, , , American Dream, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Showcase, Spring 2019, 1
Although some might say that to be American you have to have been born here, or have citizenship here....
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The Alabama Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) rescinded the Fred Shuttlesworth Humans Rights Award from Angela Davis because she...
, , , American Dream, Argument, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Community, Economy, Fall 2018, Immigration, Incarceration, Latino Power, Media, Politics, Protest, Racism, Refugees, Religion, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2019, 2
I have chosen to write about deportation because it has been an ongoing issue for a long time and it’s...
, , , American Dream, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Fall 2018, Immigration, Showcase, 0
One of the many problems that society faces today is the rise of xenophobic and anti-refugee sentiment. This is...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Fall 2018, Goals, Happiness, Homelessness, Immigration, Inequality, Showcase, Sports, 0
My independent reading book, The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball’s Greatest Players by Clayton Geoffreys, talks about LeBron...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Fall 2018, Immigration, Inequality, Rights, Showcase, This is America, 0
One thing that defines people as American is freedom of choice. America is built upon the idea that...
Sam Carrier Mrs.Reed American Lit 1st Hour 29 October 2018 The United States is an extraordinarily influential country as...
Equal Opportunity and Equality are the roots and soil of America. The Institutional Equality Office of University of Oklahoma...
Americans value their freedom and independence. People come from all over the world to live in America...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Community, Education, Fall 2018, History, Politics, Religion, Rights, Showcase, 1
What does it mean to be an American? Americans live in America, but there is something deeper than just...
Rags to riches. Started from the bottom, and now you at the top. That’s what most of us...
What does it mean to be an American? What is our american Creed? Ask different people these questions, get...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Fall 2018, Point of View, Rights, Showcase, Student-Centered, 3
What does it mean to be an American? That is a great question because there are so many perspectives...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Fall 2018, Inequality, Racism, Showcase, 2
There has been a lot of discussion about what “American Values” are. What the things are that make us...
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I believe that there are many American beliefs and values but none are more important to the current common...
America is a land filled with opportunity and new beginnings. Everyone can pursue what they want and can live...
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To be an American is to accept all Americans. America is “…The home of the free…” (You’re A Grand...
, , , American Dream, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Crime, Immigration, Incarceration, Inequality, Politics, Prison, Rights, Showcase, 1
Immigration may well be the hottest issue in the United States today. Some people want to build physical walls...
“Should the federal minimum wage be increased?”There are good arguments for both the pros and cons side of this...
So I ask how I can support myself, while I feel lazy sometimes and I don’t want to do...
Besides the obvious scientific and structural advancements, only one thing has really changed amongst the generations : We now...
, , , American Dream, Black Lives Matter, Community, History, Showcase, Slavery, Spring 2018, Weeksville's Legacy, 6
Recently in Current Events, we´ve been studying Weeksville. At first I thought about the project buildings wondering why we learning...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Family, Showcase, Spring 2018, The Fifth Column, 0
My Great Grandfather, Lewis J. Minor, is proof that the American Dream is real. Just the son of an...
, , , American Dream, Decision Making, Immigration, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
The issue is about DACA- Deferred action for Childhood arrivals. It was a policy made for children who...
, , , American Dream, Call to Action, Economy, Gender, Inequality, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2018, Women, 0
Unequal pay has been a severe conflict since forever. Many people thought that by 2018, this would not be...
, , , American Dream, Biases, Economy, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
In an article by Robert L. FitzPatrick, the president of the Pyramid Scheme Alert and co-author of False Profits:...
, , , A Day in My Life, American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Community, Decision Making, Education, Family, Friendship, Happiness, Health, Point of View, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
In one of my earlier post “Why memorization doesn’t work” I addressed the issue that in the US education system...
, , , American Dream, Immigration, Inequality, Latino Power, Politics, Racism, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2018, 1
Recently in the news, we have seen a lot about the arguments between parties and members in the same...
, , , American Dream, Economy, History, Incarceration, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2018, 1
This article by Stacie Bosley and Kim McKeage examines the diffusion of multilevel marketing and the risk of pyramid...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Economy, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
I came across a very informative source while browsing the Gale database. This link should lead to my annotations...
In the article Having the College Money Talk, author addressed some questions and suggestions that every family need to...
