What Patriotism Means to Me Patriotism means to love and fight for your country. Just like our heroic forefathers I think we should pursue the same dream. Many role models had patriotism. For example‚ Patrick Henry was famous for the quote “Give me liberty or give me death”. He meant that he would risk his life for the freedom of his country. To me I think patriotism means not only being willing to fight for our country‚ but trying to change it. Like Martin Luther King‚ Jr who had one of the biggest
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Patriotism is a dangerous emotion. Discuss Many a student of English would have studied the famous poem on Patriotism by Scott which begins this; ’Breathes there the man with soul so dead’ and he concluded that such a person will not be honored nor recognized in his country. The feeling of patriotism that this is my homeland‚ has done wonders. For the past two centuries we find one country after another struggling hard to assert its independence. Practically two centuries from now in 1776
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“The government‚ both state and federal‚ could at any time confiscate not only the whole field‚ but every ounce of gold the man had mined with so much labor and pain. While the three miners were at work they would be well guarded. Only when on their way back with their hard earned loads would they be waylaid or hijacked by a party of fake bandits acting under orders from someone who was paid by the people to protect the country from bandits. Things like that have happened even in the country to
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Teaching Patriotism In the US Public School Curriculum William Mulherin Kaplan University Teaching Patriotism in the US Public School Curriculum The purpose of an education in the 21st century has experienced some fundamental shifts from years past‚ and one of the biggest failures of the curricular offerings in most US public schools is the effort to instill a sense of patriotism among students. There is a need for instilling a sense of patriotism in every curricular
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PATRIOTISM FILIPINO PATRIOTISM?.. Dying? As time passes by‚ a person’s traits‚ behavior and personality changes generation to generation‚ some changes are positive and some are negative‚ but does Filipino traits today a positive or a negative change when we relate it to the love for our country? Filipinos today are somehow unpredictable. Why? Of course we’re not god to predict what they can or will do that somehow can put the country to shame. But as you can see‚ we‚ Filipino’s
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attempt to impose their morality on any given situation. When those standards were not met‚ more often then not‚ war would result. In contrast he stated that patriotism was the feeling of admiration for a way of life etc. and the willingness to defend it against attack. The obvious difference between the two is that while patriotism is a passive attitude‚ nationalism is aggressive by nature. Orwell was writing this during the years just prior to World War Two when nationalism in Europe was
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Module IV: Patriotism and National Pride Sense of pride and patriotism Importance of discipline and hard work Integrity and accountability Pride (without complacency and with an awareness of imperfections) is important in spurring individuals and a society on to greater achievement. The loss of faith in the achievements of the past‚ history and traditions can be an important factor in the decline of a culture or a civilization. a sense of national pride and purpose that enables residents
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seems to have no feeling for this day and the same can be said for the adults in our country also. The Oxford dictionary defines patriotism as devoted love‚ support‚ and defence of one’s country; national loyalty. But the word patriotism cannot be restricted and is very subjective in nature. One need not play cricket matches or fight wars to express their feeling of patriotism. Our emotions run high when India thrashes Pakistan in any sports or when a businessman of Indian origin‚ staying abroad‚ makes
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Patriotism is an attachment to one’s homeland excluding all the differences caused by the cultural differences that are present within the nation. Patriotism is considered as a devotion to one’s country. Each and every person living in a country should be proud of his country. It is true that the reverence for the history of a nation plays an important role in motivating its fellow citizens for improving the prosperity of a nation and contributing to its development .But patriotic regard should be
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seen a few instances of declined patriotism and it seems as if were are going through a downfall today. In the seventeen years that I have been a part of this nation I have experienced one of the deadliest terror attacks that the world has ever seen. The days after September 11th‚ 2001 were spent admiring the armed forces and first responders that risked their own lives for the nearly 3‚000 people that died on that day. In the last four years it seems like our patriotism has greatly
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