Could There Be Only One Culture? Globalization is an idea which has spread throughout the whole world for the past couple centuries. Technological development has enabled the expansion of globalization. Now in 2012‚ the idea has evolved into a reality that to which every business‚ government‚ and individual has to adapt. English is inarguably the global language. Ironically‚ it is not the largest spoken language‚ but it is the most wide spread. 375 million people speak it as a first language
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One Medium Suitcase If I were to leave home forever and could go anywhere‚ I would go to Hawaii. I honestly couldn’t imagine only being able to take one medium size suitcase since I’m not known to be a light packer. However‚ if I were only be able to take a medium sized suitcase‚ the first thing I would pack is a swimsuit‚ swim cap and shammy. No matter where I would be going‚ I know that I would find somewhere to dive so I would need my dive gear. I would also bring a reusable water bottle and
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An Argumentation on the Bilingual education and English-only Movement The question of whether the U.S should have an official language and whether bilingual language education can be accepted is highly controversial. Hispanic concentrated areas like California‚ the Southwest and Florida are especially troubled by the proposed English-only movements. People stands for English-only movement claims that linguistic divisions is harmful to political unity‚ while single official language can provide
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A Separate Peace “It seemed clear that wars were not made by generations and their stupidities‚ but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart” (Chapter 13‚ 201) This quote is very important because it is talking about war‚ which is the main theme of the novel since it takes place during WWII. It is also important because it revels the growth in the main character Gene. At the beginning of the story Gene wasn’t very comfortable being himself‚ and he wished he was his
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Title: The One and Only Ivan Author: Katherine Applegate Date of Publication: December 2011 Awards: John Newbery Award Central Character/s: 1. Ivan: Ivan‚ a silverback gorilla who lives in a stationary circus. Ivan is a talented gorilla who can draw pictures and write simple words. He lives in his domain all the time‚ never leaving it for any reason. Ivan is good friends with Stella‚ the elephant who lives beside him‚ and Bob‚ a stray dog who likes to sleep on Ivan’s belly. 2. Stella: One of Ivan’s
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Greg Star Mr. Jack Wendell English II‚ A8 May 2‚ 2008 The One‚ The Only‚ Shel Silverstein According to one of Shel Silverstein’s most popular poetry books‚ Falling Up‚ in the poem “Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda” Silverstein writes‚ “All the Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas‚ layin ’ in the sun‚ talkin ’ ’bout the things they Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda done... but all those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas all ran away and hid from one little Did‚” (Silverstein 65). Shel Silverstein was that “one little Did” and could never
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Summary of Various Art Mediums If you’re like me‚ you like to have your hand in as many “pots” as possible. As I learn more and more about scrapbooking and different art forms‚ I’m discovering the vast world of art mediums. I never knew how much could be done within the realm of paper arts. In this article‚ I’ll give you the run-down of a few of the heavy hitters in the art mediums world and tell you a little about how each is used. Hopefully this will allow you to break away from your normal
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Final draft English-Only Rules In the Workplace As the increasing of immigration in the Unite States‚ English as one of the Global language that is more and more important. Today 1.75 billion people speak English in necessary situation that means one in four of us. Yet English is the common language when employees come from different counties‚ the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and National Origin Discrimination often considers “English-Only rules” in the workplace
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This article focuses English-only policies that are imposed in the workplace and the effects/possible effects that it has on employees whose first language is not English. While many companies are aware that they need to be "multilingual friendly" from a customer services standpoint and will hire bilingual and multilingual employees to accommodate non-English speakers’ needs; they also impose rules that do not allow multilingual speakers to speak anything but English in the workplace‚ even within
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the “only one”‚ he was the only one with “water on the brain”‚ and he was the only one at Rearden that was indian. Being the “only one” is not necessarily a bad thing it just can make you different. Throughout the book being the “only one” felt scary‚ embarrassing‚ and sad. Junior was born on the spokane reservation. Junior was born with a disease where he had too much cerebral spinal fluid in his skull. This is the first example of what it means to be the “only one” because this disease made him
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