In the United States of North America ethnic groups are easily found everywhere. As a result‚ the American culture is a combination of many other cultures such as Irish‚ Latin‚ African‚ British‚ etc. However‚ one of the most significant of these is the German culture. German influence over this country is so strong that it goes through science‚ to architecture‚ to music‚ to sports and entertainment. Germans left their homeland for several reasons such as‚ looking for an improved standard of living
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The Chronicle Review October 3‚ 2010 What Are You Going to Do With That? Katherine Streeter for The Chronicle Review By William Deresiewicz The essay below is adapted from a talk delivered to a freshman class at Stanford University in May. The question my title poses‚ of course‚ is the one that is classically aimed at humanities majors. What practical value could there possibly be in studying literature or art or philosophy? So you must be wondering why I’m bothering to raise it here‚ at Stanford
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ESSAY: composition What do you consider to be you’re greatest achievement? Why does it mean so much to you? Right now I’m here. I’m sitting in my class. My hands are completely cold and frozen but that shouldn’t matter to you. All you want to know is about my greatest achievement. What is an achievement in the first place? Taking hold of your dream? A lifelong goal you worked so hard for? But what if I don’t have this kind of an achievement? Because the first achievement I ever had was winning
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1. What is Tannen’s purpose in writing this essay? What does she hope it will accomplish? From what I gathered Tannen’s purpose was for us to comprehend the importance of communication in the work field. How the simplest verbal functions can be interpreted in many different ways. “Conversation is a ritual” I find so much meaning behind these four simple words‚ the article in its entirety are summed up by these word. Tannen wants to enlighten us to remember that our words are powerful. I believe she
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My Expository Essay Did you know that in 2009 there were about 11.3 million immigrants in the United States (pewresearch.org ) .This essay will tell you the best ways for people from other countries to adjust to living in the United States.This topic is very interesting because i’m sure like me you had no idea that there was this many immigrants in the United States. It is very hard or it is not that easy for immigrants to adjust to the american culture. The obstacles of adjusting to a new country
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Why should the United States restrict and limit future immigration? Even though The United States should allow open immigration to anyone ‚ The United States should restrict and limit immigration by allowing only those who are educated because It would reduce the overall population of criminals in the United States‚ It would prevent the ideas of socialism and communism from spreading‚ and It would increase the overall intelligence of the nation. First the United States should restrict and limit future
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When I first came to the United States my whole life changed completely. I came from a very poor town where basic needs are privileges and even though I didn’t know the language‚ the culture‚ and the people. I was not scared about my new life‚ my new beginning. When my mom and I got here my dad rented a house which was in very bad conditions. At that time we didn’t have anything‚ we slept on the floor for almost a month‚ we didn’t have any furniture and not even a car to go buy groceries. My mom
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courage‚ and open-mindedness. First‚ like jugglers in the circus all of us require balance. Though‚ also like jugglers some of us are better at balancing the different aspects of our lives than others. We can all improve on this skill‚ though. One way we can improve is combining activities. For example‚ when you’re watching T.V. with your family you can also be doing math homework or writing a paper and getting help from the people around you. Another way you can become more balanced is creating
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CAPSTONE CHECKPOINT ETH/125 What information about race and ethnicity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate to specific minority groups? In the first week of class when we were asked the question in our journal entry of a subordinate group member defining race and ethnicity‚ what does the terms race and ethnicity mean to me. After researching that question and getting thorough meaning of race and ethnicity I was able to understand and relate to specific minority group such
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verbs are correct. The first two have been done for you. P.62 http://www.aristo.com.hk 2 DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B Review Test 1 Grammar & Usage The Olympics (1) had changed the lives of (1) has changed _____________ (2) _____________ (3) to find _____________ many people in China. For security guard Z. Zhang‚ the final burst of fireworks over the Bird’s Nest Stadium for the closing ceremony (2) pointed him towards a new career. The 19-year-old Henan native came to Beijing (3) found a job
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