Goodlettsville, Tennessee

It’s important to note that I thought I had a clear grasp on professionalism before I ventured out into this work environment, however, everything I thought I understood about the workplace was thrown for a loop. The first lesson I learned was that professionalism does not always garner a suit and tie. I assumed people were supposed to look their best at work and dress in a manner that was not necessarily who they were outside of work. Interestingly enough, the dress code was definitely not suit

The Emancipation Proclamation: The Union’s Greatest Asset The Emancipation Proclamation was a document issued by President Lincoln, that emancipated slaves, and slowly crippled the Confederacy during the Civil War, due to how it affected the south economically and diplomatically. In the beginning of the Civil War, although, the Union possessed a larger, better equipped army, the Confederacy managed to secure victories on the battlefield. The war, which was thought to be a short one, lasted longer

The setting of the novel, Elena Vanishing by Clara and Elena Dunkle, is set in many different places such as Germany, Texas, and California. The mood of the story is dark, sad, and demented. There is a lot of death that comes. Also, there is a lot of misery. There are three main characters in the novel starting with Elena Dunkle. Elena is twenty some years old and has Anorexia Nervosa. She believes that to be perfect you need makeup, perfect grades, and to never eat. ‘“You let yourself get

Throughout life, many people will influence others in a certain way. What people notice is that the positive role models will have something that puts them ahead of everyone else. Role models show how people should be treated and how they should value themselves first, and then their success will come. Positive role models can be found all over the place; sometimes they are just hard to find. Key characteristics that put these people above everyone else are honesty, hard-work and dedication,

In the summer of 2016 my family and I took a 2 week vacation to a couple different locations we all wanted to visit. We decided to drive to our first destination, which was a 13 hour drive! On the way to our first destination, we stopped in Athens, Alabama to stay the night and aquire some grub. We were able to eat some dinner while we were at the hotel and we ordered the most incomparable pizza ever! The pizza place's’ name was “Joe's Pizza” The owner’s name is Joe and has multiple Guinness World

Executive Order No. 20’s Content In the preamble of Executive Order No. 20, Governor Haslam asserts that “establishing, communicating, complying with, and enforcing a comprehensive ethics policy within the Executive Branch… essential to maintaining public trust in government and ensuring the proper performance of government.” After the perambulatory clauses, Executive Order 20 adheres very closely to the basic format previously suggested that most state government follow. The first operative clause

The “Trail of Tears,” was an unmitigated disaster-at least for the Native American Tribes involved. – (Page 269) “As the population grew, white citizens demanded that their governments, at both the state and national levels, do something about the Native American tribes in their midst who held claims to land …” – (Page 249) “The United States had recognized the Cherokee as a nation in a number of treaties, and in 1827 delegates of this tribe initiated action to draft a constitution that would more

Often times it is said that “History repeats itself.” Never before has the struggle for equal rights and dignities amongst marginalized groups born such a resemblance to those waged in the name of equality in the past. Martin Luther King, Jr., an activist and leader for the Civil Rights Movement, drafted a powerful letter from the Birmingham Jail where he was imprisoned as a participant in nonviolent demonstrations against segregation. The letter was intended to be a response to a public statement

Hippies When I think about the mountains my mind automatically goes to hippies. So I thought visiting Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg was fitting for this essay. During my time in Tennessee, I attended a car show and I saw many “Hippie vans” and old style classic Volkswagen beetles. We walked the strip in Gatlinburg and I came in close contact with many people who I thought were pretty close to Hippies. The strip had tons of restaurants on each side and stores were filled with so many different people

The usage of the Cherokee syllabary throughout Diane Glancy’s novel Pushing the Bear is significant because it expresses the importance of maintaining Cherokee cultural ideals as protest towards the United States government. The nine-hundred mile, four month journey that the Southeastern Cherokee tribes were forced to make in the winter of 1838 threatened to wipe out an entire culture. On the journey, approximately four thousand people lost their lives. As this harrowing story is portrayed in the