So you think you can dance is a television show that airs every year with a new cast. The point of the show is to look for “America’s favorite dancer”. Many men and women from across the country audition to be on the show and only one of them can be “America’s favorite dancer”. For the last few years‚ at the end of each season‚ they travel on tour with some of the dancers from previous seasons the “all stars” and that seasons final dancers. They perform many of the dance routines from the show‚ and
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Stephan Keokhamphiuo Mrs. Walker English 10th Honors 7‚ May 2014 “America Needs It Nerds” People around the world need to open there eyes to what intellectual individuals can do for the world rather than only idolizing the celebrity’s and athletics. “America Needs Its Nerds” by Leonid Fridman talks about how in our society that we idolize celebrity’s and athletics more than intellectual people. Friedman effectively persuades an audience of intellectuals to value their academic prowess with a logical
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the class needed to write an essay on problems in today’s society‚ it was a perfect chance for him to express how he felt about police brutality. He wondered why these horrible things were happening in America‚ so he started off saying‚ “Not again. Never in a million years would I have ever thought we would back to this position we were in 50 years ago.” He almost started to cry because it is so unbelievable that racial discrimination is really still in America. It confused him he was speechless
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“My view of America” when saying it I get nostalgic‚ as it took me long to get a feeling of “I belong here”‚ “This is my Home”. It didn’t take me that long to come out of the shell looking the beauty of diversity in America where everyone’s values are respected and appreciated. I will throughout my essay give some views through my personal eye and teacher’s eye. America offers such a Democracy and values that people of any different nationalities‚ different ethnic backgrounds‚ and different religious
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Racism: Just because other people do it‚ doesn’t mean its right. A comparative study of racism based on the works of Gates and Rattansi. Race and Racism in Latin America and the Caribbean Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet‚ and‚ hopefully‚ we shall overcome. – Rosa Parks Racism‚ this simple word conjures up images of abhorrence and suffering. Brother hating brother because of the colour of their skin. Whole ethnicities of
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In the passage from “America Needs Its Nerds”‚ author Leonid Fridman dissect his argument by comparing and contrasting America’s on-going social beliefs and perceptions of the geek and the actual positive role taken on by the nerd and why the role that they play is so vital to our society. Friedman begins with‚ bringing to our attention‚ the type of terms our society uses to describe the “intellectually curious and academically serious.” These types of derogatory terms aid in displaying Fridmans
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the information on the internet‚ we know that the life expectancy in America increases to 78.14 years old (www.indexmundi.com). Comparatively‚ the life expectancy in Japan raises to 82.07 years old (www.indexmundi.com). It seems that Japanese have a longer life than the Americans‚ but why? People from different countries may have different life expectancies. The purpose of this essay is to compare the life expectancy of America and Japan and decide on the healthier country by researching their daily
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happiness. People make choices that involve opening one door while closing another. For example‚ Mary and Michael are two young teenagers from Ireland. They are going to the United States to have better life for themselves and their family. This essay will explain risks and hopes that Mary and Michael have when they arrive to the new country. Entering into the new country Mary and Michael will face many risks. Everything will be different for them such as a new country‚ new culture‚ new people‚
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Do you think in the year 2030 that the United States government should colonize South America? If so‚ then you do not know the negative effects that it can cause. Some of the negative effects is that it can cause a civil war and can make people die from different diseases. In the year of 2030 the United States government has decided to try and colonize struggling countries in South America. The United States should not colonize struggling countries in 2030 because it would take away the people
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Curtis Vannor America The Beautiful Essay Assignment In life‚ a person with morals is usually very ethical and has high values and strong religious beliefs. These people know right from wrong and prefer to do what they think is right in any given situation. This is what morality is‚ having the knowledge to know right from wrong. In Dr. Ben Carson’s America the Beautiful‚ he states that this nation‚ The United States of America‚ was founded with the concept of morality in mind. He also arrives
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