The American Flag is the most widespread symbol Americans have. It took a disaster to make me realize how important it is. I would always wave the flag in a parade or on the Fourth of July‚ but I never really stopped to think about what I was doing. The terrorist attacks on September 11‚ 2001 are what changed my view. They caused me to reflect about our country and the value of saying‚ “I am an American.” After September 11th‚ there was an explosion of patriotism. Flags were bought and hung everywhere
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celebrate us leaving Catskill. We spent many lunches at Subways trying to decide what we should do. We started out wanting to go to Cape Cod for the weekend. Then it went from Cape Cod to Boston‚ Massachusetts. Finally it ended up a day at Six Flags‚ New England. We decided that the best time to do this was on a Monday morning when everyone else is in school. That way their wouldn’t be as many people there and we could get to the lines quicker. We made a list of all the best rides that we wanted
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had left the work in Kasturba training camp of Bengal. I worked in a village. The villagers around me and the girl trainees‚ I noticed‚ knew very little about Gandhiji. They observed Gandhi Jayanti‚ daily spun and prayed. Some had taken part in national movements and courted jail‚ but they did not know what Gandhiji’s real contribution was. May be I was wrong‚ but that is what I felt. I still feel the same about many persons I come in contact with every day‚ some of whom are educated‚ all of
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As Enriquez argues‚ people begin to question the legitimacy of existing countries or governments when they desire to establish their independent territorial states. The assertion of group’s ethnic‚ religious‚ linguistic‚ regional and national identities further signifies the need for regional autonomies because of the existing division among the larger population where the group resides (Enriquez 1999). State’s successes in establishing territorial and regional autonomies do not solely
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A child’s education starts from his or her mother at home. In this context what Gandhiji said was true. For he said‚ “If you educate a man‚ you educate ah individual‚ but if you educate a woman‚ you educate an entire family” Education of a child starts from the family and mother is the first teacher. But‚ the irony in India is that although the deity of education is a female i.e. Goddess Saraswati according to the Hinduism‚ innumerable number of women are illiterate. In most of the families the birth
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American Flag. The symbol of the American flag on the naked blonde girl relates to the many themes of the story such as the struggle for equality. To understand how the American flag plays its role in the story you have to look at what it represents. First‚ the public symbol meanings of the American flag being the American dream‚ freedom‚ independence‚ and equality. To the main character‚ the narrator‚ those meanings are important to him. In the story the exotic dancer was what the American flag represented
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Speech Analysis Paper Name Institution Speech Analysis Paper I selected a speech that was given by Manal- Al Sharif. The speech was entitled “A Saudi woman who dared to drive”. The speech was delivered sometime in June 2013. It was presented in a worldwide set of conferences referred to as TED (Technology‚ Environment‚ and Design) conference. TED provides live streaming of dialogues and address an extensive array of topics within the practice of science‚ culture and research. The speech was
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National occupational standards (NOS) assert good practice for support staff‚ providing a concrete framework detailing how the roles and responsibilities of support staff in schools can be undertaken in a competent manner. Furthermore‚ NOS describe the knowledge and understanding that is required in order to be competent in a support role. In addition‚ the NOS are widely used in relation to training and professional development‚ described by the TDA as ‘supporting the learning process in schools
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NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION: METRO MANILA GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION The National Capital Region or NCR is the center of Luzon and capital region of the Philippines. The Cordillera Mountains forms its boundary on the east‚ Laguna de Bay on the southeast‚ Central Luzon on the north and Southern Tagalog region on the south. It is composed of the cities of Manila‚ Kalookan‚ Las Pinas‚ Makati‚ Mandaluyong‚ Marikina‚ Paranaque‚ Muntinlupa‚ Pasay‚ Pasig and Quezon City. Pending ratification for city hood
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What the United States flag means to me is freedom. I hear the stories of the people who have their whole life chosen for them in different countries. Which sounds absolutely horrifying to me. I enjoy being able to decide my future like what kind of job i’m going to have or what college I’m going to go to. I don’t want that taken away from me.The Flag also ensures me as much safety as possible. What I mean by that is we have so many people who risked their life and are risking their life right now
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