about the importance of our cultures. How does our cultural identity define us‚ if at all—and what exactly does it mean to be an American? Throughout history‚ and despite a past peppered with racial discrimination‚ America has always been an amalgamation of countless cultural identities. With this in mind‚ it can be safely said that in today’s society‚ race most definitely matters. Before the reasons of why race matters can be determined‚ we must first define what it means to be an American‚ the concept
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Wood 8:00-9:15 Project Two When thinking about education‚ for the most part one always thinks about school. Is education really just about school or what does it mean to be educated is the big question. Each person has their own view and opinion on what it means to be “educated”. Some may say one with a college degree is “educated”. Others may say one is “educated” when they have real life learning experiences under their belt. Really who decides what it means to be “educated”? In this writing
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What Does Pakistan Mean? An old man was asked on a TV program‚ what does Pakistan mean to you? He replied telling a true story. He said "When I was coming to Pakistan‚ I saw an old man just like me‚ he was tired‚ injured and thirsty. He asked: “Has Pakistan arrived”‚ I said ’Yes’. He took the soil and kissed it. He asked for water. When I brought water‚ I saw some crows and a dog beside him. When I came near‚ the old man had died." The old man interviewed had tears in his eyes then. He said to
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The word gay came from the Old High German word gahi‚ which means agile and abrupt. The word gahi gave rise to the Middle French word gai‚ signifying merry and happily excited. That brings the finally product of the term to which means delighted and animated. For English writers back in the day they used it as a good adjective in describing a person and how they were acting or feeling
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six‚ Ernest Hemingway was dressed as a girl by his mother. The only time he was allowed to be a young boy was when he was hunting in the woods with his father. This affected Hemingway and shaped his views on masculinity. In many of his short stories there are the reoccurring themes of racism‚ sexism‚ and coming of age which can all be lead back to the idea of being masculine. What does it mean to be masculine? Hemingway used his view on these topics to create many short stories.Two of his short stories
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nationality. As Philip Gleason stated‚ all an American had to do was focus on liberty‚ equality‚ and republicanism. There are duties a person undertakes that makes he or she American. To be an American means having patriotism‚ freedom‚ and being an industrious worker in all aspects of life. An American
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What does it mean to be Caribbean? To be Caribbean is sitting together with family laughing and crying eating home cooked meals seasoned with the rich herbs and spices of the land washed by the Caribbean Sea. Being Caribbean is sugar spice and everything nice. We as a people give helping hands to one another ignoring what race or culture we come from because it is natural to us because everyone is mixed; being Caribbean is adapting and accepting to things that seem different to others but is
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19‚ 2011 What does Success Mean? When it comes to the word “success”‚ It’s believed that everyone is familiar with it and everyone would feel great about it‚ want more of it‚ and work towards it. Success is just the opposite of failure people might say commonly. When somebody finished the goal or reached the expectations he or she set‚ it’s having called succeeded! However‚ the term of success may have a deeper reason‚ inner inspiration‚ and truly meaningful of it. To that‚ it means somebody really
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What does it mean to be an adult? Does accountability make a person an adult? Does learning and improving on past experiences make someone an adult? Will caring for one’s self make somebody an adult? These are all small pieces to the puzzle but there is more to an adult then being a self-reliant‚ hardworking individual that pays their bills on time. In my opinion‚ you can be sixteen years old and be classified as an adult or twenty eight years old and not be an adult. Being an adult means that
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This point of view is one that strike me the must not just for Bolivar speech‚ but for the ideology that borders separating countries‚ separating land‚ separting people when in reality its nothing that really make of different but ourself been just a river‚ an ocean‚ a wall ‚or a line is just something that try to divide of when we should unite and fight
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