Jacqueline Delgado Mrs. Pierce Junior English September 27‚ 2012 What is an American? Thousands of Americans around the country ask themselves the same question; “What is an American?” National pride in one’s country is common‚ but does one truly know what one’s country is made of? The American people cannot be defined in one word. American society is created by many different shapes and colors to paint one massive masterpiece of freedom‚ justice and equality. America became a land for people
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What is Culture? photo of Edward. B. Tylor Edward B. Tylor (1832-1917) The word culture click this icon to hear the preceding term pronounced has many different meanings. For some it refers to an appreciation of good literature‚ music‚ art‚ and food. For a biologist‚ it is likely to be a colony of bacteria or other microorganisms growing in a nutrient medium in a laboratory Petri dish. However‚ for anthropologists and other behavioral scientists‚ culture is the full range of
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It was a normal a day in local college where students are going about their day. In a local cafe a group of seven friends are meeting up for a normal discussion... for them that is "Man things have changed during the introduction of Zarathustria" said a young man. He is shorter than his friends standing around 5’6"‚ he has black curly hair‚ tanned skin and blue eyes. He is currently wearing a black polo underneath a gray trench coat‚ white shorts and brown boat shoes. He is deemed the leader of
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“oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever” (3) and whites associated freedom with privilege as history shows that “privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily” (King 7). Furthermore‚ time changed‚ leading to new beliefs in what freedom symbolized. During the period after the Civil War‚ leading up to the 1960s‚ African Americans viewed freedom as integration‚ not segregation‚ but whites still believed freedom to be associated with privilege because their privilege put them
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tricky issue though and it reminds me of the discussion we had in class on whether violence could ever be justified. Many students believed that violence against a tyrant or unjust leader could be justified when the leader had engaged in acts against humanity. As seen through my definition the assassination of such a person would not be seen as an act of terror. This idea of
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afterwards plague mankind and unleashing all the troubles humans face today. Since then we have been condemned to work hard‚ get older and weak‚ and finally die. According to Greek mythology people has been blaming her for the act she has done to humanity becoming the Outcast of the
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majority is right‚ that society is normal and sane‚ and that the misfit‚ dissident‚ loner‚ or nonconformist is abnormal and possibly mentally ill. That’s what they are programmed and conditioned to believe. It is a classic ‘cattle control’ method of getting the herd to keep itself in line” –Unknown Society programs the minds of individuals to accept what it considers normal‚ and to reject the abnormal; to discriminate against those who do not conform to societal conventions‚ deeming these individuals
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What is Education? Answers from 5th Century BC to the 21st Century The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things‚ not simply repeating what other generations have done. -- Jean Piaget‚ 1896-1980‚ Swiss developmental psychologist‚ philosopher An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory‚ or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don’t.-- Anatole France‚ 1844-1924‚
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Confucius Confucius ’ life was of tremendous importance in the forming of Chinese culture. Confucius ’ plan and simple approach to life‚ revealed his deep seeded beliefs that through great human effort one can shape their own future. He had great faith in the ordinary man and believed that they are teachable and perfectible. Confucius believed that ordinary humans could be come awe-inspiring with wisdom and great knowledge. The quest to improve one ’s "self" became deeply rooted in the Confucian
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close-mindedness of God. God’s attitude of supreme rule and having no allowance of competition and opposing force pushes Satan to stand up for what he thought was right and challenge God for power in order to show God that he was not truly qualified for the job of divine king. Milton mentions the fact that God gives all His creations free will to choose to do what they feel is right or wrong. However‚ Milton highlights the fact that He punishes the people that use this power by denying them the glory
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