The Melting Pot Cultural assimilation is the blending or fusing of minority groups into the dominant society. There are many metaphors related to the concept of cultural assimilation in the United States‚ one being the melting pot. It suggests that all of the cultures that have been brought into America melt together and become the base material of the pot. This metaphor is considered somewhat accurate‚ but some people disagree with what it implies. There are some metaphors that better represent
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Metaphor of the Melting Pot Peggy Ruth Geren The melting pot has been used metaphorically to describe the dynamics of American social life. In addition to its descriptive uses‚ it has also been used to describe what should or should not take place in American social life. How did the term originate? How was it used originally? How is it used in contemporary society? What are some problems with the idea of the melting pot? How is public education connected to the idea of the melting pot? How does
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In two pages or less‚ please provide a detailed description of your proposed program of study‚ why you are pursuing your research (if applicable) or creative activity‚ and what you plan to accomplish during and after your studies. The Rubik’s Cube By mid-afternoon‚ Aguascalientes was already 40°C. My forehead dripped with sweat as I heaved more cement into the mixer. Although the construction site at the orphanage wouldn’t seem pleasant to most‚ to me it is filled with rich memories—and a critical
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Our Iceberg Is Melting is written by John Kotter‚ the leadership and change guru at Harvard Business School and Holger Rathgeber‚ the modern global manager from Frankfurt‚ Germany. The main topic and the author’s purpose in writing the book are to make successful change through the eight step process. The type of the book is management book that can use by people in every level such as manager in one organization‚ high school student‚ executives‚ retirees and others in order to better achieve what
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Ice Ice Baby‚ Under Pressure In 1981‚ Queen released a song featuring David Bowie title “Under Pressure.” The song was a huge success and was recently listed as VH1’s 31st best song of the 1980’s. 11 years later in 1991‚ Vanilla Ice recorded “Ice Ice Baby‚” which was so popular it ended up being the 1st rap song to ever reach #1 on the billboard top 100. Why was the song so popular? It had an infectious beat that sounded so new‚ yet so familiar. A few months later Vanilla Ice was approached by
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* DESCRIBING LEARNERS * Age * The age of our students is a major factor in our decision about how and what to teach. * Different needs‚ competences‚ cognitive skills. * “Acquisition is guaranteed for children up to the age of six‚ is steadily compromised from then until shortly after puberty‚ and is rare thereafter” (Stephen Pinker‚ 1994) * Age- some beliefs * Adolescents are unmotivated and uncooperative and therefore make poor language learners; *
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The Melting Pot 1. Why has it been so difficult for Hmong refugees to adjust to life in the United States? It has been so difficult for Hmong refugees to adjust to life in the United States because lifestyle was very different from theirs. They didn’t know a telephone‚ an air conditioner‚ a light switch‚ etc. even existed. They wanted to keep their traditions‚ their culture. They were empty about new ideas and new experiences. This means that they were full of the past. Also‚ because they
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Mixture Melting Points Abstraction Determining the melting point is very significant in order to identify an unknown. In this experiment‚ measuring the melting point was done by using melting point apparatus. The melting point of the unknown sample #10 was 111.5˚C. There were two possible compounds which were dibenzoyl ethylene and o-Toluic acid because their melting points were 111.2˚C and 109.8˚C when each compound was mixed with the unknown. Therefore‚ the unknown #10 was dibenzoyl ethylene
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Introduction The melting point is defined as the temperature at which the solid is in equilibrium with its liquid‚ and this characteristic is very unique‚ so a substance can be determined by the melting point. Determination of the melting point is very important technique in many areas of chemistry especially‚ in organic chemistry area because the melting point is really significant in order to identify the purity and the identity of a substance. Measuring the melting point is a fast and cost-effective
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Surface Area of Cubes Introducing Surface Area For a fifth or sixth grade class to understand the concept surface area in relation to a cube they need to understand what a cube is first. They will learn that a cube is a special type of rectangular solid. The length‚ width‚ and height of a cube are exactly the same. After explaining what a cube is they will need to understand what it means to find the surface area. The surface area is not the same as finding the volume of a cube. The surface area
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