I was growing up here in the United States I slowly understand what citizenship means to me. Being a citizen for me is fulfilling my obligations toward my country‚ Living a lifestyle that benefits myself and my community and having good sense of patriotism. Fulfilling my obligations toward my country is what citizenship means to me. Obligations like paying taxes to further improve the conditions of living in the country because if we do not pay our taxes our country will more likely go on a decline
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the world.” - Audie Murphy. America is an extremely outstanding country‚ and the people that live in it have many responsibilities and privileges that make them an American. An ideal American should have great and noble qualities with loyalty and patriotism only being two. One’s loyalty to his country is not something that can be taught. Loyalty for one’s country is best explained in this quote by Thomas Wolfe: “The fabulous country-the place where miracles not only happen‚ but where they happen
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Nationalism is often the shadow of patriotism and patriotism acts as a veil which conceals and justifies acts of nationalism‚ as well as‚ ultranationalism. For example‚ World War II is a case study which supports this source. World War II created a severe environment of “us vs. mankind”; nation against nation. These circumstances led to events such as the Holocaust‚ the formation of concentration camps and fanatical propaganda. When Hitler came in power during the mid 1900s‚ he had a very powerful
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I can say is just act it repeatedly to become it a habit. It is easy because it does not require monetary cost. 2. Whenever you buy or pay for anything‚ always ask for an official receipt. Asking for an official receipt is a small act of patriotism because it can help in nation building when those receipt and the tax included in that product it will not be pocketed by the seller. I agree with that little thing‚ why? It is because once you consume anything the 12% Vat is also included and when
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America is known for its freedom and pride but‚ America does have some flaws. The authors of both I Hear America Singing and I Too describe America in the past during their time. They both describe how they feel while living in America. In the poem I Hear America Singing‚ the theme is about pride in America and everyone working and coming together. Walt Whitman feels that America is growing and getting better as a country with everyone working and enjoying what they do. America is filled with joy
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What makes the United States unique and great is not a pledge‚ a flag‚ or a song‚ all of which are more properly labeled culturally transitory symbols of patriotism. The flag‚ the songs‚ the Pledge and all the rest of the patriotic symbols are mere surrogates for the Constitution and the citizens who lived‚ worked‚ and died preserving the Constitution. The USA is the summation of many ethnic‚ religious and political backgrounds. David Brooks’ motivation in writing “One Nation‚ Slightly Divisible”
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Ellis‚ R. (1994) The Study of Second Language Acquisition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Flege‚ J.E. (1992) Speech learning in a second language. In C. Ferguson‚ L. Menn and C. Flege‚ J.E. (1999) Age of learning and second language speech. In D. Birdsong (ed.) Second Language Acquisition and the Critical Period Hypothesis (pp Flege‚ J.E.‚ Bohn‚ O.S.‚ and Jang‚ S. (1997a) Effects of experience on non-native speakers´ production and perception of English vowels Flege‚ J.E.‚ Frieda‚ E.M. and Nozawa
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Australian public about our patriotism or lack thereof. With this poem Kevin Gilbert acknowledges the fact that there is not just one single opinion of what has happened to the beautiful land that was once home to many native Aboriginal tribes all over the country. Australia’s sense of pride and admiration that is declared by Dorothea Mackellar in “My Country” is challenged and questioned by Kevin Gilbert. The issues explored in the bitter poem are a lack of patriotism for Australia and shame. A
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main themes and some flagrant historical discrepancies. The theme of patriotism in this movie is spectacularly absent. The period represented in the historical events which they attempt to depict will indeed invoke ideas of patriotism; but as we sink deeper and deeper in this action-packed‚ violence-packed movie‚ we realized that the main characters and most of the ones revolving around them have other motives than patriotism. For example‚ Benjamin Martin‚ the story hero‚ has already been through
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Prompt: Were the Founding Fathers (Sons of Liberty) patriots or traitors? Patriotism has always been a truly ambiguous term. The media portrays it with glory‚ while others describe it as “rebel” or “red-neck.” In addition‚ the fine line between patriot and traitor has always existed‚ as decisions and acts that have been made for the sake of so-called “patriotism” are called into question. The case of the Founding Fathers is also controversial. Before the Revolutionary War‚ the Sons of Liberty were
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