wheelchairman
04-05-2006, 02:49 PM
So I have an 8 page workplacement report due tomorrow. All I've written so far is about the geographical stuff. Here's what I got so far. Also if you think I'm writing it rather unprofessionedly, well I don't really expect my teacher to read it.
Introduction to the Country of Residence
My country of residence was the United States of America, however America is too broad a nation, with far too many different characteristics from region to region, for me to ever hope to give a short summary on, in fact that would just be foolhardy. I will be much more specific, I will focus on the state of Oregon. Oregon’s main industry was a logging one, until that was shut down which effectively ended the secondary industries that depended upon logging, the independent truckers, the independent loggers, the millers, etc. As this ended, Oregon’s economy opened up for a new industry, an IT one.
But more on that later. Oregon’s history starts out as one of people trying to leave. The largest city in Oregon, is situated as far away from Los Angeles and Seattle as possible. It was meant to be far away, because it originally was a home to fugitive and refugees. The social scum of society rested on the shoulders of the Cascade Mountains and created the beautiful state of Oregon. From the vineyards of mid-Oregon, which produces Pinot-Noir with enough good quality, to make the French worried, to the beaches of Newport, where people who want a lovely beach and solitude, often come to.
Oregon is a focal point of world culture. It was in the hallow bars of Oregon that grunge music was born. Grunge was a counter-cultural rock movement very similar to punk in attitude. Grunge has always been popular in the Pacific Northwest of the United States of America. If you go to Oregon now, you will still hear Nirvana and Pearljam on the radio station, the music of 10 years ago, is the music of today for most Oregonians.
Oregon is the state where the (Donner) Party never ends. The night life is vibrant in downtown Portland, Oregon’s largest city. The well-known band, the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies originated from the streets of Eugene, Oregon’s 2nd largest city, home to the world’s most amusing hobos. The famous bum with the sign that says “Need Money For Karate Lessons, Ninjas Killed My Family” comes right from the streets of Eugene, Oregon.
The funny thing about Eugene Oregon is that the NIKE corporations has it’s beginnings there, and it’s headquarters in Oregon. As do the major corporations Bi-Mart, Broderbund Software, and Tacotime. Ironically Eugene has one of the highest municipal unemployment rates in the United States of America. The largest employers in Eugene are local government, Sacred Heart Hospital, and the University. Oh Eugene, you are so wacky!
Famous Oregonians include Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons. He writes comics for the Comic News, a free monthly newsletter. His success with the Simpsons helped create other animated series like Futurama. The inspiration for the names of the Simpson’s characters originate directly from Oregon. On my way to work I traveled through Terwilliger Boulevard, Terwilliger being the name of Bob Terwilliger, a clown on the Simpson’s. Springfield is a city in Oregon, Skinner is a mountain.
Phil Knight of Nike, was born and raised in Oregon, and Nike bases itself in Oregon. The famous sport shoes were designed in Oregon’s methlabs of today, out of the backdoor of a van. In fact Prefontaine, world famous runner, was ironically run over in Oregon wearing running shoes. I guess he wasn’t as fast as he thought.
Oregon culture permeates and penetrates all medias and genres. Most recently, the press has talked a lot about the heavy amounts of graphic violence in the Grand Theft Auto video games. These video games were created by Oregonians, the entire set borrows names from Oregon, like Newport, Portland, Green and Yellow football colors. Famous others like Chuck Palahniuk (author of Fight Club, Diary, Choke, and Lullabye) as well as Ken Kesey (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Sometimes a Great Notion) live and write about Oregon.
Brilliant cinematic masterpieces such as Kindergarten Cop starring Arnold Schwarzenegger were filmed in several locations throughout Northern Oregon. The film One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest was filmed in Oregon and won 8 academy awards, despite the fact that Ken Kesey, despised the film.
Yes Oregon culture can be seen throughout the world, we see it all around us, this tiny little hole in stuck inbetween everywhere famous, follows us wherever we go, and we cannot escape. Should we chose to take the opposite route and instead of trying to escape Oregon, go and visit it, what site-seeing tours we shall see!
One of the more obvious choices of things to view in Oregon is of course, the sand dunes! In between the beaches of Newport and the mountains of the Cascades, lies a neat pile of sand dunes, the largest sand dunes on the west coast. A lovely vacationing situation for anyone who just wants to get out for a day and experience some beautiful nature, I highly recommend it! The air is pure, the water is blue, fat kids aren’t tolerated, and people are happy (except the fat kids.)
One of the necessities of Oregon tourism, is the Shanghai Tunnels of Portland. “Shanghaiing” was the act of forcibly kidnapping strangers and making them work on ships for long periods of time. Portland was particularly famous for this, as their tunnels also include trapped doors which would have the victim fall into a cage, and ready to be carried onto a boat, as one of the new labor hands available. It is called shanghaiing because a common destination for ships that used this kind of kidnapped labor would go to Shanghaii. As this was far away from any English speaking area, the kidnapped labor would be completely reliant on the ship’s captain, to return. The tunnels still exist, and tours are regularly given.
