United States of America has been rising at dramatic levels over the past two decades‚ to the point where it has been labeled as an epidemic by public health officials. The problem seems to be accelerating with each passing year and decade‚ and it is building enough momentum to be a true public health catastrophe. According to the Get America Fit Foundation (GAFF)‚ the problem is truly an epidemic on a massive scale when you consider there are 58 million overweight people in America. Even more alarming
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V.S. Modern Day America When comparing Ancient Rome to the Modern Day America‚ it’s difficult to find a reason for what’s different between the two. Even though the two are separated between over two thousand years of history‚ Ancient Rome has helped shaped to what is America today. Rome’s ancient culture is very much like the American culture and has many similarities. Some examples on how Ancient Rome is similar to the Modern Day America are the Social Classes‚ Republic System‚ and Language.
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Latin is an extremely important and influential language. It was the official language of the Roman Empire‚ fathered languages like Spanish and Portuguese-two of the most spoken languages in the world‚ French-lingua franca from the 17th century until the middle of the 20th and Italian-the language of the Renaissance. In fact‚ it was so influential that even today it is taught in schools though it has long been a dead language. But how did Latin become such a language? At first‚ Latin was a language
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The United States of America is not the best country in the world. This is not an opinion but a fact. What makes a country great is measurable. In every category‚ America is coming up very‚ very short. If one’s opinion is that the United States is the greatest nation in the world‚ that definition of greatness is likely stumbled upon by blind patriotism. Not once has the United States proven to be one of the topped ranked countries in the world. Has there ever really been a time of peace‚ prosperity
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Poverty in America Poverty‚ the state of being extremely poor‚ exists all over America! There are several different types of poverty‚ and the causes of poverty. Most people think of poverty as just somebody who is homeless and has no job‚ somebody who has no money to support the basic needs of life‚ and wears ragged clothing and lives under a bridge. What people don’t know is there are people living in poverty that have jobs and make money but live so poorly that they are categorized with people
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The Graying of America Of the total federal expenditures in 1995‚ Social Security together with Medicare(federally founded health program aimed at helping the elderly‚ founded in 1965) was the largest‚ accounting for about 34 percent. In 2005 this figure is predicted to be as high as 39 percent. This is caused by the "graying" of America and the increased number of elderly who will collect benefits for a longer portion of their lives‚ coupled with a reduction of the number of workers available to
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article “Kenneth Cole Gets Schooled” David Sirota writes‚ “Taking an honest look at America’s education system brings up queries about why other less economically stratified nations have unionized teachers and far better academic results than here in America (761)” Students in other countries such as Korea‚ Finland‚ Japan‚ the Netherlands‚ and Canada have far better academic results than those in America‚ yet the teachers are not the one who need to be accepting all the blame for the failing academic standards
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population began centuries ago‚ but grew rapidly after the attacks of September 11‚ 2001. The question that arises: Is it possible for American’s to separate terrorist thoughts with Muslim culture to approach religious acceptance in America? The first Muslims to come to America arrived as slaves during the sixteenth century. The owners of these slaves did not support Islamic practice‚ and actively discouraged the religion. The Muslim slaves soon began enduring the Christian faith to please their owners
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Diana Mendoza Due Date: February 12‚ 2015 Lab 1 Stupid in America EDUC 13001-6301 Stupid in America Are kids really stupid in America? Some people believe it is not the students who are stupid‚ they believe it’s the system that’s stupid. Schools argue it’s because of the money. They need more money to give a better education. In John Stossel’s documentary we can see that money is not the problem‚ a school in Kansas received more than what it usually does and instead of doing better in the test
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smart enough do not attend a normal high school. In America‚ it is required that all children have an education until they get to high school‚ where they are offered the opportunity unless they choose to drop out. We also have many job opportunities that come with our education. If you put in the effort in school you will be able to go to college and get an advanced education that will help you be successful in finding a well paying job. In America‚ children are given the opportunity to attend elementary
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