The Rodeo Show Of The Western Culture

You may have heard that “everything is bigger in Texas.” and if you really want to experience how everything is bigger, you go to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (HLSR). The HLSR, or “Houston Rodeo” as it is referred to by Houstonians, is the largest event of its kind in the world and has been in session since 1932. In 2013, The HLSR had more people in attendance (approx 2.6 million) at the Rodeo than the entire population of the city of Houston (approx 2.1 million), which happens to be the 4th largest city in the United States as well as the most populated city in the state of Texas. The HLSR is held at Reliant Park for three weeks during March, and since parking is always a hassle, Reliant Park also happens to have one of the largest parking lots available as well.

The Union enjoyed overall success in the Western Theater in 1862, but the year also brought defeat and setbacks between the times of Grant’s River War and the Battle at Stones River during the Civil War. These events contradicted the Unions success with strategic embarrassments that demonstrated the Union’s youth in military strategy in handling two separate theaters and management of men and goods.

Rodeo is a sport that developed from the cattle industry in the American West. Its history reaches back to the sixteenth century. After the Civil War, with the quantity of feral cows in the Southwest and the market in the East, the era of the cattle drives, large ranches, and range cowboys began. Skills of the range cowboy led to competitive contests that eventually resulted in standard events for rodeo. With its history deep in Southwest history, rodeo continued to evolve until it has become a professional sport for men and women that is being perpetuated by youth rodeo organizations. The Spanish conquistadors and the Mexican vaqueros contributed major components to rodeo.

Rodeo is my life. School plays a big role in my life with rodeo. If I dont have above a 2.0 GPA I can't rodeo because when you rodeo in high school it's considered a sport in your school so you have to stay on top of your grades so that you can rodeo. Balancing school and rodeo is pretty difficult, because you have to stay on your grades and then you go home and practice for 3 hours every day and it’s hard to find time to do your homework. I have plans to rodeo professionally when i turn 18 and make a living on rodeo, once you turn pro you buy your traveling card for $100 and that lasts you a year and you have to renew it every year.

It was a sunny warm day in November when I was scheduled to have cortisone injections in my back. Upon arriving to my appointment, I was given a sedative to relax me and a pain medication so that I would not feel the insertion of the needle in my lower back to administer the cortisone. I did not feel any of the procedure, which lasted approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour. I was given pain medication to take home to help with the pain of the injections, and that’s when the “demon” was released, leading to 8 years of uncontrollable substance abuse.

Unfortunately, for the athlete, once “they” start investing money into the sport, “they” also begin to place constraints and regulations that all athletes must follow. Some may seem as ridiculous as wearing regulation clothes that some would feel as though they looked “like Minnie damn Mouse in a tu-tu” (1667) rather than a serious competitor. More often than not, the changes seem extreme and one may wonder what could be waiting around the next corner; “it won’t be long before they’re strappin’ ice-skates on the ponies” (1667). Big Eight finds herself having a hard time adjusting to the changes employed. Although she is not adapting well to the arrival of the sponsors, she is most uncomfortable with the dress code changes. She does not feel as though dressing the women up in fancy outfits will increase the capacity of the audiences when the rodeo is only supposed to be about the rides. She believes that it does not matter what you wear, but instead, how you ride. She is noticing that the “big crowds” (1667) are mostly city people in “designer jeans and day-glo Stetsons,” (1667) there “ain’t hardly no ranch people, no farm people” (1667) any more.

Embarrassment can be one of the hardest pills to swallow; I know this because of firsthand experience. As humans we go through humiliation all the way through life. I do not know a single person who went through life without a moment of discomfiture, if someone has then they must not live a very audacious life. My personal experience was not only utterly embarrassing but also broadcasted on national television. I was competing in the National Little Britches Rodeo Association Finals at the Colorado State Fairgrounds in Pueblo, Colorado. I have never been one to mull over a certain moment but incidents like this tend to stick with you. What I learned from this experience, I will never forget.