, , , American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Community, Decision Making, Economy, Education, Health, Showcase, Spring 2018, Student-Centered, 1
If you’ve read my last two posts you’d know a few problems, I see, with the US education system....
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In business, there exists a competitive craving to be smarter, faster, and bigger than everyone else. This urge stems...
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In order to confront immigration and it’s problems, we must identify why most illegal immigrants come to the U.S....
, , , American Dream, Economy, Immigration, Inequality, Latino Power, Racism, Rights, 0
In my recent research for my topic on whether or not illegal immigration benefits society, I found a few...
, , , American Dream, Education, Fall 2017, Showcase, Spring 2018, 1
In the article “Middle-income students at higher risk for student loan debt than their poorer peers”, the author pointed...
, , , American Dream, Biases, Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Community, Drugs, Emotional Health, Fall 2017, Family, Goals, Guns, Happiness, Health, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
In my reserch, many things about mental health have become increasingly obvious. It is a far more prevalent problem...
, , , American Dream, Fall 2017, Inquiry, Showcase, Spring 2018, 12
Basically, there isn’t a whole lot of reasoning behind the ages put into place in America allowing certain privileges...
Dear Leaders of America, DACA is a Barack Obama approved policy that benefits nearly 800,000 immigrant children...
, , , A Day in My Life, American Dream, Animal Protection, Fall 2017, 0
In 20 years I will hopefully be a major architect out in Europe and be surrounded by my family...
I have so many dreams and goals in my life and everyone in this world has dreams to...
, , , A Day in My Life, American Dream, Beauty, Fall 2017, Showcase, 3
They ask me who I do it for, and most people expect to hear, “For myself”. I do it...
, , , American Dream, Argument, Debt, Economy, Fall 2017, Minimum Wage, Showcase, 1
The minimum wage in the United States is normally $7.25 an hour. This makes it very hard for people...
, , , American Dream, Immigration, Inequality, Latino Power, Politics, Rights, 4
DACA is an acronym that stands for the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals. It is a program put into place during the...
, , , American Dream, Argument, Biases, Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Community, Debt, Decision Making, Economy, Education, Goals, Health, Housing, Inequality, Latino Power, Point of View, Politics, Poverty, Racism, Showcase, The Fifth Column, 1
The achievement gap is the measurable disparity of the socioeconomic statuses and educational performance of different groups of people...
, , , American Dream, Call to Action, Community, Fall 2017, Family, History, Psychology, Showcase, Social Class, Social Media, Terrorism, Violence, 0
In society, people often deal with tragedy in different ways. Many use prayer to cope with it, ” “It’s a...
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who see the glass as half empty, have a...
, , , American Dream, Creative Writing, Fall 2017, Health, Mental Illness, Psychology, Showcase, Technology, 1
The bustling flood of technology that has poured into our world has brought a whole new menagerie of...
Many people come to America thinking it is the land of the free and home to an abundance of...
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What makes someone American shouldn’t be a topic of conversation. “Being American” shouldn’t come in one shape or size....
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What is freedom to you ? What does being American mean ? During reconstruction there were many examples of...
One of the main things that the Founding Fathers wanted was our right to have freedom of speech. They...
, , , American Dream, Argument, Biases, Books, Call to Action, Community, Education, Goals, Showcase, 2
People each day are becoming more complacent about important issues in society. There is a lack of people willing...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Black Lives Matter, Books, Bullying, Call to Action, Community, Crime, Decision Making, Drugs, Economy, History, Immigration, Point of View, Protest, Rights, Slavery, This I Believe, Violence, What do I stand for?, 0
I believe what it means to be American is not to be so ignorant. We’ve been ignorant our...
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What It Means To Be American By Olivia Hess Many Americans need to be better informed. The 2018 PBS...
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What Does It Mean To Be American? November 13, 2017 Bo LeBrun The big question in today’s society...
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One of the biggest issues of the United States is the threat of deportation and determining whether an immigrant...
The dictionary defines the American dream as “the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Call to Action, Community, Fall 2017, Happiness, Showcase, 0
What is an “American”? James Truslow Adams stated in his book The Epic of America, that America is “…that...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Community, Fall 2017, Showcase, 10
The United States is a nation that is comprised of people of many different backgrounds and origins. Arguably —...
