The United States is a melting pot of many cultures‚ races and ethnicities. I have learned that each group has differences and many similarities. With these differences they have taught me to be tolerant and accepting of them. By embracing the differences through our diverse society‚ I have learned new concepts of living‚ new ways to think‚ and have been introduced to a variety of foods that I have enjoyed. It seems in the end many of the groups that are so different have a common interest which
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themselves or the world with the help of a teacher/mentor. Stories such as Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson and The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel‚ use schools as a setting for life-changing discoveries. The protagonists in both of these books‚ Melinda (Speak) and Tillie (The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds) go through personal troubles that are solved by an important teacher/mentor. Even though each girl is excluded at school for different reasons‚ both
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Have you ever heard that America is a melting pot or a salad bowl? The metaphor for the melting pot is unfortunate and misleading for America. A more accurate metaphor would be a salad bowl‚ for the salad bowl can be very different from the melting pot because of all its ingredients can make it distinguished from the melting pot. Even today Americans are calling America a salad bowl instead of a melting pot. Whereas it once was a melting pot but soon changed. There have been many questions
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“Hot pot” dining is very popular in China. A server brings a simmering metal pot of stock to the center of the table where it is placed over a heat source. While the hot pot is sim-mering‚ the server places the desired ingredi-ents into the pot where they are cooked and served. For a long time‚ most Chinese con-sider hot pot restaurants to be a place where they could get a cheap meal. But low prices meant low-quality ingredients‚ shaky service‚ and a relatively uninviting ambience. All this changed
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Chun Wai Discuss the advantages and disadvantages for plants of living in an aqueous environment compared to a terrestrial one? Introduction: Plants are commonly classified to two main types: aquatic plant and land plant. They have different features to adapt the living environment. What by meant is that they require different adaptions to stay alive in their respective environment such as humidity and structure of leaves. Aquatic plants referred to as hydrophytes or macrophytes. They need a special
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Crock pot cooking has virtually improved many lifestyles. It has helped families with hectic schedules modify their old greasy meals to healthier recipes. The direct heat from the slow cooker‚ its several hours of cooking‚ and the steam within the tightly-covered pot‚ all work together making crock pot cooking safe and healthy. Now that you too have discovered the benefits of using your own slow cooker‚ perhaps you are wondering how you can easily modify your family’s favorite meals into crock
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Melting Pot or Mosaic‚ which one? Culture is a behavior that consists of several critical elements‚ such as language‚ religion‚ race and ethnicity‚ clothing and politics. Culture is what one does in his/her daily life. In order to understand others‚ we must first keep in mind that every culture carries its own set of values and assumptions. Culture is an evolving‚ ever changing civilization‚ which includes several different groups people. For immigrants‚ America is a land of opportunity; for others
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Grade Level: K-3 Subject Area: Social Studies and Self- Esteem Lesson Length: Ongoing throughout the school year Topic: The Melting Pot of America Content: Students are unaware of the many cultures that make up the “Melting Pot of America”. Our classes forget to put a focus on the different cultures that make up our communities and country. This activity was designed to put a focus on that and to help students embrace their differences and their assets that the bring to their very own
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the same or even sound the same‚ each American is different in their own way. There is not a description of a perfect “American Citizen”. America is a big “melting pot”. “The ideal of the melting pot symbolized the process of blending many strains into a single nationality and we have come to realize in modern times that the melting pot need not mean the end of particular identities or traditions.” (Kennedy‚ 27).
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The Effect of Gasoline Fumes on plants Introduction: This science fair project was conducted to study the effect of gasoline fumes on plants. The testing was done by placing plants beside a gasoline-filled container for different periods of time and temperatures. Hypothesis: Gasoline fumes cause plants to die - the longer the exposure to the fumes‚ the quicker the plants will die. Our second hypothesis is that exposure to fumes‚ at higher environmental temperatures‚ will result in quicker
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