Term 1 Reflective Activity “Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.” – Leonard Bernstein Purpose: The purpose of this activity is to reflect on your study of music so far this year and to identify how it has contributed to your personal growth and your awareness of yourself and others. The activity is also to help you identify what you have learned and what to focus on for improvement. Ministry Expectations: OVERALL: B3 - Skills and Personal Growth: demonstrate
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Guadalupe Indeed‚ the Virgin of Guadalupe is highly esteemed among Mexicans. Mexican women venerate the Virgin Mary during their pilgrimage to the Virgin of Guadalupe basilica in the Mexico City. In the meantime‚ the Virgin of Guadalupe is associated with different miracles. In the lives of Mexican women the Virgin of Guadalupe plays varied roles. In fact‚ the Virgin of Guadalupe is considered as a transformative energy. To Mexican women she is the provider of strength‚ hope‚ and the incentive needed
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Mexican American youth have lower graduation rates than other races. The academic success of Mexican American students has not increased as more Mexican American youth enter college. The purpose of this paper is not to determine if one ethnicity has more academic success in college. Rather‚ the purpose is to determine the graduation rates of Mexican American students who chose to enter college and that of the general population. Female Mexican American students who choose to enter college and complete
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1910-1920 the Mexican revolution became the center of attention in what now is El Paso‚ Texas. Before the revolution since 1876‚ Porfirio Diaz was the dictator of Mexico. Diaz was the type of ruler who had too much power and abused the power to commit brutal actions. In doing so he generated conditions in which his political opponents soon enough felt over the edge. Due to Diaz’ harsh government‚ the war was starting to be the start of the revolution. But was it necessary? The Mexican revolution was
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important issues of cultural etiquette are described herein. When in Mexico Americans should refrain from calling themselves "Americans." Mexicans consider themselves Americans too since the whole continent is called America. Another part of Mexican culture that may be shocking to American’s traveling there is the way machismo is verbalized by male members of Mexican society. Making sexual or derogatory remarks at women is a typical part of the culture and should not be seen as harassment. Wearing a
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Becoming Mexican American George J. Sanchez Becoming Mexican American is George J. Sanchez’s document how Chicanos survived as a community in Los Angeles during the first part of the twentieth century. He goes into detail of how many thousands of Mexicans were pushed back in to Mexico during a formal repatriation. Those that survived in Los Angeles joined labor unions and became involved in New Deal politics. The experience of Mexican-Americans in the United States is both similar‚ yet different
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think we can all agree that music has a way of taking its toll on us. According to "is music a good tool for health?”By Elizabeth Scott music has an effect on our bodies and minds. It talks about how music has been recently used in hospitals and that field of health care is known as music therapy. The article also explains how music can affect us in many powerful ways‚ how different kinds of beats can affect us in different ways‚ and how music can benefit us. I think that music should be a part of everyone’s
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Learning to perform music develops many skills in a student; music affects people intellectually‚ emotionally‚ physically‚ personally and socially. The theory of music is an intellectual skill‚ governed by physics yet guided by how humans perceive sound. Music theory is more often taught in a classroom setting similar to other school subjects‚ although its lessons permeate (and assist) musical performance as well. Emotionally‚ no subject matches music in its expressive breadth. The organization
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1929‚ between 400‚000 and 500‚000 Mexicans and their American-born children returned to Mexico. More than half of these departed from Texas. (The term Mexican is used in this article to refer to all Mexican-heritage repatriates‚ although a significant number of them were Mexican Americans since they had been born in Texas. For Mexican Americans‚ the term repatriate is actually inaccurate‚ for one cannot be repatriated to a foreign country.) Depression-era Mexican repatriation from Texas began in 1929
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Hurry up! Time is running out for the Mexican axolotls. If you don’t protect them‚ they’ll become extinct. The Mexican axolotl is considered a critically endangered species. However‚ they are protected by some groups. The Mexican axolotls is one of the most scientifically studied animals because it is the one of the only species that can regenerate limbs after they lose them. The Mexican axolotls are endangered because of people frequently draining and polluting the water. They are also endangered
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