What makes an American an American? Is it the accent‚ the clothing‚ the fact that you can speak the English language‚ or is it the fact that you were born on American soil? I believe it’s certain characteristics that set us apart from other countries. The fact we are self-reliant‚ and competitive‚ and the compassion we bring to others are some‚ of many‚ American characteristics that help set us apart. These are the three characteristics that I have chosen to write about. Our self-reliance
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Life is what you make it A little boy called Andy was asked to audition with his classmates for a part in the school play. His mother knew that he had his heart set on being in the play and she was worried about how he would react if he wasn’t chosen. On the day that the parts were given out‚ Andy’s mother went to the school to collect him feeling anxious about the outcome. Seeing his mother Andy rushed up to her‚ his eyes were shining with pride and excitement. "Guess what Mum‚" he shouted
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The Spartans sacrifice Yesterday‚ three hundred Spartans lost their lives. They were fighting against the Persian army. They held out for three days before one of them told the Persians how to defeat them. No word yet on who it was. Whoever it was died anyway though. Persia continues to advance. Every Spartan there knew that they were only meant to slow the Persians down. However‚ they had bigger plans. One Spartans journal stated it better than I could. “We do not think
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Global Relationships: Yesterday and Today Relationships between nations historically influence and affect the political climate of the current age. This dynamic has been true throughout history (de Blij‚ Muller‚ Nijman‚ & WinklerPrins‚ 2011; Goff‚ Moss‚ Terry‚ Upshear‚ & Schroeder‚ 2012). The political climate prior to and throughout WWI certainly has had residual long lasting effects that are still evident today in world politics. Factors of nationalism‚ imperialism and militarism
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teenagers if they were not able to get an education. If you can imagine a time when school was only allowed for the privileged or very wealthy‚ then you can understand what it was like for many teenagers and children during the Victorian Era. The Victorian era was the time period between 1837 and 1901 when Queen Victoria ruled Britain. During that time‚ a lot of discoveries in science and technology were being made but educational opportunities did not exist for the majority of people in society.
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Ever Wonder if You Could Kill What You Eat? We Did the Other Night We‚ as humans‚ have developed such a bizarre and uncomfortable relationship with non-human animals. In her short essay‚ Makenna Goodman describes how for dinner she had her guests come over and one had to kill a chicken for their meal. Goodman also discusses the efforts made by farmers to supply their families with farm-fresh food that has been prepared in an ethical way. Goodman introduces her article by sharing with us
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Heroes by today’s standards can be many things‚ such as firefighters‚ teachers‚ or cops. This wasn’t always what the word hero was once intended to mean. What a hero is in present day is surprisingly different than what a hero once was. In ancient times one was only called a hero if they were the strongest‚ bravest‚ smartest and the most warlike. During the course of time‚ the definition of what a genuine hero is has changed and the role and form of a hero has been altered‚ but yet some things remain
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Lauren McFall Mr. Gossett English 10H-4 March 17‚ 2008 You are What You Eat Throughout the past twenty years‚ obesity in the United States has drastically increased. Currently‚ one-hundred and seventeen billion people in the United States are obese. Out of those people‚ three-hundred thousand people die each year because of complications due to being over-weight. One out of every four children in the average school in the United States is over-weight. In an effort to combat this growing
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In Mark Edmunson’s article “Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here?”‚ he directs this article to incoming freshman and talks about going to college with very little resources and being the only one in his family to goto college; he also talks about what students need to do in college to be successful. Edmunson thinks everyone should find out who they really are in college so you know what you want to do in your future career. Not just going to college pursuing a career thats not much of an interest
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LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) A Local area network is a network that is confined to a relatively small area. It is general limited to a geographic area such; school‚ writing lab‚ building‚ office‚ or hall. A local area network’s linkages usually are accomplished with either telephone‚ coaxial‚ or fiber-optic cables. This network are privately own networks with and angle building or campus of up to a few kilometers in size. They are widely used to connect personal computers and work situation in company
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