[11:50:44 PM] Jeremiah: What is American? Is it the ability to enjoy an outdoor barbeque with your family? Is it fighting to defend freedom from the evils of this world? Being American isn’t just simply a list of stereotypes and Kodak moments. Being an American consists of the ability to use the freedoms that one has been given and the consequences of that freedom. Say America and most people automatically think freedom. Yet‚ what is the nature of this freedom? Surely there are restraints to
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How Does is Feel Being in a Strange Land With no one to Fall for? How does it feel like being an immigrant? Does being an immigrant give one a sense of belonging? To some‚ being an immigrant is a whole new experience that gives them an opportunity of being out of their home country in another country that has more opportunities than theirs. To some‚ however‚ being an immigrant is like being in hell with painful experiences that are marred with discrimination‚ human trafficking and the violation of
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no sleepovers‚ nothing. You’re grounded. Speaking to all of the kids and teens of the world‚ at one or more points in your life you’ve probably been grounded. Meaning you lose a privilege‚ or not being able to go somewhere you want to go‚ or even having a plan you were really excited for get canceled. Being grounded is a parent’s way to try and get it through our brains that we messed
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kids want to do them or not. As a result‚ the child’s schedule becomes completely filled‚ and they do not get the chance to make any decisions for themselves. Kids don’t have time for things that they want to do‚ including just being a kid. This then leads to young adults being scared of adulthood and unprepared to take on the challenges because they never actually got the privilege to be a kid. Furthermore‚ Derek Thompson notes that young adults are missing out on huge opportunities‚ such as starting
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or getting incarcerated is like is from tv‚ or movies. Someone does a crime‚ the cops come‚ they get handcuffed‚ placed inside the cop car and then you see them behind bars and the scene ends. If they decide to go more into detail‚ they show them being fingerprinted and taken their mug shot. As a matter of fact‚ according to Bierie (as cited in West‚ 2010) on any given day‚ there are more than 2 million U.S. citizens incarcerated (2011‚ p. 341). So what better way to experience first-hand
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Being a bully or a bystander is a bad choice to make in your life. The issue is getting worse every single day. Killing their self‚ cutting their self‚ depressed a lot‚ skipping school‚ taking drugs‚ and mostly 95% of them cry their selves to sleep at night. In my opinion because of Brain Pop‚ I think bystanders are worse than bullies because they just sit there and watch people get hurt. Everyone gets bullied at some point and some age! As you can see‚ Brain pop teaches a lot! Students get bullied
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every class of [people who loan money] . . . the [sad] faces of our working people . . . our ships rotting in our harbors . . . the insults that are [made against America] in every court in Europe”. The author who was a supporter of the Constitution being ratified talks about how many problems that the United States has under the current Constitution and he feels that the only way the problems can be solved is too ratify the Constitution. George Washington feels that people thought that they knew too
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Hanoi Hilton. Denton was tortured daily‚ but resisted his captors at every turn and urged others to resist. He famously blinked out the word “T-O-R-T-U-R-E” when being interviewed for propaganda purposes. Many returning servicemen were treated badly by the American people who were angry at the war and the government. Denton‚ instead of being bitter at fellow countrymen and his experience as a POW‚ expressed his gratitude on his return for having had the opportunity to serve his country. Denton exemplifies
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#2 Being properly hydrated is something that can be the barrier between life and death. I have ran track for eight plus years. Those eight plus years entailed two to three hour practices Monday through Friday and all day track meets on the weekends in the blazing sun. Being a part of this sport for so long has allowed me to work with numerous coaches who have their own methods and hydration beliefs‚ that they swear are the most effective. Throughout all my years‚ I have never explicitly been told
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While opponents of lobbyists believe that they mostly do not show the nation being united‚ they can bribe American politicians easily; whereas‚ the supporters believe that they spend a lot of time researching the importance of a law before writing it‚ to see whether if it’s harmful or beneficial for the state since the Congressmen
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