The Pledge of Allegiance was specifically made for showing off patriotism in the United States when it was originally written in 1892. This was until 1954‚ when President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Congress added “under God” to the pledge (Encyclopedia Britannica). This has started causing a stir in the United States. Some say it should be changed or maybe even removed. Some say it should stay. I believe it should be changed‚ but it is not required to be removed. No one country specifically has God’s
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Humanities Today University of Phoenix Rebecca Wear May 4‚ 2010 Humanities Today Humanities can defined as the totality of human being‚ or the investigation of the natural human processes and social relationships (Webster online). Looking around the world today it is interesting to think about the events of the world that have paved the road for what exists today. Many changes took place in fourteenth century and beyond that helped to shape today’s views of religion‚ education‚ politics
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Why Does History Matter? History is one of the most underappreciated subjects included in a modern education. Many students regard history as a useless subject that their school requires for some reason. What’s the point of learning about dead people and what they did‚ when you can learn about something that will be relevant to the present and the future? New information is always expanding the field of science‚ and english is constantly being perfected like a diamond being polished. These subjects
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Patriotism in America lacks the bold following of supportive Americans it used to possess. During World War II‚ Americans were willing to ration and work and fight harder for the whole of their country. JFK’s profound quote of “Ask not what your country can do for you‚ ask what you can do for your country” summarizes the basis of what patriotism should materialize as. John F. Kennedy speaks forth about steel companies raising prices in a time of turmoil and persuades Americans to ensure the tranquility
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his parents. He would rely on his peers to choose what position he holds on subjects before what his parents’ thinks but he still respects his parents. He thinks the media has a lot to do with decisions he makes but he would ask his friends what they think before anyone else. According to Barna research‚ Peers Parents and media are the top three things influencing teens today. Peers are more apt to have influence on teens regarding religion‚ what school sports or even what a teens is willing to experiment
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since the election of George H.W. Bush. Americans can not take another Republican into office. Social environment is a very important issue in the United States today. This‚ in turn‚ determines success or failure in peoples’ lives. If one were born with a silver spoon in his mouth‚ he would easily be able to attend a fancy school no matter how intelligent he is or have any luxury he wants just because of power and wealth. On the flip side‚ if one were born to a poor family in a bad neighborhood infested
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Crime Essay There are all different kinds of crime today‚ some include‚ theft‚ abuse‚ torture‚ hate crime‚ organized crime‚ money laundering‚ kidnaping‚ homicide‚ stalking‚ sex crimes‚ arson‚ drug related‚ drunk driving‚ and finally‚ political and white collar crime. Every thing I just mentioned is a broad category of crime and each one has many more specific crimes within it. When you look at all of this you have to think why there is so much crime. I mean‚ are some people just evil? Some
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Why the Greeks Matter During the NRP broadcast ‘Why the Greeks Matter’‚ Cahill‚ Straus and the listeners mentioned a lot of important points concerning the Greeks. How they lived their everyday life‚ what influenced their customs and what democracy meant to them are just a few that were mentioned. One of the first compelling points Cahill and Straus describe is excellence. Excellence is what the Greeks cared most about because it was dominated by alpha males. Cahill mentioned
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ENVIRONMENT TODAY Environment today is worsening along with time and worse; it does not seem to draw the attention of the people. The main cause of this crisis is the people destroy the environment in the name of development and industrialization. The saddest truth is no one gives a ‘DAMN’. If nothing is done‚ it will definitely be an impediment to developments and is not only happening in Malaysia but around the globe. All of us living here on this planet are losing our conscience and have
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As a seventeen year old sometimes I still feel like I am lost child of nine years. Something’s just don’t seem to make since‚ and my imagination runs wild. My mind stays innocent‚ and I just can’t seem to wrap my mind around things. I still think the world is perfect and everyone is friends. I am a child in an evil dirty world of innocence and perfection. In the world today and in the past it has happened again and again. Today I feel like it’s always going to happen‚ because we refuse it is happening
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