America has always been a country of diversity. Our ancestors all emigrated here from different countries. Some were farmers...
Over the course of American history, Americans have had separate views of what it means to be an American...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Columbus, Immigration, Showcase, 1
In 1882, Rear Admiral George Balch wrote the Pledge of Allegiance, which reads: “I pledge allegiance to the Flag...
Over the course of American history, Americans have had separate views of what it means to be an American...
America was designed with an intent that neighbors would encourage each other to practice their beliefs, especially if their...
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“America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.” – Will McAvoy, a character from HBO’s Newsroom created...
, , , American Dream, Economy, Fall 2017, Immigration, Inequality, Latino Power, Politics, Rights, Showcase, 2
There is a rise in immigration into the United States, and there has been in years’ past. With Trump’s...
Economic regulation is always a hot button topic in politics; one of those topics that nearly everyone disagrees on....
, , , American Dream, Fall 2017, Inequality, Inquiry, Politics, Showcase, 2
What is happening to America? In the past few decades, our country and all of its inhabitants have made...
, , , American Dream, Fall 2017, Immigration, Language, Showcase, 2
Two weeks ago, in Cliffside Park High School in N.J., the English teacher said to two students when they...
America is seen as a place where abundant freedoms and opportunities are waiting. However, until you experience it firsthand,...
Gabriel Cooper American LIt Mrs. Reed Throughout the extensive reading of my book, I noticed two big underlying...
We are all humans. It doesn’t matter what we look like, where we are from, or where we live...
A Melting Pot is defined by Merriam Webster as “a place where a variety of races, cultures, or individuals...
The essential questions of American values, beliefs, creed, and culture can be found throughout American literature. Books written by...
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One of our American values is equality. Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly explores the fight of four black...
The United States of America started out as immigrants from places all over the world trying to start a...
An American is someone who is driven and inspired by their dreams even when presented with obstacles that attempt...
In the book American Sniper, one of the main values in the book is the idea of patriotism. Patriotism...
What Does It Mean To Be An American? What Is the American Dream? These are questions that have been...
Due to people’s different views it is hard to see what the other side feels. People can try to...
The book American Street by Ibi Zoboi shows readers that from an immigrant perspective, being an American is not...
Essential Questions: What does it mean to be an American? What is American culture? What are our American values?...
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After reading the book In His Own Words, an idea that I thought about is how America is focused...
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Learning is an integral part to anyone’s amelioration, and it occurs mainly when someone is or does something incorrect....
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Books, Education, Fall 2017, Inequality, Religion, Showcase, Women, 2
The Hired Girl, by Laura Amy Schlitz is a perfect example of how American values are different for each...
Greetings Leaders of America, My name is Jasmnika Newbern and I am currently studying race relations in America. I...
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In Dubious Battle. Summary: In the book, In Dubious Battle, the story takes place in the 1930s,...
, , , American Dream, Call to Action, Community, Decision Making, Drugs, Economy, Education, Fall 2017, Homelessness, 1
Panhandling: to stop people on the street and ask for food or money. Begging. We see this everywhere, from...
, , , American Dream, Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Education, Goals, History, Inequality, LGBTQA, Racism, Slavery, 0
Recently, I have noticed that certain parts of society still have a hesitancy to accept people that are “different”...
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Rather people should kneel during the national anthem or not should not be the question. The question should be,...
Are we really free? When we think of American creed, the first thing that comes to mind is our value...
Americas values have changed immensely throughout the years. Society is extremely controlling men and women have to dress and...
As a nation, as America, we should value practicality more. There are times when people allow their personal feelings...
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think about America? Is it freedom? Equality? Diversity?...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Decision Making, Fall 2017, Guns, Happiness, Media, Rights, Showcase, 1
We the People “We the people”(US Const. Preamble). The first three words of the Preamble in...
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The most important aspect about American beliefs, creeds, or values is that they are constantly changing. Not only will...
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All Americans love to play chess and go for walks on the beach! Doesn’t that sound like an...
Throughout the history of America, there have been a countless number of incredible Americans. Through American beliefs, ideals, and...
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Everyone has their own ideas about American values, unique to each individual. This country was built upon our founding...
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