Hello! I’m Justyne. This isn’t my first rodeo with online schooling, I was homeschooled in the 4th grade as well. One of my main passions is my cats, I have 2; Zephyrus is 6 years old and a diabetic and Kitten is under a year and super energetic. I take nearly as many photos of the two of them as I do of my two children. I have two little girls; four and one, they are my sun and my moon. I am currently enrolled in the Educational Assistant program, I’m hoping to achieve my certificate. I’m looking forward to having a rewarding career centered around helping others. On top of starting my education journey this year, I also got engaged to my best friend. His name is Justin, the male version of my own name which often results in people saying,

Women had to face many difficulties that held them back in various categories in the 1900’s, whether it was education, getting a job, or owning property. When the 1920’s arrived there were several new opportunities that helped women prosper, even though it wasn’t simple. In 1920 women were allowed to vote which was a crucial and ground- breaking event that finally became reality. Some may think about track as just a sport and contemplate heavily on how it could possibly have positive contributions to the female position, but it does. 1Up until the 1920’s most sports track exclusively consisted of males, males were considered the

Not only that but he also focuses on the problems that are arousing on the frontier, describing the different classes of people that live here and the challenges they overcome or encounter. He also describes the events of the actual was itself, to give us a better understanding of everything else that is going around at that time. The ways he sets up the book chronologically really gives the reader the opportunity to understand more than the war itself. Slaughter also focuses on the problems on the frontier as we mention he dedicated a whole chapter to the problems that the Native American tribes bring to the Americans while at war. Slaughter also focuses on the problems and disagreements between the people of the East and the

Western, a genre of short stories that are set in the American west, primarily in the late of the 19th century (“Western” 598), and still being told until today by films, televisions, radio, and other art works. The major of moving to the west was because of the Homestead Act, 1862 (“U.S. Statues at Large” 392) which would give lands to people who stayed there for five years. This lead to a huge wave of immigrants moved to the West, and they had to face to many hardships and conflicts such as Indian attacks, tornadoes, blizzards, and illnesses.

Through the movies viewed in this course this semester, we saw women who were able to play against men and still keep their femininity. Nothing is lost when playing sports not traditionally meant for a particular race or gender. Society must become more understanding when it comes to the sports different types of people play and hinder from stereotyping anyone when they participate and perform well in that sport.

The American Frontier, or as it was also known, the Wild West was a time between the 1770s and the late 1900s. The Wild West consisted of the and west of the Mississippi river. This time period lasted for about thirty years, and during this time there were a variety of people that roamed around the towns such as outlaws, lawmen, Native Americans, townspeople, and cowboys. Out in the Wild West the towns were small but, for the size of them, they were called 'home' for many people.

Sexism limits our country. In a world where sexism still exists, women face challenges every day as they choose to embark in athletic activities. Even with the efforts of Title IX, which was established in 1972, there is not equality in sports for men and women. Sexism is real with stereotypes and discrimination on the basis of sex. Even with the high level of success reached by numerous female athletes of many different sports, male athletes always seem to have the upper hand. Whether it is pay, media, support, gear, or playing grounds, one sex always has the better of the two. Male athletes dominate a field that truly is shared by both sexes. What if we treated male athletes the way we treat female athletes? That is a world hard to imagine, and honestly, it shouldn't be. Through female athletes sharing their stories of unfair treatment and pay, sexism and generations of inequality in sports can be overcome.

Sports become stereotyped as gender-neutral, feminine, or masculine based on conceptions regarding gender, gender differences, and beliefs about the appropriateness of participation due to gender (Colley et al., 1987; Csizma, Wittig, & Schurr, 1988; Koivula, 1995; Matteo, 1986). Sports labeled as feminine seem to be those that allow women participants to act in accordance with the stereotyped expectations of femininity (such as being graceful and nonagressive) and that provide for beauty and aesthetic pleasure (based on largely male standards). A sport is labeled as masculine if it involves the following: 1) attempts to physically overpower the opponent(s) by bodily contact; 2) a direct use of bodily force to a heavy object; 3) a