Mitsu Hamada. The name runs through my tongue like a lemon with hot sauce. Mitsu was a trained military-grade...
Aren’t we all the same?Or is it because of the color of my skin? Is it because I don’t lookthe same...
It’s wrong to say they’re a force of nature, For nature is forced to obey. Their strength rivals that...
Grandma, I’m sorry, I couldn’t spend more time with you before you had to go You were always there...
I thought I’d awaken to a sky of silver. Heavy clouds covering the shining snow river. But there’s something...
the season of oranges i smell the scent of clementines and i see a window of white and all...
As a second grader, my top priority on summer mornings was to get to the YMCA in time for...
I offer this poem to you, When tides start rolling in, A comfort as ice shocks your toes, A...
Liberty, equality, and equal opportunity for all are at the core of our values as Americans. None of them...
Throughout the United States, many people ponder on what is the most important American value. Historically, the United States...
Anyone can be an American if they are willing to be respectful, unite for Justice and Liberty. This idea...
When I think about the most important American values I think of freedom, equality, and individualism. These are some...
Are you a true American? Most of you reading this might have never thought about it. So what does...
What is the American Dream? The American Dream is the prospect of freedom, choices and endless opportunity for all...
To me being an american means very little, Most would probably say they identify with the general traits associated...
What it means to be an American could mean various different things in this day and age depending on...
What does it mean to be an American? That is a question that really has no “right” answer. To...
In American culture, there are many different values, cultures, and creeds that shape the way we all exist as...
We are repetitively being told by schools and politicians to have pride in our country and its values. Values...
In order to talk about American beliefs and values we must look at all of American history and our...
Being an American means something different to everyone. Since no two people are the same, they will have different...
“The American Dream” is a term we hear often as Americans, but what does it really mean? Does it...
The American Dream, having a great job and a perfect family in an admirable house with a white picket...
America has strong roots in philosophy, from that we have created certain values that we have come to believe...
What does it mean to be American? Whenever someone asks me this question, I instantly think back to the...
America, the land was founded in 1607 and was declared to be free from Britain in 1776. With new...
There are always many debates, talks, and disputes about what America’s values really are and what Americans stand for....
What does it mean to be American? I believe the answer to that question is relative to whom you...
Despite the divides in America, there are still shared values that can help us come together and create a...
What does it mean to be an American? It can mean a lot of different things for a lot...
Being an American is always staying open-minded and welcoming to others. America is filled with so many different people...
Jack Guggemos Mrs. Reed American Lit 18 October 2020 To Be American What it means to be American is...
For many people America is an amazing country where people have free will and can be anything their heart...
Johnson 1 Sasha Johnson Ms. Reed American Literature 07 October 2020 Importance of Equality in America A core American...
America is nowhere near perfect. Our history is not all sunshine. The shadows from our past loom over us...
To me being American means many things and different things to every person, but right now most of them...
To be American means to be free. Americans’ beliefs consist of many freedoms like freedom of speech, freedom of...
Being American means different things to different people. To some, it may mean patriotism, voting, eating chili at the...
“I hate you.” That is the last thing I remember saying. During dinner, my mother and I had gotten...
My name is Husnain and I am not good at anything. In fact, I am pretty bad at everything...
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, diversity is the inclusion of different types of people (such as people of different...
There are three things that Americans value most, justice, equality, and freedom. