The America I believe in is the land of the free and the home of the brave. I think America is the most magnificent country in all the world. This country is the best because we are free‚ we have different job opportunities‚ and other opportunities for new life. I think everyone would want an opportunity to live here if they knew just how great it really is. We Americans need to be thankful‚ we are privileged enough to live in a country such as this one‚ the freest country in the world. The America
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American‚ I am thankful that our country has a military that is willing to sacrifice their lives for us to be safe. America is the “Land of the free and the Home of the brave”. Our country and it’s American people have fought long hard wars to get to where we are in time now. Many have unfortunately lost their lives‚ but they were brave enough to go to other countries to fight for our freedom‚ rights and our country. The veterans and soldiers who are in other countries have lots of courage‚ and I want
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I. Description of the experience Prior to this activity‚ I was skeptical that I would not learn anything beneficial or enlightening. After a little debate‚ I decided to move forward in watching the documentary Poor America. Although this was a short documentary‚ I felt that every second was impactful. This documentary was the perfect introduction to allow myself to develop within this series of multicultural activities. I felt engaged during the documentary because it showed several different people
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We take for granted much of what we have in the world today. Our basic necessities – food‚ shelter and clothing – are easily accessible to nearly everyone in the developed world‚ and things that were once considered luxury items‚ such as televisions and refrigerators‚ have become common items in even the poorest of homes. Why do we have all of these possessions so readily available to us? Leonard Read’s explanation can be found in his examination of a pencil’s life. Read considers it a miracle
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ocean blues and found America. Then‚ the Europeans immigrated to America to start colonies. Many Americans often forget that the United States is a country built by immigrants. However‚ our views on immigration have changed over the past hundred years. Immigrants were treated fairly before but are now seen as poor‚ weak‚ and desperate for work. The poem “America” by Claude McKay and the song “Immigrants” from the Hamilton Mixtape both display the difficult times of living in America and how the immigrants
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Jillian Mullen 2/14/11 English 802-Emma Crandall Assignment 1 Satyagraha and the Singing Revolution: Voices That Needed To Be Heard One of the axioms of religion is there is no religion other than truth. Another is‚ religion is love. And as there can only be one religion‚ it follows that truth is love and love is truth. We shall find too‚ on further reflection‚ that conduct based on truth is impossible without love. Truth-force then is love-force. We cannot remedy evil by harboring
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Roll of Thunder‚ Hear My Cry Written by: Mildred D. Taylor Historical Terms Slavery: Slavery has existed even since before prehistory‚ before written record‚ and it plays a huge role in the biblical times and is mentioned many times in the Old Testament. How slavery continued for so long is that the South believed that if slavery would end their economy would fail because of the need for slaves to produce cotton and that freed slaves would take all of the jobs and unemployment would rise
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contrast the Washington Post’s investigation of “Top Secret America” with our previous readings on the Intelligence Community. Do you feel “Top Secret America” accurately portrays the Intelligence community to the public? Do you have any concerns or disagreements with either the Post’s accounts or descriptions? Be sure your paper incorporates information and examples from the course readings. After reading the Washington Post article I feel that the story has some merit but it is sensationalized
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In Miss America By Day‚ Marilyn Van Derbur told her story of incest‚ that she experienced throughout her childhood. She explained how she was sexually abused by her father‚ from age 5 to the time she was 18 years old‚ when she was able to leave her home and go off to college. Marilyn wrote about how her father would come into her room‚ at least once a week‚ to molest or rape her. The visits became more frequent when she was a teenager. She would lie awake in her bed‚ curled up in a tight fetal position
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The Divided States of America is a PBS documentary. Throughout this documentary PBS describes how the United States has become so divided socially and politically. They take a look into all of the events that have put America into its current state. Interviews‚ press conferences‚ racial disputes‚ and the 2008 financial crisis are all covered in this film. The actions made by big banks were extremely unethical and it forced the government to bail them out. The corrupt big banks were full of greed
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