Undereducated America: A Nation in Distress In our society today‚ literacy is no longer defined as being able to read and write very little just to get by‚ but it is being able to read‚ write‚ and comprehend the information presented to you which you can use in order to be a functional and efficient member of society. Even in one of the wealthiest‚ most technologically advanced countries in the world‚ literacy is still a matter of concern in modern day America. It is alarming to know that 1
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The educationists and the authorities have miserably failed to harness the youth to useful land nationbuilding activities. Education must build the nation through such men and women who are mentally alert‚ physically sound‚ morally and spiritually awake. Our future prosperity and welfare of the nation depends upon the kind of education we impart to our young generation and what use they make of it? In the first place of the system of education requires Complete overhaul‚ it must be modified
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Over the course of watching Digital Nation‚ a documentary written and produced by Frontline‚ I found myself considering the effects that the Internet has had on society since it’s boom in the early 2000’s. At least‚ I was considering it through the lens of those who do not identify as Digital Natives‚ like myself. I found the points regarding the effects that the Internet has had on the multiple aspects of life to be understandable when I considered things from a Digital Immigrant’s prospective.
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Nation and State Nation and State are two terms that are used interchangeably by many people. This is not correct. Nation is an abstract concept where there is a union of people based on similarities in linguistic pattern‚ ethnic relationships‚ cultural heritage‚ or even simple geographic proximity. State on the other hand is a politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory‚ especially one that is sovereign. States govern a territory using their laws. Unlike States‚ Nations
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Throughout Fast Food Nation‚ there are many topics and issues discussed that bring the reader to question one’s self and their eating habits. While reading through‚ I had a burning question that seemed like a reasonable thing to wonder. How was fast food evolved or changed since it’s upbringing? With a little research and some strategic digging‚ I was able to find some information that would lead me to a satisfying answer. With the start up of McDonalds in the late 1940’s‚ fast food was a new and
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In Fast Food Nation‚ Eric Schlosser is attempting to revolutionize how Americans eat by exposing the flaws of the fast food industry. He writes about how the commercialized industry of fast food has changed how Americans live. Throughout the novel Schlosser emphasizes the point that the fast food industry is a corrupting force that impacts nearly every aspect in America such as people’s health‚ the economy and society. The novel starts off by giving background on the history of fast food chains and
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Iroquois tribe are an indigenous group‚ which was made up of Six Nations in the eighteenth century‚ but is now known as the Five Nations. The Five Nations are Mohawks‚ Oneidas‚ Onondagas‚ Cayugas‚ |Senecas‚ who are presently living in New York State and southern Quebec and Ontario. The Iroquois called themselves‚ Haudenosaunee‚ which means people of the longhouse. Most families in the tribe are related through the female line. The Iroquois didn’t travel from place to place for food‚ very often
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community”[]. Australians appear to rate the provision of mental health services as a major challenge for the nation. An international survey conducted by Kings College London in late 2010 [] showed the utmost importance placed on the issue of mental health by Australians‚ who went as far as to rank the issue as the third most significant challenging facing this country‚ well ahead of other nations and second only to the economy and global warming. As we enter the last year of the second term of the Rudd-Gillard
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What makes a nation rich? MIT economist Daron Acemoglu considered why some nations thrive economically while others do not in an article in Esquire magazine. Asking what makes a nation rich he pondered on why some nations as in the United States are well developed and have better standards of living than many countries in Africa‚ South Asia‚ South America‚ and around the world. He argues that inequality is not predetermined‚ nations are not created poor or rich but that their governments make them
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Role of youth in Nation Building Before beginning my topic allow me to introduce the two very terms which are included in the discussion topic - youth and nation building The term: “Youth” does not represent a person aged between 14 and 24 ; Rather it refers to the transition from the dependence of childhood to independence of adulthood and awareness of it’s interdependence as members of a community. Youth is a more fluid category than a fixed age-group. The term “nation building” is refers
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