HOLIDAYS AND CUSTOMS American Holidays People in every culture celebrate holidays. Although the word "holiday" literally means "holy day‚" most American holidays are not religious‚ but commemorative in nature and origin. Because the nation is blessed with rich ethnic heritage it is possible to trace some of the American holidays to diverse cultural sources and traditions‚ but all holidays have taken on a distinctively American flavor. In the United States‚ the word "holiday" is synonymous with "celebration"
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Should I go to Hawaii? Hawaii is a warm fun place to go on a vacation. The thing is it’s not always a fun place to be though. The cost to go there and for the food when you’re there is very expensive. Also the traffic in Hawaii is very bad it’s ranked second nationwide. What interests me about Hawaii Is the nice weather the great views and the volcanoes. Some more things what i’m interested in is the Tropical rain forest‚ Kauai and the world’s largest volcano. So should I go to hawaii for a vacation
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the two nations) Glasgow Fair - last two weeks in July The Glasgow Fair is a holiday during the last fortnight in July in the city of Glasgow‚ Scotland.’The Fair’ is the oldest of a number of similar holidays‚ dating from the 12th century. Until as recently as the 1960s‚ most local businesses and factories would close on ’Fair Friday’ and workers and their families would use the opportunity to travel for holidays in the local area‚ typically in the Firth of Clyde or Ayrshire coast.This practice
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Yongli Wang English 83 Should Cell Phones Be Allowed In College Classrooms? I think cell phones shouldn’t be allowed in college classrooms. Nowadays‚ parents buy a cell phone for their teenager‚ in order to contact them more conveniently. But a lot of students bring their cell phone to the college‚ during class. If cell phone shouldn’t be banned in classrooms
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The Tet Holiday- What did you do? [pic] According to our traditional custom‚ the Tet holiday is the Lunar New Year Holiday – the most important holiday in Vietnam. It is around late January or early February‚ depends on each year. We celebrate three days beginning of the new year‚ the first day of new year marks the beginning of Tet . This year‚ the New Year Day is in January 26th. People will have about two weeks off. Although there are three days which are the main days of Tet but we
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I realized there was something wrong with me when I noticed myself scrutinizing the extracurricular activities of my daughter’s friends‚ and wondering how they’d look on a college résumé. How would Model U.N. stack up against Mandarin? Would playing a violin or a lute stand out more? What about foreign service trips vs. summer “nerd camp” vs. Indian cooking classes? Archery‚ fencing‚ or diving—which would be more likely to catch the admissions officer’s eye? We were talking about a bunch of seventh-graders
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When should we let go? A famous saying by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stated that “we [as men] shall overcome”. What King makes clear is that the human race has always pushed forward and will overcome harsh struggles. In Dylan Thomas’s poem‚ Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night‚ many of the lines focus about death‚ but the overall the main importance of the poem brings forth questions such as “why should the fight continue?”. In Thomas’s perspective‚ people should never be willing to let go of
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most schools offer is a big part of the problem. The schools need to serve healthy drinks with balanced meals. First of all‚ one reason kids are becoming obese is because all of the unhealthy ingredients in certain drinks. Second of all‚ schools should get rid of unhealthy drinks due to the outrageous cost. Third of all‚ unhealthy drinks can cause hyperactivity in children. Replacing unhealthy drinks can prevent obesity‚ and lead to a healthy lifestyle. First‚ the number one thing that leads
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the times kids and teachers do not treat them well. The first reason pets should not be in classrooms is that they can cause health problems for kids and themselves. One example is during weekends or anytime they’re left alone in their cage uncleaned it can develop bacteria and may trigger disease. Another example is the pets can be allergic to the kids and trigger disease like ammonia. The second reason why pets should not be in the classroom is that they
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The catechism as to whether or not creationism should be able in attainable schools is an absolute affecting and circuitous question. It can be looked at from several acclimatized angles‚ its ascendancy accepting one of them. Admitting the abbreviation of affirmation to abutment the fundamentalist absorption of creationism‚ that in it is not abounding to accreditation its exclusion from the best of attainable schools in the United States. The canon is far added circuitous and complex. One way to
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