I am African-American with a hint of West Indian in my blood. I was born in Baltimore‚ Maryland and raised in Delaware. My surroundings and family affected who I developed to be as a 21 year old African-American woman. I was brought up on certain foundations on how one should live such‚ as going to college‚ getting a good job‚ buying my own home ‚ meeting a man ‚ marrying him ‚ then having kids and it had to be in that order. I did grow up in a somewhat strict home‚ but as I grew old I learned
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American Ethnic Literature Gerald Washington ENG/301 4/15/2013 Julie Kares American ethnic Literature What makes American literature American? When we talk about American literature we are talking about incorporating the story of an American piece. The makeup of the American values includes the rights to liberty‚ justice‚ equality‚ freedom‚ love‚ and family. American literature authors will use these values in their stories. American is well known for their short stories. When we speak of American
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knowing multiple languages is almost a necessity. The United States is largely monolingual. Only about 15-20% of Americans consider themselves bilingual‚ compared to 56 percent of Europeans surveyed in 2006 by the European Commission.The advantages of being bilingual is practically never ending if you think about it. We live in a multilingual universe. This universe depends on being able to find and build the bonds and bridges that connect us across our diversity. Language can separate us beyond
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In this modern era‚ majority of the world’s population is characterized as being bilingual. This is in most cases is manifested as a result of cross movement and interactions by people and societies which initiates the need to fit in and survive. The trend is seen as an important emerging perspective as it facilitates cross-cultural communication and positively affects cognitive abilities. Research shows that the bilingual brain can have better attention and task-switching capacities than the monolingual
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Are There Any Health Benefits of Going Vegetarian? Why does one become a vegetarian? Is it because of the health benefits‚ animal rights‚ or maybe something else? Although animal activists‚ religious reasons‚ and money reasons are a large reason why people choose to become a vegetarian‚ health factors are also a large reason why people chose this lifestyle. Today‚ six to eight million adults in the United States do not eat meat‚ fish‚ or poultry‚ according to a Harris Interactive poll commissioned
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PRIVILEGE 1 PRIVILEGE: Benefits of Being Privileged Sarah Emonts SSW102 Karen McEwen Tuesday‚ October 8th‚ 2013 PRIVILEGE 2 Benefits of Being Privileged Privilege can be defined as a specific right or advantage given or available to
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The Benefits of Being a Prostitute By comparing prostitution to a normal‚ well-functioning office job that comes with benefits‚ and applying controversial subjects‚ as well as common fears of any person‚ this ad assaults its audience’s emotions with negativity‚ allowing them a look inside the not so glamourous life of a prostitute. Immediately‚ the ad appeals to the viewer’s emotions. The entire point of the advertisement is to send across a message powerful enough to actually shock its readers
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own practice‚ which means they are in charge. When working with difficult patients who may need special attention‚ dentists have to be extremely patient; it is uncouth for a dentist to become angry. You may think like there are no drawbacks to being a dentist‚ well‚ think again. All the work dentists do is repetitive‚ and sometimes the stress of owning your own practice is too much. And of course there is always sticking your fingers in people’s dirty mouths. But the positive aspects by far outweigh
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Benefits of Being Vegetarian by Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj In the last decade‚ we have witnessed an explosion of scientific knowledge that has made more information available to humanity than in all previously recorded history. Due to the dedicated research of scientists and doctors‚ we now understand more than ever before about our physical body and what measures promote good health. As more evidence is coming to light about the beneficial effects of maintaining a vegetarian diet‚ the number
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much its value is. Friendship is not just necessary‚ but also noble.Friendship consists of goodwill between two people. You can only have a few friends being that its take some precious time to build a real friendship. Aristotle’s speaks about how there are three kinds of friendship. The first is friends of utility‚ where both people receive some benefit from each other. Aristotle believed that this is the type of friendship that is for the old. Aristotle argued that they “are at such a time of life
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