What does American mean? Diana Casillas ENG/492 May 21‚ 2013 Nora H. Barber I. What does American mean? A. Qualities of an American 1. Randall Jarrell/ Thinking of the Lost World 2. Adrienne Rich/ Transcendental Etude II. Conclusion III. References What does American mean? When someone is called an American‚ it does not mean they were born in the American country. The nationality of an individual should be seen in their personality‚ experiences‚ way of speaking‚
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Work Ethic in America "Nearly 36 million Americans one in eight now live in poverty and tens of millions more are considered working poor" (Melvin Claxton & Ronald J. Hansen). This quote shows that a large part of the population fit into the lower class. They make a nice target‚ but aren’t the only class that is effected by the American work ethic. The American work ethic is a job standard created as an expectation put on the shoulders of the lower‚ middle‚ and upper class in many different
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The Shortage of Teachers in America All of the schools in this country are facing a serious problem. Every day more and more teachers are leaving the profession. Why are these teachers leaving? Well the primary reasons are the poor working conditions and low salaries. "Twenty percent of teachers say that unsatisfactory working conditions keep them from wanting to stay in the profession. In addition‚ thirty-seven percent who do not plan to teach until retirement blame low pay for their decision
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Fracturing of America Even though Hydraulic Fracturing is changing our dependence on fossil fuels‚ it could very well be changing our most precious resource‚ our water supplies. The average fracturing site uses an estimated 70 to 140 billion gallons of water to fracture 35‚000 wells in the United States annually. This is approximately the yearly water consumption of 40 to 80 cities each with a population of 50‚000. This water is infused with chemicals that seep back into our groundwater and contaminate
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Taminder Anand 9/20/10 English II Honors Page 106 1. A. In Letters from an American Farmer‚ Crèvecoeur describes why European immigrants were glad to leave Europe for America. In Europe‚ they were treated like they were worthless. The European immigrants were starved‚ they didn’t get food. Crops started to fail causing a shortage of grains‚ therefore raising the price of bread. They Europeans were treated horribly; they were thrown into jail for reasons unknown. They didn’t even
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Mental Health). 1)What general age does anxiety effect? Anxiety is a mental disorder that effects many people in the U.S. This mental disorder
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is from Europe. Crevecoeur explains that America is a literal melting pot for people of all religions. He states that “the Americans become as to religion what they are as a country‚ allied to all”. When Crevecoeur describes the religions of the nation he makes note of the fact that even if the people of a certain “sect” do not practice the same religion as the newcomers‚ that “neither the government nor any other power interferes”‚ showing the great tolerance that America has for all. The “indifference”
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J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur “Letters from an American Farmer” Letters from an American Farmer written by J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur is 12 letters written by an American farmer‚ named James. James is the speaker in all 12 letters which are written to his European friend. The occasion when J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur wrote these letters was only years before the Revolutionary War. The Revolutionary War was the war between America and Britain when America became its own country.
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After reading the poems “God Bless America” by Sarah Jones (2000)‚ “Facing West From California’s Shores” by Walt Whitman (1860)‚ Allen Ginsberg’s “America” (1956)‚ “Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes (1938)‚ and Wislawa Szymborska’s “The Century’s Decline” (1986) I realized that even though they all talk about America ‚ except Szymborska‚ the way they say it and how they say it makes very different poems. Sarah Jones wrote “God Bless America” in 2000. The country was established
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What America Means To Me The United States of America is one of the wealthiest and most powerful countries in the world‚ but it is also more than that. Our country was founded on the idea of freedom‚ when our forefathers declared independence against the tyranny of Britain. Some people think of America as a second chance‚ where people can come acceptance. Others come for equality and freedom.. “So‚ what does America mean to me?” you may ask. America is my home‚ where I can be who I want to be. The
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