Oregon is a lively place with an interesting and livid history and culture. I can highly recommend that people should go out of their way to learn more about Oregon, The Cascadian Republic, and Washington.
Introduction to the Country of Residence
My country of residence was the United States of America, however America is too broad a nation, with far too many different characteristics from region to region, for me to ever hope to give a short summary on, in fact that would just be foolhardy. I will be much more specific, I will focus on the state of Oregon. Oregon’s main industry was a logging one, until that was shut down which effectively ended the secondary industries that depended upon logging, the independent truckers, the independent loggers, the millers, etc. As this ended, Oregon’s economy opened up for a new industry, an IT one.
But more on that later. Oregon’s history starts out as one of people trying to leave. The largest city in Oregon, is situated as far away from Los Angeles and Seattle as possible. It was meant to be far away, because it originally was a home to fugitive and refugees. The social scum of society rested on the shoulders of the Cascade Mountains and created the beautiful state of Oregon. From the vineyards of mid-Oregon, which produces Pinot-Noir with enough good quality, to make the French worried, to the beaches of Newport, where people who want a lovely beach and solitude, often come to.
Oregon is a focal point of world culture. It was in the hallow bars of Oregon that grunge music was born. Grunge was a counter-cultural rock movement very similar to punk in attitude. Grunge has always been popular in the Pacific Northwest of the United States of America. If you go to Oregon now, you will still hear Nirvana and Pearljam on the radio station, the music of 10 years ago, is the music of today for most Oregonians.
Oregon is the state where the (Donner) Party never ends. The night life is vibrant in downtown Portland, Oregon’s largest city. The well-known band, the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies originated from the streets of Eugene, Oregon’s 2nd largest city, home to the world’s most amusing hobos. The famous bum with the sign that says “Need Money For Karate Lessons, Ninjas Killed My Family” comes right from the streets of Eugene, Oregon.
The funny thing about Eugene Oregon is that the NIKE corporations has it’s beginnings there, and it’s headquarters in Oregon. As do the major corporations Bi-Mart, Broderbund Software, and Tacotime. Ironically Eugene has one of the highest municipal unemployment rates in the United States of America. The largest employers in Eugene are local government, Sacred Heart Hospital, and the University. Oh Eugene, you are so wacky!
Famous Oregonians include Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons. He writes comics for the Comic News, a free monthly newsletter. His success with the Simpsons helped create other animated series like Futurama. The inspiration for the names of the Simpson’s characters originate directly from Oregon. On my way to work I traveled through Terwilliger Boulevard, Terwilliger being the name of Bob Terwilliger, a clown on the Simpson’s. Springfield is a city in Oregon, Skinner is a mountain.
Phil Knight of Nike, was born and raised in Oregon, and Nike bases itself in Oregon. The famous sport shoes were designed in Oregon’s methlabs of today, out of the backdoor of a van. In fact Prefontaine, world famous runner, was ironically run over in Oregon wearing running shoes. I guess he wasn’t as fast as he thought.
Oregon culture permeates and penetrates all medias and genres. Most recently, the press has talked a lot about the heavy amounts of graphic violence in the Grand Theft Auto video games. These video games were created by Oregonians, the entire set borrows names from Oregon, like Newport, Portland, Green and Yellow football colors. Famous others like Chuck Palahniuk (author of Fight Club, Diary, Choke, and Lullabye) as well as Ken Kesey (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Sometimes a Great Notion) live and write about Oregon.
Brilliant cinematic masterpieces such as Kindergarten Cop starring Arnold Schwarzenegger were filmed in several locations throughout Northern Oregon. The film One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest was filmed in Oregon and won 8 academy awards, despite the fact that Ken Kesey, despised the film.
Yes Oregon culture can be seen throughout the world, we see it all around us, this tiny little hole in stuck inbetween everywhere famous, follows us wherever we go, and we cannot escape. Should we chose to take the opposite route and instead of trying to escape Oregon, go and visit it, what site-seeing tours we shall see!
One of the more obvious choices of things to view in Oregon is of course, the sand dunes! In between the beaches of Newport and the mountains of the Cascades, lies a neat pile of sand dunes, the largest sand dunes on the west coast. A lovely vacationing situation for anyone who just wants to get out for a day and experience some beautiful nature, I highly recommend it! The air is pure, the water is blue, fat kids aren’t tolerated, and people are happy (except the fat kids.)
One of the necessities of Oregon tourism, is the Shanghai Tunnels of Portland. “Shanghaiing” was the act of forcibly kidnapping strangers and making them work on ships for long periods of time. Portland was particularly famous for this, as their tunnels also include trapped doors which would have the victim fall into a cage, and ready to be carried onto a boat, as one of the new labor hands available. It is called shanghaiing because a common destination for ships that used this kind of kidnapped labor would go to Shanghaii. As this was far away from any English speaking area, the kidnapped labor would be completely reliant on the ship’s captain, to return. The tunnels still exist, and tours are regularly given.
Oregon is a lively place with an interesting and livid history and culture. I can highly recommend that people should go out of their way to learn more about Oregon, The Cascadian Republic, and Washington.