What makes an American an American? Is it the accent‚ the clothing‚ the fact that you can speak the English language‚ or is it the fact that you were born on American soil? I believe it’s certain characteristics that set us apart from other countries. The fact we are self-reliant‚ and competitive‚ and the compassion we bring to others are some‚ of many‚ American characteristics that help set us apart. These are the three characteristics that I have chosen to write about. Our self-reliance
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Everything Straight What is something that you show without much thought? There a lot of facial expressions that a person can make. Some seem more common and the more subtle differences are lost in different traditions and cultures‚ but the most universal facial expression with same meaning across all culture is indicated by an upward curving of the corners of the mouth or simply‚ a smile. I smile knowing that smiling changes my mood. According to psychologists if you smile for a minute‚ no
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thing a person says or does affects not only one person but also ten people. In the movie Crash‚ the characters were all very racist to each other. There were two African American men who did not like white people. They did to the white people exactly what the white couple was stereotyping them as. They proved their stereotype to be true just because they saw the white woman hold on to her husband. The white woman should not have been scared because they most likely would not have done anything. They
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Life is what you make it A little boy called Andy was asked to audition with his classmates for a part in the school play. His mother knew that he had his heart set on being in the play and she was worried about how he would react if he wasn’t chosen. On the day that the parts were given out‚ Andy’s mother went to the school to collect him feeling anxious about the outcome. Seeing his mother Andy rushed up to her‚ his eyes were shining with pride and excitement. "Guess what Mum‚" he shouted
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Practice what you preach Any person in the world is an individual and it goes without saying that all people differ. Consequently‚ all of them have different mentality‚ ideology‚ behavior‚ thoughts‚ attitude to the same things and phenomena. Usually since childhood we stand on one path and follow it during all our life. Here the influence of parents‚ grandparents‚ teachers can be seen‚ when we try to copy their adult habits. But it seems to be normal when a little child follows the ideas of
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“IT IS NOT WHAT YOU LOOK AT THAT MATTERS‚ BUT WHAT YOU SEE” - H.D. THOREAU To look is to see and vice-versa! Admittedly to a layman and also in common parlance‚ we use the two interchangeably or synonymously. However‚ there’s a difference between the two if we contemplate it. ‘Visualisation’ is a curious issue having various aspects of interpretation. To look at something and to actually realise your vision is not always possible. There is just too much‚ all around
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Hall-Evans 1 Susan Hall-Evans S. Fong English 1a 09/25/2014 What Makes You Happy? Advertising is tricky. The challenge facing most advertising groups is creating the allure to get the consumer to buy their products. In advertising the lay out is just as important as the context of the ad. The advertisers use all forms to entice us: color‚ typography‚ catch words‚ and of course things that appeal to our vulnerabilities. These catch words are words which are
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“Twinkle Twinkle little star‚ how I wonder what you are” What if the people we look up to‚ just bring us down? What if our heroes actually destroy us instead of saving us? What if there’s nothing special about those ‘incredible’ people we idolise? What if… There comes a time in our life when we come across a fantastic person‚ who we think is perfect. Sometimes it’s a famous person and sometimes it’s just someone in our community‚ school or family. We want to talk like them‚ think like them‚ walk
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1000-D01 December 4‚ 2014 What Do You Dance? After the Swing Era and World War II‚ American social dancing cooled down in the late 1940s‚ in a shift from dance bands to concerts in night clubs. In Michigan I was a teenager that was used to my parent’s country music and dancing. Throughout the years of me growing up to listening and dancing to country music and some rock music my uncle listened to that was all I was use to until I became 14yrs old and began junior high school. When I began attending junior
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January 2014 Where I Live and What I Live For There are many places that I could say that I live: a house‚ Twin Falls‚ or even America. None of those places are where I put my life and devotion to every single day. I live in the band room‚ not physically but in the way were my head is always overflowing with new ideas of how to make the previous piece I just played even better‚ full of how to conduct the piece I am listening on the radio or on my Ipod. The band room is where I go to let all emotions
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