The term “American” is viewed differently by many distinct people. In this essay‚ one can find out what it truly means to be an American. An American is someone who can be themself and is classified as an American. What it means to be an American is that you can be who you want to be. According to an article written by Marcie Sillman ‚ “Shmidt hopes [his family] [gets] the opportunity to come to this country. He spreads his arms wide as he describes his own experiences”. Shmidt’s personal experiences
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Freedom? The History of the United States from Pre-contact to the Present (MAMMD1SAF ) What does freedom mean to you? Tahli McGill TM1144 What does freedom mean to you? “If you really want to enslave people‚ tell them that you’re going to give them total freedom” Ron L Hubbard‚ from 1991 Time cover story. “Freedom” in literal terms means the power or right to act‚ speak or think as one wants. We are free to complete any course of
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Writing can mean so many different things‚ but to me it means putting all your thoughts that you can’t say out loud on a piece of paper. Escaping to a world where it’s only you and your thoughts. You can express yourself and don’t have to worry about what someone else thinks about you. Writing allows you to self-express yourself and reach heights and depths that you‚ yourself probably did not know you could even reach. Writing allows you to challenge your inner thoughts and express them in a different
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Honors Student By: Heather Waters What does it mean to be an honors student? This question could have many answers and a lot of different topics brought up when you hear this question. When most people hear “honor student” they think of nerds or somebody who is really smart and doesn’t care about anything us but getting good grades and being on honor roll. But being an honors student means that they are often recognized for their achievements‚ they are role models for their school and community‚
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What this poem means to me is that even though Americas days‚ past and future‚ was hard with war and dangerous ways it is still the best country to the author. In a way I agree with the author of the poem “America” because this country has done many things to help out its people and even though the past was dark the future would be brighter than the sun. The dark days of America are still in us but those dark days made America how it is now. African Americans‚ Indians such as the; Cheyenne‚ Quapaw
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meaningful. Martina McBride’s music is a good example of this. That is what writing means to me as a person. As a student‚ it is a way to express what I learned. A person could even ask questions to better understand something. It is a way to express what you do know. I have thought I understood my class material. Then I went to write a paper‚ and realized I didn’t know as much as I thought it did. As a professions‚ I am guessing that means in my profession and not that of a professional writer. In my profession
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The Epic of Gilgamesh presents a fascinating interpretation on what means to be human‚ and informs us a great deal about how the ancient Mesopotamians saw themselves in relation to a seemingly chaotic natural order. An initial reading of the Sumerian epic presents a bleak and confusing outlook on the events of the story‚ was the story of Gilgamesh irrelevant? While his quest for immortality was ultimately in vain‚ and he would have to concede the uncomfortable fact of his own mortality‚ this is
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What Does It Mean to Be Well-Educated In the article “What Does It Mean to Be Well-Educated” Mr. Kohn point out 6 points on being educated. Point 1.The Point of Schooling. (Nel Noddings the professor emerita at Stanford University‚ urges us to reject “the deadly notion that the schools’ first priority should be intellectual development” and contends that “the main aim of education should be to produce competent‚ caring‚ loving‚ and lovable people.”) I like this quote on the purposes of education
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What does it mean to be an American? What is it that ties us all together as Americans? What truly defines you as an American? It’s not just about where you were born‚ your race‚ your religion. It’s about how much you love America and your loyalty towards this country. Being an American is defined by how you show that you love this country ‚ whether that be hanging the US flag in your front yard or just simply voting for who the next president will be. Sunnie Baumgardner said‚ “Although the liberty
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1. A sign is something that says exactly what it is. It doesn’t have symbolic meaning because the sign explains itself. A symbol has meaning behind it. It doesn’t exactly explain what it means. People have to know the background of the symbol or what it stands for to understand the meaning. Both could be pictures‚ but the interpretation is different between the two. An example of a sign is a stop sign because it says exactly what it means. An example of a symbol is the Holy Cross. It could look like
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