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    In “Still Separate‚ Still Unequal” by Jonathan Kozol‚ the goal is to present the readers with information that proves that even in the 21st Century there are schools that are well segregated and that do not have basic necessities. Kozol goes into detail to provide various statistics that show percentage of inner city schools where up to 98% of students are either African Americans or Hispanics. He then moves on to discuss that many of these schools also do not have basic necessities “not enough seats

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    September 15th‚ I am sending you a report which weighs the benefits and downsides of the preferred guest card you are considering to launch‚ and I hope that the information will help you make the right decision. After having worked for 5 years at Six Flags as a marketer in consumer research‚ I have dealt with several cases similar to yours. Therefore‚ I firsthand know how difficult it is to meet everybody’s expectations. However‚ I would like to stress that the issue you are facing is directly related

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    Bhullar 1 Aziz Bhullar" Jaqueline Seydel" English 10" 29 May 2014 " The Survival of Tomiko Higa" " Tomiko Higa is the author of the book The Girl With the White Flag. The book depicts the realities of war through the eyes of the protagonist‚ who is a little girl known as Tomiko. Tomiko lives on the island of Okinawa and resides with her family. When the war of Okinawa starts‚ she is separated from her family and struggles to survive. She has to forage for food‚ shelter‚ and her lost

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    confined within the narrow limits of his family and his intimate circle of friends. Patriotism enlightens us about our paramount duties to our nation‚ our motherland‚ as dear and sacred as our own mother. India has a proud heritage of the noblest patriots‚ who sacrificed all their belongings and even gave up their lives‚ for the cause of their motherland. The freedom struggle of India which was a golden chapter in the history of the country saw the whole nation revolting against the insolent British‚ who

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    Still Separate‚ Still Unequal “Still Separate‚ Still Unequal”‚ written by Jonathan Kozol‚ describes the reality of urban public schools and the isolation and segregation the students there face today. Jonathan Kozol illustrates the grim reality of the inequality that African American and Hispanic children face within todays public education system. In this essay‚ Kozol shows the reader‚ with alarming statistics and percentages‚ just how segregated Americas urban schools have become. He also brings

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    In the discussions of if burning the flag should be illegal‚ one controversial issue has been that it shouldn’t be. On the one hand‚ many american argue that it should be illegal to burn the flag. On the other hand‚ some americans contend that burning the flag is a way to get there point across. My own view is that it should be illegal. For instance‚ Andrew Cohen argues that there is not one “American Flag” but a bunch of individually owned flags. Since they bought them they are property and that

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    Memorial Museum"). Although the Holocaust’s original focus was persecuting the Jewish population and for Germany to prove their racial superiority‚ it evolved

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    “This flag‚ which we honor and under which we serve‚ is the emblem of our unity‚ our power‚ our thought‚ and purpose as a nation… And yet‚ though silent‚ it speaks to us – speaks to us of the past‚ or the men and women who went before us.” Woodrow Wilson had a lot of pride in our American Flag‚ as so today‚ we do as well. The American Flag‚ also known as the “Stars and Stripes‚” was made by Betsy Ross‚ a known sewer around her time‚ on June 1777. The flag has been modified 26 times and the flag we have

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    Flags‚ history‚ wars‚ deaths. All of these words have to do with each and every individual country. The United States and Canada have fought in many wars together‚ had many losses of veterans and civilians‚ waved our individual flags‚ and much more! But what I’m going to talk to you about today is the many similarities and differences of the countries‚ and how the countries came about. The United States of America started out as just individual states. But as time went on‚ the states slowly merged

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    The issue of the Confederate Flag has a long history. The fight in Michigan is over a different flag‚ the "Betsy Ross" flag. It was made in 1777. This was not long after the Declaration of Independence. The flag has 13 stars and 13 stripes. They stand for the 13 original colonies. These colonies became the United States. 240 years have passed by and the flag is now an issue to many people of color because‚ when the flag was made it was during the time of slavery and it was flown during the early days

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