A Proud Mexican-American As a kid‚ we usually don’t focus on small things like what ethnic title society labels us‚ we just want to be kids and have fun. Growing up we start to realize that these things aren’t small at all. It’s actually a huge deal for people to question what ethnic label they are referred to as. Not only that‚ but it’s a bigger question what people label themselves as. I was introduced as to being Mexican. Made sense since both parents were born in Mexico. But I was born in
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country. It is held as a core curriculum for every American student because of the importance found in teaching our youth of our “perfect nation” and our “perfect past”. However‚ contrary to popular belief‚ James W. Loewen‚ author of Lies My Teacher Told Me‚ has found American history to be taught with a completely nationalistic approach. Not only is the history of our country taught with a horribly strong patriotic sentiment‚ but generally with a misunderstood concept of the history of America
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GERALD DURRELL’S MY FAMILY AND OTHER ANIMALS AUTHOR • Find some information about him and write a short obituary[1]. • What were his major works? • What was his major interest in life? This website http://www.durrell.org/ and some reference sites such as Google or Wikipedia may help you to find information. Gerald had a brother who became a famous writer. • What was his name? • Do you know anything about his life & work? SETTING • Where does the
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America the Great I am proud to live in America‚ the land of the free‚ home of the brave. We have the freedom to vote‚ practice the religion of our choice‚ speak freely‚ and freely share our thoughts or ideas throught the press. I also love how we are such a diverse nation. There are several reasons why I believe America is a great country to live in. If you are an American citezen over eighteen‚ you have the right to vote. I think it is important to allow citezens to vote because it allows
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Let me describe myself with six interesting facts that I love which contribute to my “Me Box”. For starters‚ anyone who knows me‚ knows I am a believer in Jesus Christ our lord and Savior. He is my number one fan‚ and without God I would not have been placed on this lovely planet called Earth. Second‚ on the square of interesting facts‚ my children. Rylenn my daughter and Remington my son‚ I hold them dear to my heart‚ they are my pride and joy‚ and could not envision life without the two. Third
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My mandala represents everything in my life that I find important. Above all‚ I would consider individuality to be the most important. I represented this by placing a snowflake in the core of my mandala; this makes sense‚ because no two snowflakes are alike. Being unique is important to me‚ because I strongly believe in being true to yourself. The core of my mandala correlates with everything else‚ because all the symbols surrounding the center make up the person I am today. Another symbol shown
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Are You Proud of Your Country In my opinion I believe we live in the greatest country to ever exist and I am thankful for our country. Even though America has plenty of faults it still is the best place in the world to live. I am very proud of America for many reasons‚ but here are my top 3. First reason is that America today can now say anyone can aspire to be president. Second reason is that we have the freedom of religion. Finally the third reason we have men and women who serve and make sacrifices
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The disappearance of my dad changed everything. It all started with a phone call. The message‚ echoing in my ear like a gunshot‚ was clear: my dad will move to China without us. At the time my father did not tell me the exact reason for his departure‚ but I read recently in a magazine that he was escaping from a group of lobbying businessmen‚ or more specifically‚ a group of gangsters. He was gone for a year‚ and‚ my seemingly perfect life was completely destroyed. At least I thought that was the
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The strange tide of feelings reach a different altitude in me whenever I hear these words anywhere. Though I never have had the chance to take that exuberant trip these words might give. I do not know why but deep down there is a burning desire to hear these string of words that can alter one’s soul completely. I want it so bad from the people I love‚ from the people I respect‚from the people who know me and most importantly from the people who have a skeptical vision. To be really honest I have
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INTRODUCTION On this assignment will be dealing with families‚ it will describing the two types of family that are found within families. A family is a group of people who share a close relationship ‚a unit typically(or traditionally ) composed of mated couple and their dependent children in co-residence .Families create generations -each of which gain in maturity and self sufficiency such as to create and provide for
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