Caught up in our busy lives‚ Americans tend to take things for granted and fail to appreciate the little things in life. These little things have big meanings‚ and are much more important than we care to admit. For instance‚ we often pay little attention to small amounts of currency in the form of coins or more specifically‚ pennies.. We bustle around cities and schools and workplaces‚ fishing for cash to purchase a much-needed coffee or snack. Upon arriving to the cash register‚ we scramble
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Personal experience with ISIS and its predecessors I deployed to Iraq as an infantry soldier on July 4‚ 2010. On May 2‚ 2011‚ at Forward Operating Base (FOB) McHenry‚ near Hawijah‚ Iraq‚ we watched President Obama announce on television‚ that Osama Bin Laden was dead. The September 11th attacks were finally avenged. Soon we handed over the base to the Iraqi Army as we made our way back home. Needless to say many of us were dismayed when we later read the news that ISIS had taken over the entire
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"My house has been destroyed multiple times‚" is the quotes of people who have been affected by tornadoes and hurricanes each year. At up to 150 m.p.h. (Source 4)‚ hurricanes are deadly‚ and definitely with tornadoes who sweep in at a whopping 300 m.p.h. (Source 3)! These storms are life-threatening! Their characteristics‚ cost and damage‚ and their formation have a lot to do with their danger that can approach on you when you least expect it to. If you live in a mid-western state‚ you may be in
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Everything you need to know about in this weekly series: A look at how pitchers throw those amazing pitches in baseball‚ Radiohead performs at Lollapalooza‚ President Obama writes and op-ed about feminism‚ and Rick and Morty recreates the most insane courtroom appearances ever. At Social Underground we go beyond the mainstream stuff and see what’s underneath the surface. What should we get into‚ listen to‚ read‚ eat or watch? If there is something in our culture that needs attention that’s our job:
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In 1968 East Los Angeles High Schools Students united together and protested that libraries lacked the materials to satisfy their inquisitive minds. Due to lack of funding and the apathetic minds of schools‚ Chicano students did not have enough Spanish material to explore or much of other material as well- therefore these dull‚ non-cultural libraries did not meet these students’ educational needs and their desire to learn about their culture. In 1968 East Los Angeles Students had enough and demanded
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Intro (at least 5 pages) Why Culture was Chosen Our group chose St Stephen the Witness Catholic Student Center for many reasons. On the surface‚ it was an easy group to research. From the beginning of the project our group showed interested in learning more about a certain religion. St Stephen’s was not only an easily accessible resource in location and inside connections‚ but also one that was known to be very accepting and understanding. It also tends to deviate from the usual Catholic norms
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The Word gender can be defined as a term that encompasses the behaviors‚ socially constructed roles‚ and psychological attributes commonly associated with being male or female. Therefore‚ transgender people experience a mismatch between their gender identity or gender expression‚ and their assigned sex. In other words‚ transgender are people of one sex who feel trapped inside a body of a different sex. Looking at the definition‚ should a transgender participate normally at the Olympics completion
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“Every successful individual knows that his or hers achievement depends on a community of persons working together‚” as said by Paul Ryan. Communities can have a very positive impact on an individual’s life and his/hers accomplishments. In fact‚ community can be the very basis for people’s success. As defined by the dictionary‚ community is a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality‚ share government and often have a cultural and historical heritage. Johnny Cade‚ from
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Many people in this generation would label themselves as poor‚ but sometimes the line between each class is misunderstood and blurred due to wants instead of needs. Believe it or not there are different levels that describe the underprivileged. Poverty can be divided into about five diverse subgroups‚ which are transitional‚ marginal‚ residual‚ absolute and relative (Carl‚ Page 30). No matter which description of poverty a person may fall into the effects of this social class can be great. A life
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In a modern American culture‚ where ideas often get lost in translation‚ vocabularies shrink to easily abbreviated “words”‚ and only extremists’ voices are heard on social media‚ it is no wonder we have a misconstrued concept of words. When terms and phrases are misunderstood or misused‚ assumptions are made and unwavering impressions are left. Specifically these are words like racism‚ feminism‚ body confidence‚ preaching‚ and of course‚ sexism. How is it that the word defined as the attitudes or
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