When you think of America‚ you think of opportunities for anyone. While it is the land of opportunity‚ not all of these opportunities actually improve the economic situation of immigrants. Many immigrants arrive in the U.S expecting to receive better jobs‚ but due to the language barrier or a lack of accepted credentials‚ are forced into lower positions. They change their location‚ but also inadvertently change careers as well. According to recent interviews with workers around Chicago‚ many immigrants
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Mrs. Fidler English 1301 2013 JUL 25 Final Exam: Argumentation Essay Although the rate of teenage pregnancies in America has dropped in recent years‚ it is still significantly higher than our counterparts in the world. Do teenagers in America have more sexually active lives than teens in other countries? No‚ in fact‚ studies show that teenagers in Europe have more active sex lives than teens in America. So what is the root cause of this epidemic? There are many; ones that society can
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Slavery in America‚ especially in the South‚ was a very important way to support the United States economy. It was also the subject of a huge controversial debate between separate regions of the US. Not only was this the main way of life for many people‚ but it was also discrimination‚ selling Africans as a profit. Life as a Slave Living as a slave in the south had many harsh factors. They were needed for daily jobs such as farming‚ blacksmithing‚ carpentry and many other difficult ways of labor
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Causal Argument: Will Lowering the Drinking Age Solve the Problem of Binge Drinking among College Students? Research has supported the observation that young people in America consume alcohol regularly; this prevalence of use increases rapidly during adolescence‚ as well as a few years afterward (Wagenaar and Wolfson 37). This has come to be a problem among college students. It has been shown through extensive quantitative and qualitative research that those under twenty-one years of age are
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Women covering their faces‚ shops closing five times a day for prayer‚ polygamy being legal for up to four wives. These are all the characteristics of the country I was born in. It is the very country where Islam came into existence‚ run by a monarch who rule by Islamic law. This is important‚ because this is the country that shaped how I thought‚ who I was‚ and who I’ve become. With its strict religion‚ and strong tradition and culture‚ in blunt words‚ it brainwashed me. Up until the seventh grade
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the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance‚ which violated Newdow’s belief system...The case was dismissed‚ but it sparked a debate from individual households to the highest levels of government‚” (Introduction to Do Religious Groups in America Experience Discrimination). In the year of 2016‚ the population of different religions grew‚ even non religious ones‚ like atheism‚ deism‚ and agnosticism. With the consequences like Michael Newdows‚ it makes the Pledge of Allegiance or the motto
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Homeless people all around the world are starving and nobody is doing anything about it. Homelessness is defined as a person who "lacks a fixed‚ regular‚ and adequate night-time residence." (Cite)They are starving because of the poverty in the world‚ the whole world’s population as we know it‚ and community’s pretending not to see it happening . Poverty is a big thing that affects homelessness in the U.S (cite) . The population increases every day and that makes the world more populated and creates
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Times have changed‚ and so has the virtues and ideals that build up what we know as an American. America has portrayed an image of a “perfect nation” along with a diverse and equal society‚ however this is far from the truth. If you think that the United States is the most advanced country in the world‚ you have missed the bullseye and hit the edge of the dartboard. The concept of equality simply does not exist in today’s society. With one look‚ people already believe they know everything about you
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Throughout America‚ violence is becoming accepted‚ tolerated by more and more people‚ and in reality being practiced by too many Americans with something approaching religious fervor. Referring to religion as a particular system of faith and worship‚ the way Americans allow acts of violence to nurture and adapt into the culture is causing violence to become a religion. As a Christian‚ I accept the fact that God allowed his only son to come back and die for our sins. However‚ did humans allow God’s
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Depression on America The Great Depression took place during the 1930’s‚ it is a large piece of American history that occurred due to the Stock Market Crash of October 29‚ 1929. The government struggled to fix the Great Depression and Families struggled to survive the major obstacles that were thrown in front of them. The Great Depression had a profound impact on America caused by the events leading up to it‚ life during the Great Depression and the steps it took for America to recover.
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