Does our country still provide the promise of prosperity regardless of circumstance? Is it still possible to achieve the...
Dear Grandma
, , , American Dream, Family, Immigration, Raise Your Voice, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Spring 2020, 0
It was the summer of 2015 remember? You got the news that two of your grandkids were coming to...
America Means Contradiction
, , , American Dream, Partnerships for the Goals, Showcase, Spring 2020, 0
When it comes to thinking of America, many turn first to the past ideals of this nation. This approach...
Lack of Education Inside the Juvenile Justice System Creates an Endless Cycle
, , , American Dream, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Crime, Fall 2019, Goals, Incarceration, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Prison, Quality Education, Raise Your Voice, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, Showcase, Youth Activism, 2
In some schools, counties, or even states, there is a direct school-to-prison pipeline. Students who, more times than not,...
To Leave or Not to Leave
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Clean Water and Sanitation, Fall 2019, History, Immigration, Partnerships for the Goals, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Reduced Inequalities, Refugees, This is America, Writing, 4
Immigration and refuge have always been part of America’s history. There is not a person in the US that...
Americas Hope
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Terrorism, This is America, 1
The book BullyVille presents a real-life event and also what happens in many parts of the United States. When...
The Choice to Leave
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, Immigration, Partnerships for the Goals, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, 1
In the last couple of years, there has been an increase in deportation and voluntary departure. “Voluntary departure allows...
Immigrants in America
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, Immigration, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, 1
The United States is known as a melting pot – a country with different people, “Mexico is the top...
Will You Vote Now?
, , , American Dream, Call to Action, Constitution, Fall 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media, No Poverty (Economy), Partnerships for the Goals, Quality Education, Raise Your Voice, Rights, Showcase, Surveys, Technology, This is America, Voting, Youth Activism, 0
A huge debate within the last couple of years is how can we get everyone to use their privilege...
Is the American Dream dead?
, , , American Dream, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, Showcase, 3
The “American Dream”. The dictionary definition is “the aspirational belief in the US that all individuals are entitled to...
The Oppression of Freedom
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Fall 2019, Partnerships for the Goals, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, 1
The land of the free and opportunity, the United States of America. It was established on the ideal of freedom...
In my opinion, Donald Trump shouldn’t be president again for the negative impact he has given us. For example...
“What are our American values?” And “What is the American dream?” Are very important questions in this country. Arthur...
Dreaming Big These Days
, , , American Dream, Fall 2019, Goals, Showcase, Sports, 1
In America throughout history, we address the idea of dreams, that build the country up from where it started...
The Bullets you Shoot
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Black Lives Matter, Fall 2019, Guns, Police, Politics, Showcase, 4
Everyone has a different definition of being American, although many of us can agree that being American is about...
Cops for Injustice
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Black Lives Matter, Fall 2019, Partnerships for the Goals, Police, Showcase, 1
One concept that has been paved in American minds is the American Creed. The American Creed includes the ideas...
Contraction and Corruption in Our American Beliefs
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Fall 2019, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, 2
American beliefs and values are what this country is built on and how we unite ourselves as a nation....
Diversity in America
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Fall 2019, Partnerships for the Goals, Showcase, 1
“This is America: a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light, in a broad and...
What does it mean to be an “American”? An American is someone who has values like equality, or beliefs...
Are our American Values lost?
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, Immigration, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, This is America, 0
American values most important to the continued development of our culture are Social Equality and Equal Opportunity to obtain...
Why Education Fails
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, Showcase, 6
As Americans, we believe that schooling is one of the most important values and rights that define us into...
History Told Us What We Should Be
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Fall 2019, Showcase, This is America, 2
People from around the world and in the United State strive to achieve what’s recognized as the most important...
The Electoral College Is Broken
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Fall 2019, Showcase, 2
I believe, and so do many other people I know, that a key value to american culture is the...
The Importance of Freedom to the American Creed
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Fall 2019, Partnerships for the Goals, Showcase, 1
Everyone values freedom. Nobody wants to live in an oppressed country. Specifically, people of minority races have been fighting...
America vs Estonia: Why are people from other parts of the world so fascinated with America?
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, Partnerships for the Goals, Showcase, 1
I have a friend, H, who lives in a small country in Europe called Estonia. She always talks about...
Why are Founding Documents so Important?
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Fall 2019, Showcase, 0
Americans all have different cultures that bring us together. No two families have the exact same beliefs and values,...
To be American is to take part in your country, it is to support your country even when some...
