The second amendment of the US Constitution states that “a well regulated militia” is “necessary to the security of a free state” and that “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”. The second amendment is outdated. In the time it was created and passed was a time when the militia was the people. It was made so that people could fight the British‚ which isn’t the case now‚ especially now that we have our own full-functioning army and law enforcement. It was
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Diversity In this country the English language rules the land. Although English hasn’t exactly always been the official language of America‚ it is now. In the early period of our country America was basically a melting pot for cultures‚ languages‚ religion etc. Things have very much changed since then. English may be the dominant‚ but millions of Americans speak more than just English at home. Bilingualism is all around us; in a country that is dominated by English I think bilingualism would strengthen
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final teaching this week‚ it’s important to critically analyze my second teaching so that I can learn from any mistakes‚ and build upon previous successes. For the most part‚ I think that my second Lab Band teaching went very well. I would consider it a much better performance than my first‚ primarily because of how much I was able to accomplish. In my first teaching‚ I felt that I lost too much time on unnecessary verbiage. My second time around‚ I made an effort to stay focused and on schedule. I
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The book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ expresses a lot of similarities to the poem The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats. The words ‘‘The Second Coming’’ give us a warning of an apocalypse that might furturistically happen. The apocalypsis is reffering to the end of the civilization in our world. In his poem Butler is referring and connecting it to the Civil War It gives a deep connection to Things Fall Apart‚ because in the book it is impposible to stop changes from happening. Whenever
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History 2112 Second-Wave Feminism Towards the end of the twentieth century‚ feminist women in America faced an underlying conflict to find their purpose and true meaning in life. “Is this all?” was often a question whose answer was sought after by numerous women reaching deeper into their minds and souls to find what was missing from their life. The ideal second-wave feminist was defined as a women who puts all of her time into cleaning her home‚ loving her husband‚ and caring for her children
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bear Arms‚ shall not be infringed” (law.cornell.edu). These twenty-seven words are the Second Amendment of the Constitution. Where did this amendment come from? How did the founding fathers of the United States come up with this? This paper will show the foundation of where the Second Amendment came from‚ how it became an amendment‚ and what happened after the amendment went into effect. Origins of the Second Amendment When the English settlers came over from England to the new world‚ they brought
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Niema Apiat November 2‚ 2012 Dedra Hall AP Lang/Comp. Manipulation in 30 Seconds Fabrication‚ manipulation‚ and exploitation are the key motivations in the Advertising Industry. Everyday‚ buyers are more exposed to advertisements. Advertisements are located in magazines‚ billboards‚ radio‚ and it ’s most popular form‚ television. One cannot go anywhere without seeing a piece of advertising. Advertising is ubiquitous. There is always an impression imprinted in our minds after a commercial
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The Second Sex Reflection Simone De Beauvoir’s main theory is that men basically oppress women by classifying them‚ as the other in every way‚ in opposition and subordination to men. She emphasizes that Men occupy the role of the identity‚ or subjects and women as the objects‚ or the other. She asserts that men venture out into the world to enforce their will on it‚ while women are condemned to endure. She stresses that men invent and act while women wait to be saved‚ which is quite true and can
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Before the Second Vatican Council‚ the Catholic Church was regarded as having a relatively negative view towards other religions in the world. This idea came from a teaching by Saint Cyprian of Carthage in the third century and was widely followed since then until the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s. He used the Latin phrase‚ “Extra ecclesiam nulla salus‚” which translates to‚ “Outside the Church there is no salvation.” He wrote this in a letter that was sent during a time of question about
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J. S. Bach and the Second Brandenburg Concerto In December 1917‚ Johann Sebastian Bach began working as Prince Leopold of Cothen’s Kappelmeister (German: “chapel master‚” director of music)‚ tasked with composing for celebrations and holidays. A lover of music‚ the prince held Bach in high esteem; paying Bach more than twice the salary of his predecessor. Restricted by the chapel’s low-quality organ‚ Bach negotiated for new instruments in Carlsbad and Berlin‚ traveling with the prince throughout
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