The United States of America is built on two fundamental factors: freedom and capitalism. We as Americans pride ourselves in possessing “liberty and justice for all‚” as declared in the Pledge of Allegiance. Our government gives us the right to speak our minds‚ practice our faith‚ and express ourselves without reservations. The economic system of capitalism stems from this laissez-faire political ideology. It allows for private systems within the country to operate without government interference
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Obesity in America May 23‚ 2011 Obesity is defined as “a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health‚ leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems” (1). It is a huge problem in America and is an epidemic that is growing to enormous proportions. “Two out of every three adults are either overweight or obese. In addition‚ one out of every three children is either overweight or obese” (2)
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businesses‚ apartments‚ hotel and motel rooms‚ storage facilities‚ vacant buildings‚ wilderness areas (both public and private)‚ and vehicles. According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy in March 2009‚ there were 966 Methamphetamine in America 3 meth lab incidents nationwide‚ compared to 756 incidents in March 2008 and 596 incidents in March 2007. In southern states‚ meth lab incidents for Oklahoma‚ Arkansas‚ Mississippi‚ Alabama‚ and Florida show an increase of 254% from 63 in
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call it home. How does the speaker describe herself? Throughout "Child of the Americas" the speaker describes herself as many different nationalities. She uses the metaphors “I am not African‚ Africa is in me…Spanish is in my flesh…I am not European‚ Europe lives in me…” to show us that because she identifies herself as american she can also be seen as all these different nationalities because America is a country in which many different cultures have settled down and started to fuse together
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Bilingualism can be challenge to the American because learning any language takes a lot of effort. While English thrives in the States‚ the States is gaining new speakers of other languages every year. The people against bilingual education insisted that bilingualism is a threat to national unity. In my opinion‚ first‚ I do not think that bilingualism is a threat to national unity. Bilingualism means an equal ability to communicate in two languages. Bilingual is a very useful skill. Therefore‚ we
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looked into this problem. Professor Cox‚ first‚ drew a pessimistic view of America in his essay Is the United States in decline-again? In response to this essay‚ M.J.Williams wrote The empire writes back where he explains how much Cox’s argument about America’s decline are false. Professor Cox‚ in his essay Is the United States in decline-again explains his theory about America’s decline. As we can see in the title America would be in decline "again". In fact‚ until 1968 and during two decades the
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Homeless in America Homeless in America When we are little we never see ourselves being homeless‚ we only have dreams of having a good life that has family‚ love‚ lots of money‚ nice cars‚ and big houses; we never think maybe we might end up homeless with nothing but the clothes on your back. Being American and in “the land of opportunity” we see and hear of endless possibilities‚ but everyone does not get to enjoy the possibilities because the possibilities are not really endless. Homelessness
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world to take part in all the resources America has to offer. Why come here to learn to become lazy? I don’t feel Americans are not lazy and neither are their children‚ people are just victim of their life experiences. My parents both came from Ghana with no one to help them in 1971 (my father) and 1974 (my mother). Most of my family actually all came from Ghana‚ Africa to America‚ so I guess I’m a first generation American. They were both sent to America by their parents in hope to obtain jobs
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Anna Navarrete English 828 Hein March 29‚ 2013 Essay #2 Dialect in America What is diversity to you? From the streets of San Francisco you are transported into many different countries. You smell different foods‚ see different looks‚ and hear different languages. These diverse cultures make San Francisco special. If the city of San Francisco introduced a law to adopt a standard language it would end the diversity that San Francisco stands for. In Northern California we speak our own dialect
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Ageism in America The term "ageism" was coined in 1969 by Robert Butler‚ the first director of the National Institute on Aging. He used the word to describe the process of systematic stereotyping of people because they are old. Ageism is a term that is similar to other isms ’ in society‚ such as racism and sexism. "Ageism allows other generations to see older people as different from themselves; thus they subtly cease to identify with their elders as human beings" (Butler‚ 1975). All people
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