Sugar Land, Texas is one of the fastest-growing cities in Texas, and a large part of this growth is due to the number of Sugar Land subdivisions or planned communities that have sprung up in Fort Bend County. In fact, the number of Sugar Land subdivisions qualifying as planned communities tops the entire U.S.
The name comes from its connection with sugar. In fact, the headquarters for Imperial Sugar is located in this city and the logo from Imperial is on the City seal. It became incorporated as a city in 1959 and the first planned subdivision in the area were constructed. The Sugar Land subdivisions of Sugar Creek, First Colony, and Sugar Mill were the original communities that were built out and then annexed by the city. Other developments included Telfair and Brazos Landing that have been or will be annexed to Sugar Land in the near future.
Talks are underway with other Sugar Land subdivisions and communities to annex into property that will bring the current population of around 63,000 to more than 120,000. The economy here is strong and diversified, although the dependence upon the sugar industry has remained as a mainstay in the local economy. The city is also the headquarters for a number of software, international energy and product forms such as the Nalco/Exxon and the Western Airways headquarters. The per capita income is higher than the national average. The minority population of the city is increasingly affluent. An example is the large Asian American population of the City.
Because many of the housing units in many Sugar Land subdivisions are relatively new and the community is growing, schools are scrambling to keep up with the influx. The school districts are well-represented amongst all Texas schools in student-teacher ratios, in test scores for mathematics and English, and in other factors used by independent ranking organizations. Three of the high schools appear on the nation's top 1,000 high schools with Clements High School that serves the area ranking number 13 in the nation, according to Newsweek Magazine's 2005 listings.
The many greenways, bike paths, parks, and public areas found in the Sugar Land subdivisions are just some of the factors that make this city one of the nation's best places to live year after year. CNN/Money and Money Magazine ranked this area third in the list of the 100 best cities to live in the U.S. in its 2006 ranking.
With all the reality television series popping out left and right, it is not hard to see why many would be led to question the sincerity and realism of such shows. Even the ones which served as pioneers of this growing trend have become somewhat ?too real? to be believable, making it harder for viewers to trust the show and its? participants.
Take Amber Alchalabi, for example. She is one of the few remaining bachelorettes on The Bachelor: Officer and A Gentleman. Oftentimes, Amber, an elementary teacher in Texas, has been heard talking about her students with bachelor Andy Baldwin, saying that she has found it difficult to be away from her beloved fourth graders. However, in an embarrassing turn of events, the parents of her students have rebut Alchalabi's claims, saying that a teacher who cares so much about her students would not leave them in the midst of their preparation for an important exam like Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills Test. The issue further escalated when the parents found out that Alchalabi had lied to them about where she was going and when the show came to the school to shoot some episodes.
Given all this, it most certainly seems like Alchalabi had been putting up a front and pretending to be a sweet and endearing young woman in order to capture the heart of the handsome bachelor. However, it would be quite silly to think that a smart woman like Alchalabi would present such a false image knowing that her words and actions would be broadcast on national television. Surely, if she truly wanted to make Baldwin fall for ?I'm-such-a-good-teacher? act, she would not have done so while the cameras were rolling, lest her cover would be blown. And with regards to her lying about her real whereabouts, Alchalabi was forced to give false information about her absence because her contract with the show called for it.
True, one can argue that if her feelings towards her students are sincere, then the choice she would have made would have been in their favor, which would have meant not joining the show at all in order to help her kids with their test preparation. However, that decision is not too easy to make when confronted with a heart yearning to find great love.
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