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her novels and short stories were very profound in the science fiction genre. Her hard work earned her special rewards and inspired others to reach to their potential and accomplish great things. Octavia E. Butler was born on June 22, 1947, in Pasadena, California to Laurice and Octavia M. Butler. Her father’s job was shining shoes; her mother, a maid after his death. She was left being raised by her mother and grandmother. As a child, she had characteristics that made her uncomfortable: tallness

Lockheed Martin in Denver and the flight team at Jet Propulsion Laboratories in Pasadena. A vital piece of information needed to be communicated from Denver to Pasadena and then to the orbiter in regards to the orbiter’s navigation around mars. Denver sent the calculated value in English units while the computer was programmed around the more commonly used metric system. When the English value was relayed to the orbiter Pasadena assumed it was in metric and in turn the value entered was not correct, resulting

When I was child, I read the newspapers, magazines, and books to my mother while she cooked dinner. Some of my best days were spent learning together new words, stories, histories, and current events especially from my country, Peru, and Latin America. Until something changed my life: my mother attended school up to third grade. Since then, I helped her to increase her knowledge and I also have wanted to be a Spanish and Latin American history teacher at the community college level. To do this, I

They’re your family. I have spent years in the Marching Band Color Guard, girls have come and gone, but our team was always strong. My second year on the team we got the chance of a lifetime. We got the opportunity to march in the Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, California. With this opportunity at hand, many extra practices added to our schedule. We practiced every Saturday from 9 in the morning to 9 at night. We were practicing in freezing cold weather, spinning and dancing, freezing our hands off in

Mommy what do you mean I can 't play outside? As a young black male, it took me a while to speak my truth and acknowledge my thoughts and feelings about my treatment in society. I have scars from real world situations, media, and stories from those who surround me. The United States of America is often called a melting pot, but realistically its more of a stew. The powers that be especially in today’s political arena are creating a separation between people of different races, to keep us divided

His full name was Jack Theodore Robinson (Theodore was in memory of President Theodore Roosevelt). When Jackie was just a young child, their father left the family and had never returned. When Jackie was two years old, their family had left for Pasadena, California, in hopes of a better life. Due to his mother working countless jobs, he was excluded from many opportunities that others were allowed to join. Jackie Robinson went to high school at John Muir High School where he excelled at sports

THE START TO A SUCCESSFUL LIFE By:Ana Tapia Aylene was born in Pasadena,California on February 21, 1998. She had a rough life growing up. Aylene’s parents were divorced when she was five years old. Her dad was a successful reporter on the other hand, her mom was more distracted with what the society thought of her even though they weren't together anymore.The dad paid more attention to his job than he did to his daughter, because he tried to give them a better life than he had when

characteristic that violates major social norms and attracts condemnation, stigma, social isolation, censure and punishment by relevance audience, according to Goode. One current act of deviance that is occurring in my hometown of Pasadena, California and more specifically in the Pasadena Unified School District, is the decline in attendance rates. Over the years, some students have violated a major social norm of going to school on a regular basis, Monday through Friday. This has resulted into stigmatizing

I. Introduction A. Attention Grabber: Negro League Baseball was just one more thing that represented the segregation of African Americans and Caucasians. One man’s stubbornness, determination and athletic ability would be a start to a new beginning for Major League Baseball. B. Thesis: Major League Baseball was founded in 1869 and up until April 15, 1947 an African American had never played in the major leagues before and that man was named Jackie Robinson. On that day he did not open the door for

Comments of the call stated Arena had a restraining order against Bracamontes. Arena is Bracamontes’ Mother. Upon our arrival to 1415 El Sereno Ave #4, Arena advised us that Bracamontes had left before we arrived. Officer Acosta confirmed with Pasadena dispatch that there is a restraining order on file. I spoke with Arena and digitally recorded the conversation. The following is a summary of our conversation. Arena stated that Bracamontes is her son and he is twenty four years old. She said