What is an American? Before 1776 America was not a free country. The British government had controlled America. But on July 4th‚ 1776 the Declaration of Independence was signed‚ which states that the thirteen American colonies were independent and was no longer controlled by the British. A quote that John Quincy Adams said was‚ “It must be fought for‚ protected‚ and handed on for them to do the same‚ or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it
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only tell. In middle school‚ there are so many experiences that a kid has not even had yet. There are so many changes that can happen throughout a year. An 8th grader has 5 more years experience a change that could affect their entire life. Many colleges recruit these inexperienced kids to play for their sports teams without any idea of what the future may hold. There is only so much faith‚ one can have that these young middle school children can have a perfect life. Middle school recruitment
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the term the “American” was coined it meant something new‚ something unknown. Initially‚ the unknown quantity was the land and the Native Americans. Then the Europeans traveling to the new world and finally‚ at least in this essay‚ the blacks. The one common quality through these three different unknowns is self-reliance. The form of self- reliance varies from striving to maintain an individual identity to forming an identity to being allowed to have an identity. Native Americans were uprooted
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Nomination Essay This teacher that has help make the Cave City High School band expenitial. He has made the band grow into something that others would have never of thought possible. Mr. Joshua Alan Poff has help me and many other students in the Cave City band program rise our skill level with our instruments. He has helped create the band into a flourishing spectacle that anyone and everyone in or who supports the band program should be proud of. Even though this is his first year of being an
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The definition of clique is a small group of people‚ with shared interests or other features in common‚ who spend time together and do not readily allow others to join them. The question at hand is why do people find niches within their school and stick to them? After interviewing several high school students‚ we identified several repetitive answers as to why students group up such as: comfort‚ stability‚ shared interests‚ and the pursuit of happiness. Next‚ we looked at the advantages and disadvantages
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American Jobs Act Research Report #1 In fall of 2011‚ President Obama made a set of bills to encourage growth and recovery. It was called American Jobs Act. Even though the bill never got passed‚ I thought the act would have worked. I’m not saying it was the best‚ because nothing is perfect. The purpose of the American Jobs Act is simple: put more people back to work and put more money in the pockets of working Americans – without adding a dime to the deficit. He also said that the
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When you send a girl home because her shorts are too short or her clothing is immodest you are telling her that covering up her body is more important than her education" (anonymous). School dress codes should not be as strict as what they are now. The student handbook says that the dress code applied to both boys and girls‚ but then says things such as "...shirts and blouses should cover the shoulders and yoga pants are not permitted..." (student hand book page 26). Things like that are aimed
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driving lessons can run from educating the beginner to exceedingly propelled driving strategies and abilities at a sly driving school. Understudies who take driving school lessons‚ can be seen puttering around town in a universal auto set apart with "Understudy DRIVER" to understudy drivers thundering around a track or test course in elite vehicles. Most auxiliary schools have drivers’ instruction classes. In these classes‚ an educator takes three or four understudies and each has the chance to drive
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More than 90% of high school teens are sleep deprived due to the start time of school (Gregoire‚ 2015). School start times need to change to at least one hour later. Later start times would result in a dramatically better student health‚ performance‚ and attendance. First and foremost‚ the health of students would increase if schools started later. Students will have more time to eat a healthy breakfast‚ which is the most important meal of the day (“5 Pros and Cons of Later School Start Times‚” 2017)
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Recently you won’t be seeing an American citizen care much about anything other than them selves. Their main priority is to ensure the perfection of their own lives. That is not being a good citizen though. Making sure your needs are met before you look up and see what you can help with is corrupt and selfish. We need to care more about how we can help our country and what we need to do to be a good citizen. Having clear goals‚ consistent ideals‚ and unity is what makes a country powerful; so when
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