What Freedom Means to Me: An American Ideal Defined Through the Eyes of a Teenager Intro to U.S. History 101-03 Prof. Paul Elovitz Claudia Molina February 1‚ 2013 Cmolina1@ramapo.edu 201-491-4761 Freedom means many different things to many people‚ but to me it means I can live in a country that believes in life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I mean this is the “Land of the Free”. However‚ these are things that not everyone can experience. Freedom to me also means I can
Premium Cuba Democracy
I asked those around me what patriotism means to them. The most common answer I received was the love of one’s country. But what does that really mean? I received all types of examples. Displaying our country’s flag at your home or in your business was patriotic. Observing national holidays such as Memorial Day‚ Flag Day‚ Independence Day and Veterans Day. Standing and removing your hat during the National Anthem and taking the time to thank Veterans and service personal for their self-sacrifice
Premium
Plan essay #2 Robby Allen What Creativity means to me. When the word creativity pops in my head I immediately start to think of the word style. If you think of the word style‚ to me it is a way of creating a certain type of creative form that I would call my own. There are lots of activity’s and hobbies that I enjoy to do. One of the best examples I can give to the meaning of style is wakeboarding‚ which is a form of waterskiing. Style in wakeboarding is everything. It can be anything
Premium Meaning of life Creativity Thought
What does compassion really mean to me? It means to show empathy to someone who is hurt or who got their feelings hurt. Like‚ Elie Wiesel‚ Elie was a Holocaust survivor. He cared for everyone. Compassion meant a lot to him because no one showed compassion. Compassion means to me too‚ show love to someone like Elie Wiesel did. Also‚ to show kindness towards others‚ even if they don’t deserve it. That’s what compassion means to me! The Nazi’s and Hitler showed no compassion during the Holocaust
Premium
What Education Means to Me Education; the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge‚ developing the powers of reasoning and judgement‚ and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. For some it means getting up at 6 in the morning‚ for others it means studying for the big exam coming up‚ and for others it’s over all boring. But others understand the true meaning of education. Education means a lot of things. Education prepares us for the future
Premium Education Learning Knowledge
30 September 2013 What does freedom mean to you? Freedom means a lot to me. Personally freedom should be earned not given. As in if you’re an illegal immigrant and you sneak over here‚ or you get a “green card” you shouldn’t get the American title. One reason is‚ you and your family didn’t have to go through what most of us Americans have. Such as 9-11. Mostly all Americans have worked for what we have today. Such as stopping the wars‚ making laws
Premium Immigration to the United States Human rights 2006 singles
What Success Means To Me What makes a person successful? Attitude! Being able to look back at all of the trauma and hard tasks you have endured and realizing that you made it through. And through it all‚ you never gave up. Success is to believe in yourself. Success is facing challenges that come your way with the attitude “I will endure and overcome”. It is being able‚ when you feel like giving up‚ to go further into your personal self to find strength and courage. It is being able to wake up to
Premium English-language films 2006 singles 2005 albums
What Psychology Means To Me November 19th‚ 2012 Psychology Psychology explains how and why people do the things they do; why people feel the way they feel; and how people think and reason. We rely on the people that are around us the most to help determine our actions. Most of us lean on our family for support and guidance to help persuade us to make the right decisions. Not only do we rely on the opinions and beliefs of our loved ones‚ but also we all rely on our religious
Premium Faith Religion Psychology
Courage is when some does something that frightens them‚ or they overcome their fears. As much as I think riding your bike without training wheels‚ or jumping off of the diving board when you were little takes courage‚ courage is something that is definitely earned. Feeling fear yet still choosing to act of those fears is something that represents courage to me. Standing up for what you believe in regardless of the situation is also very courageous and it takes a certain type of person to stand up
Premium Hero Courage Beowulf
What Justice Means To Me Criminal Justice in today’s society is over whelming with fears of being wrongly accused for a crime that was not committed by that individual . Justice is defined in a lot of ways being able to adequately give equal punishment for crimes committed; Our justice system sets an example . First of all‚ I define justice as equality under the law. In America everyone has the right to vote‚ freedom of speech and the right to pursue happiness. These are God given rights
Premium Law Crime Criminal justice