Traits of an Ideal American There are several traits of an ideal american‚ one of them is honesty. Honesty is very important because it shows other people what type of person you are. If you are not honest then nobody will be able to trust you. Without honesty the world would be a very evil place. Honesty also shows your trustworthiness and worth of a person. You cannot be an ideal American if you are not a trustworthy person. Being dependable is another trait an American needs. Being dependable
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availability of rights‚ and opportunities. A person may not have the same status‚ but the base of which someone can achieve a status is equal. While‚ in America‚ equality has not been fully achieved‚ the chance of success through equality is an American Ideal. The ideas of equality are evident in America’s founding documents‚ The Articles of the Confederation‚ The Constitution‚ and the Bill of Rights. The Articles of the Confederation discusses the equal rights between citizens. Article IV says
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Penitentiaries‚ A problem or Solution: Flanner O’Conner’ “a good man is hard to find” In “a good man is hard to find” we all see misfit as a bad guy. Who is “a loose from federal pen” (O’Conner 1)‚ kills his father (O’Conner 9)‚ and is a murderer. But during his conversation with the grandmother he says “I never was a bad boy” (0’conner 9). He also mentions “[he] forget what [he] did” (O’Conner 9). After reading the whole story and studying about the
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AMERICAN IDEALS AND VALUES I. Ideals: 1. Freedom: “The notion that America offers freedom for all í an ideal that unifies Americans and links present to past. Yet this ideal has not always corresponded to reality.” - Americans commonly regard their society as the freest and best in the world Proud when thinking that their country a heaven destination for those longing for freedom and opportunities. all people are equal all people are equal - Americans’ understanding of freedom is shaped
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As a first generation‚ American‚ my family always had high hopes and expectations of my cousins and I. We were dictated on how to act thing and believe. To always keep our morals true to home‚ yet stay integrated into the American culture in order to stay prevalent sand become successful. Since I was the youngest of them all‚ my family is expectations of my cousins were further expected of me‚ and I feel as though this is an ideal that is consistently set on younger generations in families. We are
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government has bloomed into an extremely invasive party on the lives of American citizens. This “big brother‚” who watches over and regulates our every move‚ masks itself as a democracy. We Americans take stride as if we’re living it large with a freedom unknown to the rest of the world. However‚ our country is not run “by the people‚ for the people” as President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address claims. On the contrary‚ Americans live in a nation under the false presumption that we are indeed free
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The three readings are all about stories that are related to emperors or leaders‚ and they illustrate both the common and unique characteristics of ideal models‚ values‚ male and female. In those chapters‚ they unanimously demonstrated that a role model should be strong‚ never obsessed with women and should always fulfil their responsibilities by serving the state and protecting the people. As shown in Genji‚ when the King demanded her lady to accompany him for the whole day‚ many courtiers were
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For every American‚ there is an endless array of different factors‚ often spanning over decades and centuries‚ which have each uniquely contributed to how he or she has ended up living in America. The stories that account for how each American has ended up in America are filled with a vast diversity of different events and people‚ but nearly all of these stories involve the common aspect- the opportunity to start a new life in America. Most people’s journeys to America begin long before they are
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The Penitentiary System in The United States Introduction: It seems that prison causes more problems than fixing them nowadays. American Prisons are considered to be very large institutions that are mainly composed of black American and other people of color; blacks‚ Hispanic and a bit of white people. It is weird since 60% of the American Population is white. Each year new rules are implemented to make inmates life harder than before. The majority of them are mainly people of color. These inmates
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They must do the best they can‚ go above and beyond the correctional and political approach‚ and be there for the inmates in every way possible. This is a very large stretch since about 85% of Americas prisons are over populated and understaffed. Funding comes from the tax payers‚ so the warden and everyone else on the correctional board must decipher how to handle the money‚ and which keys elements to invest in. In (Ch. 6.3 Management Issues for Administrators)
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