Reflective Essay On Forest Hills Northern

Sixty days of carrying 80-pound backpacks, sleeping under a tarp for shelter in the Utah winter – welcome to “wilderness therapy.”

During the Silurian period, approximately 420 million years ago the rock bed central New York sits on was formed. In comparison the soils in the area only date 12 to 14 thousand years back in comparison. This resulted because archeological evidence shows that the Tully Valley as we know it today used to be underwater 500-300million years ago (Baldauf, 2003). One effect of this is there are a lot of trapped salt minerals that built up over the years and lithified to become rock. During the last glacial event about 8,000 years ago Tully was cut into the “U” shaped valley we recognize today. After the warming event and the ice receded moraines and kames, glacial land forms became visible in the till left in the valley. The Tully was a lake for a while similar to the Finger Lakes running north to south (Baldauf, 2003). Contrarily to the Finger Lakes the Tully Valley sits higher above sea level and it eventually drained. Today only two main creeks are the only remaining water in the valley, Rainbow, and Rattle Snake which flow along the 1200ft incline.

As of late, Stone Mountain has been repeatedly mentioned on the news and social media concerning the NAACP’s request that the Confederate Memorial Carving and other Civil War symbols be removed as it pertains to the racial conflict that presided over the Civil War. Without a doubt, Stone Mountain proves itself to be an important historical site for America’s history with its origins dating back to the time of the Native Americans. Stone Mountain can be remembered by history has a location where the Creek Confederation and the Cherokee people met. As more land began to be opened for white settlement, an influx of white settlers began moving in and establishing a town at the foot of Stone Mountain. Atlanta, known as the railroad hub of the South, has many railroads going from Atlanta to different parts of Georgia with Stone Mountain being one. This later led to more business for the town of Stone Mountain as people from the city started to visit the great mass of granite. Granite was a needed rock

Fire has long been understood to have an impact on the ecosystem of our native woodlands, but it is only recently that we have come to understand its importance in maintaining the ecosystem. This report takes samples of the flora structure and growth in two different areas of Anstey Hill Recreation Park. The first was last burnt in 1995, and the second burnt in 2012. The results of these samples can be compared to data sampled in 2011, when the 2012 burnt area had not been burnt since Ash Wednesday in 1983.

My desire was to challenge myself and pursue my belief in life-long learning. And yes, the last eight weeks have definitely been a challenge intellectually in IDS 101. After the first two weeks of school, I seriously questioned why I would go back to school at fifty-one years of age for personal satisfaction. The days were long and I wasn’t sure I still had the self-discipline and determination that would be needed to finish. Over the last eight weeks, this class gave me numerous opportunities to hone my skills in critical thinking, research, and writing. This class has given me the necessary skills to continue toward completing my degree.

The Governor of Georgia is trying to get rid of historical sites in Georgia, to save money. I think that there are some she should rethink about and keep, but the most important one is Cloudland Canyon. This beautiful state park has some of the best views you could see in the state.

The Painted Hills, a unit of the John Day Fossil Bed National Monuments, is a beautiful phenomenon exhibiting different time periods throughout Eastern Oregon's history. 40 million years ago,during the Eocene epoch, the creation of painted rocks began. At the time, weather condition were tropical/sun-tropical. This is validated by the consistent ash fall in the area which fossilized organisms like palm trees, avocados and crocodiles.This time is when the rocks/the Clarno formation were created throughout the Oligocene epoch, climate became temperate. Starting the Miocene epoch, climate changed dramatically due to the rising Cascades. The plants and animals were different than before. Oak trees and deer replaced the palms and crocodiles . Low silica eruptions occurred in this time covering the area

The limited diversified make-up of the Cabot Public Schools current enrollment makes interacting with a diversified student body a challenge. To acquire and understanding of diversity, the curriculum implemented in the classrooms must provide students with the opportunity to gain insight in to other cultures, lifestyles and backgrounds.

Try to imagine being alone in the South Carolina woods, a quarter mile away from your home, with just a tent for shelter. You are given limited supplies and receive no food. You meet a family member at certain times during the day at a fence to receive your rations, strikingly similar to the conditions of a war prisoner. Nighttime comes and forked lightening streaks the sky, and soon enough a steady downpour begins and you are forced to huddle inside the tent to escape the thunderstorms. The storms cause a temperature drop and the thin material of the tent does nothing to combat this, and soon you are shivering all over. These were the conditions a teen was found in and had been forced to deal with for two days as punishment for taking a Pop-Tart

The United States is the 3rd largest nation in the world and is 2nd largest nation on the North American continent. The United States houses some of the most premier land for agriculture and mining in the world. The lowest point in the United States is Death Valley at -86 meters, and the highest point in the United States is Mount Denali, formerly Mount McKinley, at 6,190 meters. The eastern United States towards the Atlantic Ocean is characterized as coastal plains, and it is in this area that most of the population of the United States is located. Just west of the coastal plains is the Appalachian Mountain chain that stretches from Northern Georgia to Maine. The Appalachian Mountains is a mineral rich region that houses one of the biggest

As a member of several clubs and organizations, I have always valued the wide range of people you can find within the walls of my high school. If you walk into my Physics lab, you will find me collaborating with a dancer strongly involved in his cultural heritage and a volleyball player in the engineering academy. If you come to my Calculus class, you will see me calculating derivatives with a football player, a snowboarder, a National Honor Society officer, and a painter. The word “diversity” is often used to describe a cross-cultural population, but it is so much more than that. At Bartlett High School, students originate from hundreds of different cultures, with an abundance interests, and participate together in an assortment of activities.

The highlight of my four days’ NSO was the “Pluralism in Action” night, during which I discovered that I am accepted as the person I truly are here in Hilltop. Because I was treated so badly by my first American roommate, I carried serious biases towards American culture for a long time. I became so unconfident that I thought I could never get along with American people. I feared that my habits of drinking hot water and getting up early rather than drinking alcohol or partying all night would be always judged and gossiped around. However, my fellow Hoyas embraced me and gave me a second chance to open my heart. By sharing our struggles to each other, I felt the genuine trust and understanding among us. I was suggested to carry on my habits

Hunting, if done in moderation, has some very positive effects on the High Pine Ecosystem. One of the main ways it helps the ecosystem is that it helps with population control. Another argument for benefiting the ecosystem is that the money made by selling licenses to hunters can be used to help the ecosystem. Hunting can also be used in the elimination of invasive species such as wild hog. Hunting is a national pastime that has, at times, hurt the environment, but if done in moderation and regulation can be very beneficial.

The Big Idea Challenge prompts us to answer the question “how can Montana State University increase cultural competency?” Residence halls on college campuses provide students with the perfect opportunity to expand their knowledge of other cultures because they are a melting pot of different backgrounds. Though MSU has already implemented a program called the “global village,” the execution of it is not the best. This memo will address how improvements can be made to the already existing global village program to fully utilize what residence halls can offer.

It was a calm, overcast day, and I found myself resting at the side of a large oak tree, admiring the beauty of the woods that surrounded me.