Reflection Paper On Brownsville Texas

The documentary “Poor Kids”, it shows the story of the lives of three families who struggle to make ends meet every day. These families lack the resources such as money to buy food and other every day necessities, pay for the rent, and the parents not having a job or not having an unstable employment. I felt heavy hearted after watching this documentary because I can imagine myself in their situation. I feel blessed that I did not have to go through what these families are going through. It is hard to imagine how it feels like to have no money or little money to buy food, clothes and other things, pay the utilities, not having a decent place to live, moving from one motel to another, and not having a stable to job to support the family.

The Texas Revolution was a key point in our nation’s history and in the history of the state of Texas. For, if Texas had not revolted the way that they did, it would probably not have become a state. There are many causes that are speculated on why Texas revolted whether they are political disputes against the Centralist party in Mexico that had primary control at the time of the Revolution. These and more will be explored. Also, there are key battles in the Texas Revolution that decided the final fate of Texas, none more famous than the famous Battle of San Jacinto and The Alamo.

On our journey to Brownsville the first struggle we encountered was with transportation to get to Broadway Junction. Of course the MTA isn't always reliable but there were frequent stops in between stops. While waiting for the train to get up and running again various people said things like “ugh not again,” “Something always happens on the A” and other similar phrases as well as others that seemed accustomed to train issues. Now if you think about it, the A train is highly populated by Hispanics and Black people. Could this have to do with why the MTA hasn't attempted to fix their transit situation. On another note most of the trains heading toward Brooklyn and the Bronx have the older not modernized train carts than the ones heading toward Manhattan or Queens. Theres a huge change in atmosphere just in the manner of transportation.

According to the US Census Bureau, in the year 2000 the City of Brownsville was 83.01 sq. mi., today, the city encompasses 146.3 sq. mi. This growth has been one of Public Works biggest challenges. This development translates into an expanded service area, which puts a strain on Public Works’ other divisions to keep up with the new areas to be serviced while still dealing with inherited situations. In effect it generates longer waiting periods to address our citizen’s needs as well as our departmental goals. As the City continues to experience rapid population growth it demands more services and more from the services provided.

Before the 1880s, the are of eastern Brooklyn that was to become Brownsville was known as New Lots. This territory was primarily farmland, but it was also the location of the city’s largest waste dump, as well as the site of several facilities that supplied stone and other building materials. In its early history, New Lots had a diverse population. English and Irish settlers, Jewish immigrants, and a small number of African-Americans farmed the land. Others were attracted to the area by the open space and relatively fresh fresh air it provided. Brownsville at one time was a place for waste-disposal, a tenement slum, a haven for Jews before they were accepted, the cradle of a major crime origination, a testing-ground for public-housing and

The following week, we spent most of our time in the poorest parts of the city. There we went door-to-door sharing the love of God and had Vacation Bible Schools for the kids. This is when I realized how blessed I truly was. For the first time, I got to see the privations and penury environment that the citizens of Third World countries had to endure. The unpaved streets were covered in trash. Many houses, made of tin sheets, had collapsed on themselves. The people had to share wells, where they drew their parasitic water. Men, women, and children sat on the sides of the roads begging for money, because they were sick, hungry, and needed money for food and proper medication. The site of these atrocious states of living broke my heart, and showed me how blessed I really was for not having to face these problems.

Sipping on iced-cold sweet tea, I watch multiple waiters gather up and begin line dancing to loud country music that plays in the background. By the time im almost halfway through with my beverage and almost full due to the warm, freshly baked rolls, a smiling waitress brings my family our food. She kindly places down our meal, tells us to enjoy and leaves to let us chow down. Resting on the plate in front of me is a thick, juicy piece of rib eye steak thats paired with loaded mashed potatoes and freshly cooked vegetables. Texas Roadhouse has come to be one of my favorite restaurantst to dine at. They provide excellent food complimented by great service and the unique atmosphere of the restaurant is full of energy and always has some type of entertainment going on.

There were 142 major military installations across state, and more than 750,000 Texas served in uniform during the war. Some rose to the highest level of command. Thirty-three Texans earned the medal of honor, including Audie Murphy, and the most decorated soldier. Samuel Dealey, The wars most highly decorated naval officer. Among the medal of honor holders were five of Latino descent. Sadly more than 22,000 Texans died in the war.

The Texas Revolution was when The United States wanted to annex Texas from The Mexican Government. Before the revolution began there was the Law of April 6,1830, and Anglos disagreed with the Mexican government. During the Texas Revolution, several events took place like The law of April 6,1830 and The Battle of Gonzales.These events helped spark the influences of Texas being annexed by the U.S because The Law of April 6,1830, limited the rights of Anglos and stopped U.S immigration which made the Anglos angry. The Battle of Gonzales is when the Anglos decided to fight back against the Mexican Government.

The Texas revolutionary war was in Texas began with the help of first the Spanish, and then Mexican, governments. In the 1820 Moses Austin, a bankrupt 59-year old Missourian, asked Spanish authorities for a large Texas land tract which he would promote and sell to American pioneers.

Texas has a reputation throughout history of differing views from the federal government in laws and politics pertaining to social, fiscal, and educational issues. On the whole, Texas operates as a largely conservative state. Because of this, policy-making is often right wing. With the institution of a Democratic, liberal president, the State’s dissent from the Federal government has only increased over certain issues. One hot topic of the 2012 Presidential election was immigration. With the major increase in immigration, it is no surprise that the issue was so emphasized. Between 2000 and 2011 there was a 30 percent

The citizens of Paintsville spent their time pulling coal out of the valleys trying to make a living. On May 18, 1929 Carl Mahan, age 6, and Cecil Van Hoose, age 8, were walking on the hills of Paintsville, Kentucky looking for scrap metal. The boys came across a scrap piece of iron which they were going to sell to a junk dealer for some pocket change. The two boys began to argue over the piece of iron when Cecil snatched it out of Carl’s hands. This upset Carl enough that he ran home and got his father’s 12-gauge shotgun, which was kept above the door. Carl then returned to the hillside and shouted “I’m going to shoot you!” then he pulled the trigger killing Cecil Van Hoose.

Thomasville is forty miles long to Florida, and fifty miles to Blue Ridge. Thomasville was named by a leader called Thomas was a confederate leader. Thomasville was home to Cheerokee Indians that was forced to leave. Thomasville is known for the roses that grows becuse of the warm spring and cool falls. Thomasville history is exciting becuse of all the things that had happen here. Thomasville population is 18,413 people. the lowest temperture was -17 degrees. Thomasville is important to our bees becuse thier is a bunch of flowers needs to be pollend so that they can grow into more beatiful plants. Thomasville is home to the first train yard in 1900s but know its called csx train yard.

When you or somebody listen to the word Texas their is 100% you or the fellow will say the Alamo or Cowboys, every person is more likely to remember the Alamo fight or the, civil war, but if you go way back what was Texas before, what started Texas, And how did it end to where is at in my concern Texas did not start one day and the next day was strong and one the most important state of the U.S, every person forgets that Texas stander up by their agriculture and also with their cattle ranch and Texas still remains as one of the states that has a strong agriculture.

Hi Austin, all the best for last year at MSU Denve , be positive with full time with 22 credit, you will graduate sooner and you did it!! I like how you learn the fact that relationships must be managed properly, be aware of that sometime we do not learn things on easy way. I have to set alarms for deadlines too in order to be successful in this course.