If you are being held under water how do you expect to breath. This is what is happening to minorities in America. America’s society holds down minorities and all they are trying to do is come up for air. Doesn’t everyone have the right to breathe? America’s jails are filled with minorities. Minorities that would have less likely been put in jail for the same crime if it was a caucasian person. Minorities are put in the system and are made to work and in a sense‚ treated as modern day slaves. It
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The Demise of America as a Superpower There is an old Italian saying that states “I came to America because I heard that the streets were paved with gold.” Even though American streets are really not golden‚ this saying is metaphoric to that era where America was a dominating superpower. It was a time in American history when hard work was valued‚ and families had strong virtues. A great amount of time has passed since the industrial age and so‚ America has evolved. This once a God-fearing nation
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Education in America: Failing Schools Education in America is one of the most important issues that face our nation. If the education in America is not thought of one of most serious issues we face‚ our nation as a whole will fall. There are many debates and they seemly extend to all walks of life. The debates range from the decline in education‚ school vouchers‚ and the no child left behind law. As a nation‚ the United States is ranked above others. We must search for that solution
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Isaiah Escoto Mrs. Bean English 101 2 August 2013 America: Land of the Overweight “Would you like to Super-Size that Sir?” And how many times do we reply “Yea Sure.” I mean its only twenty cents more right? This is just one small look into the world we live in today. No matter what your age‚ every American is faced with the choice of eating healthy or to often is the case; succumb to the temptation of eating fattier foods. In recent decades America has faced daunting rise in obesity from children
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The Dream Of The America Everybody have a dream when they come to United States‚ for many people is a sacrifice because‚ they leave behind family‚ friends‚ memories and the place where they born. But they come looking for a opportunity that they cannot realize in their country. that opportunity is called The American dream. The American Dream in my opinion means: opportunities‚ safety and family. First‚ in America we can have better opportunities than in our own country‚ for example can find better
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ENC 1101 11/5/13 Obesity in America In this era‚ America has been hit hard by obesity issues and is not stopping just yet. Focusing on easy deposal from the surrounding fast food companies. No need to go out and shop. Online beats the retail price offers. Since everything keeps evolving‚ so does obesity keeps growing in the general population. Subsequently comfort and convenience has dominated these people. Big Americans need a game changer in the right mindset and determination of knowing
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The Mayan‚ Aztec‚ and Inca civilizations were the largest empires in the lands we now call Latin America. The Mayans‚ the oldest of these three great civilizations‚ built their empire in what is now southern Mexico and Central America. Mayan civilization had collapsed when the Aztecs built huge pyramids to their gods. The Aztecs built well-organized cities and developed a writing system. The Incans created a road system to connect their empire in the Andes Mountains. They also developed an irrigation
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****** Willingham M. Handran English 112 Hunger in America We live in a nation where a large percentage of its inhabitants suffer from economic hardship and are left with no other option but to pick and choose between certain necessities over other fundamental needs due to a lack of financial resources. Many of these people are forced into having to choose between taking their life-saving medications or being able to eat for that day‚ while others simply have no choice at all. These people simply
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Homeless in America Homeless in America When we are little we never see ourselves being homeless‚ we only have dreams of having a good life that has family‚ love‚ lots of money‚ nice cars‚ and big houses; we never think maybe we might end up homeless with nothing but the clothes on your back. Being American and in “the land of opportunity” we see and hear of endless possibilities‚ but everyone does not get to enjoy the possibilities because the possibilities are not really endless. Homelessness
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Delprøve 1A) 1. Normally students look forward to go back to school after the summer holidays. There’s missing ing-form in go. It should be going back to school. 2. According to Michelle Obama is education important when you want to plan your own career. Is and education are misplaced and should be swapped. 3. President Obama‚ which wife has now joined his efforts to improve education‚ wants the US to have the highest percentage of college graduates by 2020. Which is referred to an object‚ and therefore
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