Do American Values Apply to Native Americans As Well?
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Fall 2019, Partnerships for the Goals, Showcase, 3
Can we, as the American people, agree that some important values include the rights to life, liberty, and the...
What it Means to be an American
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Fall 2019, Showcase, 1
What does it mean to be an American? You could do a survey of one-hundred people asking this question...
The Importance of Freedom and Equality
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Fall 2019, Showcase, 0
Equality and freedom are two of the most important values in America. Equality is to have equal opportunities and...
I believe in America. My friends and family believe in America. My entire school believes in America. But what...
Freedom and Equality
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Fall 2019, Partnerships for the Goals, Showcase, 1
When I think of what it means to be American the first things that comes to mind are equality...
Diplomacy Is the Key to American Success
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Fall 2019, Family, Friendship, Goals, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Love, Partnerships for the Goals, Politics, Showcase, This is America, Violence, War, 1
At a time when the United States is under development and facing corrupt relations, global public opinion started to...
What Being American Means
, , , American Dream, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Spring 2019, 3
Although some might say that to be American you have to have been born here, or have citizenship here....
I Stand With Angela
, , , American Dream, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, History, Race Relations, Showcase, Spring 2019, 2
The Alabama Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) rescinded the Fred Shuttlesworth Humans Rights Award from Angela Davis because she...
Deportation
, , , American Dream, Argument, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Community, Fall 2018, Immigration, Incarceration, Latino Power, Media, No Poverty (Economy), Politics, Protest, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, 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...
Xenophobia Is a Real Issue–Particularly in America
, , , American Dream, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Fall 2018, Immigration, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, 0
One of the many problems that society faces today is the rise of xenophobic and anti-refugee sentiment. This is...
Rags to Riches
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Fall 2018, Goals, Happiness, Homelessness, Immigration, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Reduced Inequalities, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Sports, Sustainable Cities and Communities, 0
My independent reading book, The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball’s Greatest Players by Clayton Geoffreys, talks about LeBron...
What Defines Us As American?
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Fall 2018, Immigration, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, Showcase, This is America, 0
One thing that defines people as American is freedom of choice. America is built upon the idea that...
How Power Was Obtained
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Fall 2018, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, War, 0
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...
Americans and Their Values
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Community, Fall 2018, History, Politics, Quality Education, 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...
Diversity and Strength in America
, , , 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...
What Values Define the People of America?
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Fall 2018, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Race Relations, Showcase, 2
There has been a lot of discussion about what “American Values” are. What the things are that make us...
The Current Change of the American Dream
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Fall 2018, Showcase, 1
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...
America: Land of Immigrants
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Fall 2018, Immigration, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, 0
To be an American is to accept all Americans. America is “…The home of the free…” (You’re A Grand...
Policing Immigration
, , , American Dream, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Crime, Immigration, Incarceration, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Prison, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, Showcase, 1
Immigration may well be the hottest issue in the United States today. Some people want to build physical walls...
Is minimum wage too minimum?
, , , American Dream, Minimum Wage, No Poverty (Economy), Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, 2
“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...
Black Success in Weeksville: Incline or Decline?
, , , 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...
Roots
, , , 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...
DACA: Dreamers Path to a Clean Dream Act
, , , American Dream, Decision Making, Immigration, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
The issue is about DACA- Deferred action for Childhood arrivals. It was a policy made for children who...
Unequal Pay
, , , American Dream, Call to Action, Gender, Gender Equity (Women), No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
Unequal pay has been a severe conflict since forever. Many people thought that by 2018, this would not be...
The Lies of Multi Level Marketing
, , , American Dream, Biases, No Poverty (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:...
More then just education
, , , A Day in My Life, American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Community, Decision Making, Family, Friendship, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Point of View, Politics, Quality Education, 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...
“Legal Good, Illegal Bad”
, , , American Dream, Immigration, Latino Power, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2018, 1
Recently in the news, we have seen a lot about the arguments between parties and members in the same...
How Multi Level Marketing Has Failed in the Past
, , , American Dream, History, Incarceration, No Poverty (Economy), 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...
The Ponzi Scheme and its Connection to Modern Day Business
, , , American Creed, American Dream, No Poverty (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...
What can we do
, , , American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Community, Decision Making, Good Health and Well-Being, No Poverty (Economy), Quality Education, 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....
Multi-Level Marketing and its Uncanny Resemblance to the Pyramid Scheme
, , , American Dream, Debt, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Incarceration, Politics, Prison, Psychology, Social Class, 0
In business, there exists a competitive craving to be smarter, faster, and bigger than everyone else. This urge stems...
