, in Covert Operations (CoveOps) class. Then Cammie takes on a CoveOp of her own and is about to perform her most challenging assignment: becoming a normal girl to date a normal boy.Out one night she meets a boy, and falls for him, unable to tell him who she really is, she uses all her

Would you run away from camp and roam the world freely having no idea what you’re doing if you were stranded on an island with a naked person of the opposite gender? Well, that’s what happened to two teens named Howie and Laura. Howie and Laura went to the same camp and were stranded on an island by the other kids there. On the island they were cold, naked, humiliated, and angry. They had been lied to and they wanted revenge, so they left camp and disappeared to make everyone worry and feel guilty about letting this happen to them. While they were away, they stole from and they lied to people they didn’t even know existed. Howie and Laura were immature and foolish, they stole clothes, food, and money. They lied about who they were and caused other

Adorable Delainey Jennel was a cute little peanut any newborn photographer would have loved having in their studio. What a beautiful head of hair she had with a wisp of curl over her ear too! Kamesha and Correy brought Delainey into the studio at seven days old. This December baby was born at 11:37 on the morning of the 10th. She weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces and measured 20 inches.

Shelly Marie White was born to Gary and Jacki White on October 13, 1972 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis, Oregon. Although she was born on Friday the 13th, a doomed day, she was the greatest gift her parents have ever received.

Cleo Eastman (Rowan Blanchard), is a teen girl who is always living in her older popular sister Molly (Paris Berelc)'s shadows, her sister is popular and recognized by everyone, but she is hardly seen by anyone else. In order to make Cleo challenge herself in the subject of science, Cleo's Science teacher, Mr. Perkins (Alex Desert) rejects Cleo's original proposal for Science project and instead wants her to turn a solution into transparent crystals for the project, and makes it worth half of her