the importance of our cultures. How does our cultural identity define us‚ if at all—and what exactly does it mean to be an American? Throughout history‚ and despite a past peppered with racial discrimination‚ America has always been an amalgamation of countless cultural identities. With this in mind‚ it can be safely said that in today’s society‚ race most definitely matters. Before the reasons of why race matters can be determined‚ we must first define what it means to be an American‚ the concept
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What Does it Mean to be Rich? The American Heritage Dictionary states that rich means possessing great material wealth. Also it says rich can mean having an abundant supply. I decided to go with the latter. I believe that all of us here in America are rich to some degree. I mean most of us have more than we could ever need in this lifetime. We come home‚ open the door and turn on the lights. There are people in other countries that don’t have that luxury. And while we are talking about
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What Education Means to Me Education; the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge‚ developing the powers of reasoning and judgement‚ and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. For some it means getting up at 6 in the morning‚ for others it means studying for the big exam coming up‚ and for others it’s over all boring. But others understand the true meaning of education. Education means a lot of things. Education prepares us for the future
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What Does It Mean to "Be Healthy"? If you were to take a picture of your current state of health‚ how would it look? How are you feeling? Are you well rested? Are you ready to take on whatever challenges the day holds in store for you? Is your outlook positive? Do you get along with family members‚ teachers‚ and peers? What about yesterday? Did you eat well and get plenty of sleep? Your answers to these questions provide a picture of your general level of health. If this surprises you‚ the reason
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refers to the process in which all the financial institutions such as banks deals in short term loan in different forms such as treasury bills and commercial bills. Short term loan means the duration of maturity is of one year or less than that. We need to be clear that equity instrument i.e common or preferred stocks both are not traded in money market. Similarly‚ we need to keep one thing in mind that money market is a intangible market where we deal over the phone or company‚ we just don’t enter
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What Does it Mean to Be Free? “O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!" When Francis Scott Key wrote these closing lyrics to our national anthem in 1814‚ he clearly understood what it meant to be free. But do we know what freedom really means? Webster’s dictionary defines freedom as a state in which somebody is able to act and live as he or she chooses‚ without being subject to any undue restraints or restrictions. When the founding fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence
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What does it mean to be German? an essay by Max Zöfeld This is a hard question‚ which may sound a bid jingoistic in the wrong ears. A blonde person with blue eyes‚ well organised and every time punctual is that kind of person‚ which comes to the mind of many people in other countries when they here the word “German”‚ but the question is why? Maybe they are influenced by the Aryan standards which became known in the time of the national socialists. However my own opinion distinguishes from this
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What it means to be a pop star A pop star can have a lot of different meanings to many people. An image can make people assume that they know what a pop star is. Some people think a pop star is someone who just gets on stage and performs. However not everyone thinks that’s what a pop star is. Not too many people are able to become a pop star in today’s society. In order to do that you have to be really dedicated‚ work hard‚ and you also have to make a lot of sacrifices. One of the more popular
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fully is prepared to die at any time”. To have an honorable death means to first have a life full of reason. Having a life where a difference was made in either a loved one’s or even a complete stranger’s is one of the key ways to have an honorable death. When life is lived without regret and only lived to understand others so that you can help them with the issues they may have in life‚ an honorable death will be the reward. It means that the life lived was not a wasted-on selfishness of the “me”
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What does compassion really mean to me? It means to show empathy to someone who is hurt or who got their feelings hurt. Like‚ Elie Wiesel‚ Elie was a Holocaust survivor. He cared for everyone. Compassion meant a lot to him because no one showed compassion. Compassion means to me too‚ show love to someone like Elie Wiesel did. Also‚ to show kindness towards others‚ even if they don’t deserve it. That’s what compassion means to me! The Nazi’s and Hitler showed no compassion during the Holocaust
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