The Importance of an Official Language in American Society. The United States of America has commonly been referred to as a great melting pot because we are a country comprised of many different cultures and ethnic backgrounds. The original idea of our melting pot was that one nation would be made out of immigrants from different nations around the world. That cultural influx has created the vibrant and diverse atmosphere of today’s American society. As a society‚ it is important to appreciate
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“A More Perfect Union” Obama used the Philadelphia venue brilliantly starting off his speech like the Declaration of Independence a very powerful document that was revolutionary for its time; literally. It brought forth the concept that all men were created equally however to this day we still strive to be treated equally. Obama mentions that the slave trade went on for twenty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence and suggests that our forefathers left it up to future
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The Conservation of Races W.E.B. Du Bois The United States of America‚ since its commencement‚ has been a “melting pot” of different nationalities. While the term melting pot sounds forthcoming‚ this is not the case in reality. Many times cultures collide due their differences in ideology‚ culture‚ and geographical proximity. Such culture clashes have marked the history of the United States. Race is usually thought of in the physical sense with difference in skin color‚ hair‚ facial features‚ and
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Pennsylvania. Beneath the sediments and moments of happiness and strife founds had to endure to establish such an institution‚ lies a foundation that dwells in the significance of academics and education. Learning is not a one-way street. America is a melting pot of a spectrum of backgrounds‚ experiences‚ priorities‚ and passions. I would engage academically at the University of Pennsylvania by advocating the cultivation and understanding of diversity. Of the four undergraduate schools‚ Arts and Sciences
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If it wasn’t for the American revolution‚ the United States wouldn’t be where it is today. After this revolution‚ an important document was drafted such as the Constitution. America has all its freedom today because of the Constitution and its Amendments. It affects almost everything we can and can’t do today and the religions that people get to practice and believe in. American exceptionalism is important in American politics today. From puritans in New England to presidential candidates today
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interpreted as racism in fact in my opinion is what we today would call peer pressure. In high school it is hard to find friends. There are o many people to chose from‚ so many backgrounds and nationalities. If you think about it a high school is just a melting pot of kids under one roof. With that being said it is normal for kids of that age to form friendships and groups known as cliques. Psychologically speaking a human chooses friends to make a companion ship with someone whom they are interested in and
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The movie Pleasantville is about two teenagers who mysteriously get drawn into the 1950s fictional‚ black-and-white television sitcom‚ Pleasantville. The show portrays a very stereotypical image of the 1950s having similar elements to that of “Father Knows Best.” In Pleasantville‚ both David and Jennifer are forced to take on the roles of Bud and Mary-Sue. But as they play along in the perfect and pure little town of Pleasantville‚ their presences soon influence extreme changes. As the citizens of
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Schoolhouse Rock Live was a delightful play performed by the TCC Theatre group. This play was about a school teacher getting ready to go to the first day of school when he is visited by figments of his imagination to remind him learning should be entertaining. This musical featured music from the classic Schoolhouse Rock videos‚ people used to watch in elementary and middle school. Though this musical had numerous lessons‚ the most important message was that learning new things should always be
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The United States Presidency has been a rather long-lived yet very controversial system since it’s beginning. American Presidents are held to extremely high standards with their presidency in constant examination from the moment they take office to hundreds of years after their death. Among these historic men is President Thomas Woodrow Wilson (best known simply as Woodrow Wilson)‚ the 28th president of the United States. President Wilson is generally considered to have been a great and successful
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After reading the narrative “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan. It can be said that it is an engaging 1st person narrative where the author utilized some of her different memories to connect with the audience. At times explaining her feelings of sadness and embarrassment to strengthen her points. Thus‚ creating an emotional piece that had me connected with every sentence. I experienced a sense of empathy. The narrative started at the present time with a memory where the writer found herself speaking to a
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