Haley Cone

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History of the Macy Thanksgiving Parade

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and my favorite tradition is to t urn the T.V on to the Macys Thanksgiving Parade and start getting ready for a day full. I love to see all the different kind of floats, bands, marches, and just the energy of the parade gets me so excited and ready to kick start the holidays. The parade wasn’t originally sponsored by Macys but by the Philadelphia’s Gimbel Brothers General Store. According to The History channel The First Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade and Fobes The Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade 2016 By the Numbers ,” the parade started out with 50 people, 15 cars, and firemen dressed as Santa Clause.” Who knew that just under 100 years of having the parade that there are now 26 floats, 8,000 participants, and 19 music acts. The parade has evolved so much over the years and continues to grow. The parade contains so much history and hold so many traditions that I hope last for many more year. I know that I grew up watching the pa...

Will the city of San Antonio be closing the Amalmo?

I am interested in if they are going to close the Alamo. This is a historic landmark that the foundation of Texas history is built on. The Alamo is in the heart of downtown San Antonio and it has been standing since 1836. Although it has had to have some help with something to keep thing safe for the tourist. I grew up in San Antonio it I remember when I was in Elementary school being so excited for the Alamo field trip. It would be so sad and outrage so many people if it were to close. Change is never easy with the Alamo by Josh Brodesky. The article is about the contoverse of whether the city of San Antonio should shut down the Alamo or not. Brodesky gives us facts about the history of the Alamo and the significance of it importance to San Antonio. The battle of the Alamo shaped the way Texas is and how we stand our grounds. "This reality puts certain spin on the emotional debate about how the Alamo should evolve." As politics run through the courts and take over f...

To Close To Home

November 5, 2017 was almost a year ago this will be a day that my home town will never forget. I can still hear the sirens of emergency vehicles, helicopters flying over, seeing news reports all over social media pop up, text and calls come in asking if everyone was okay. Coming from a small-town hearing gun shots isn’t a big deal especially in the fall (its deer season), but these were no ordinary gun shots. There was a thickness in the air that day, it was kind of gloomy and over cast. These will be the memories that I will never forget, but these memories are nothing compared to what the local hero Stephen Willieford and everyone affected directly had to experience. It was a casual Sunday morning in the fall, everyone was at church or headed to lunch with the family. Willieford had been going to the Church of Christ in San Antonio, Texas, but he lives across the street from the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Williford and his wife decided to stay h...

Difficult times

Maria’s children (her third-grade students) lives are similar to Marias because the come from the same background she comes from. They are different because even though they work in the fields they don’t move and work as hard as what Maria had to as a child. Her children are not afraid to sit up in the front of the class and participate in class, as for Maria she always sat in the back and wanted to go unnoticed. Maria states that “She understands what these children are going through because she was once like them.” She also says, “But unlike me, they will never do more than travel the country picking crops.” She understands that when the crops out of from being picked that they have to pack up and go to the next place. They do not have to go through the abuse her and her family went through. Maria now knows the signs if a child is being abused because she was once in the position. She really connects with her children because she was once that child who hoped around from school to s...

Do you think social media is addictive?

The video “You will want to watch this before you started using social media” has a lot of solid points. I do agree to some points of the video and others I do not. It states that the spike in dopamine is almost the same as using cocaine. The speakers give points insight that social media is very addictive and possibly very pragmatic to the public and its users, because as stated in the video people tend to view others post on social media and thus gives many individuals a state of depression. Steven Kolter is concerned about the addiction to social media that is ruining people’s lives by eliminating their attention span. Kolter explains “that when you get a text message or notification you get a 400% spike in dopamine which is slightly less that what you would get if you were to use cocaine.” With this statement being said Kolter explains how this high gets people to care more of what others think of us ov...

Revised summary about me!

My name is Haley Cone I'm 18 years old and I just graduated from La Vernia High school. I come from a small town that’s about 30 minutes southeast of San Antonio. Funny thing about my small town we have more students enrolled in the school district than we do have in the city population. During High school, I was very active in and outside of school. I was a student athletic trainer, a member of FCA (Fellowship of Christin Athletes), and I was also a member of the La Vernia FFA Chapter. Outside of school I was a member of Texas 4-H where I have held various offices, showed livestock such as poultry, swine, and cattle, and competed on my county’s poultry judging team, I was also the 2016-2017 Mesquite Trail Drivers queen where I stood as role model to younger generations. I have some important people in my life such as my mom, dad, younger brother, and all my other family. All my friends and family hold a special place in my heart. They are all very important to me and som...