Confronting Illegal Immigration to Make It Easier for the U.S. and It’s Immigrants
, , , American Dream, Immigration, Latino Power, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, 0
In order to confront immigration and it’s problems, we must identify why most illegal immigrants come to the U.S....
The Misconceptions of Illegal Immigration
, , , American Dream, Immigration, Latino Power, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, 0
In my recent research for my topic on whether or not illegal immigration benefits society, I found a few...
Middle-income students’ struggle
, , , American Dream, Fall 2017, Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2018, 1
In the article “Middle-income students at higher risk for student loan debt than their poorer peers”, the author pointed...
How mental health is viewed, and how society addresses it
, , , American Dream, Biases, Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Community, Drugs, Fall 2017, Family, Goals, Good Health and Well-Being, Guns, Happiness, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
In my reserch, many things about mental health have become increasingly obvious. It is a far more prevalent problem...
When does a person become an adult?
, , , 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
, , , American Dream, Immigration, Partnerships for the Goals, Reduced Inequalities, Spring 2018, 0
Dear Leaders of America, DACA is a Barack Obama approved policy that benefits nearly 800,000 immigrant children...
what my future would be like in 20 years
, , , A Day in My Life, American Dream, Fall 2017, Life on Land, 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...
Miracles
, , , 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...
Do you want minimum wage to be raised?
, , , American Dream, Argument, Debt, Fall 2017, Minimum Wage, No Poverty (Economy), Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, 1
The minimum wage in the United States is normally $7.25 an hour. This makes it very hard for people...
DACA
, , , American Dream, Immigration, Latino Power, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, 4
DACA is an acronym that stands for the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals. It is a program put into place during the...
The Achievement Gap
, , , American Dream, Argument, Biases, Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Community, Debt, Decision Making, Goals, Good Health and Well-Being, Housing, Latino Power, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Point of View, Politics, Quality Education, Race Relations, Showcase, The Fifth Column, 1
The achievement gap is the measurable disparity of the socioeconomic statuses and educational performance of different groups of people...
How does society deal with tragedy?
, , , 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...
Is Technology Advancing Us Towards Mental Inertia?
, , , American Dream, Creative Writing, Fall 2017, Good Health and Well-Being, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Psychology, Showcase, Technology, 1
The bustling flood of technology that has poured into our world has brought a whole new menagerie of...
What it Means to be American
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Fall 2017, Race Relations, Showcase, 2
Many people come to America thinking it is the land of the free and home to an abundance of...
What Does It Take to Be an American?
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Immigration, No Poverty (Economy), Partnerships for the Goals, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, 2
What makes someone American shouldn’t be a topic of conversation. “Being American” shouldn’t come in one shape or size....
Reconstruction in today’s society and what it means to be American
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Showcase, 0
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...
Reading Into Empathy
, , , American Dream, Argument, Biases, Books or Plays, Call to Action, Community, Goals, Quality Education, Showcase, 2
People each day are becoming more complacent about important issues in society. There is a lack of people willing...
What it Means to be American?
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Black Lives Matter, Books or Plays, Bullying, Call to Action, Community, Crime, Decision Making, Drugs, History, Immigration, No Poverty (Economy), Point of View, Protest, Reduced Inequalities, 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...
What It Means To Be American
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Columbus, 0
What It Means To Be American By Olivia Hess Many Americans need to be better informed. The 2018 PBS...
What it Means to be American?
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Fall 2017, Showcase, 2
What Does It Mean To Be American? November 13, 2017 Bo LeBrun The big question in today’s society...
Stories From Immigrants
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Fall 2017, Immigration, Point of View, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, The Fifth Column, 1
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...
To Be American
, , , 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...
What Does It Mean To Be American?
, , , 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...
What it Means to be American.
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Columbus, Immigration, Reduced Inequalities, 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...
What Does it Mean to be American
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Homelessness, Immigration, Partnerships for the Goals, Reduced Inequalities, Refugees, Responsible Consumption and Production, Sustainable Cities and Communities, 0
“America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.” – Will McAvoy, a character from HBO’s Newsroom created...
Is Immigration into the U.S. an Actual Problem?
, , , American Dream, Fall 2017, Immigration, Latino Power, No Poverty (Economy), Partnerships for the Goals, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, Showcase, 2
There is a rise in immigration into the United States, and there has been in years’ past. With Trump’s...
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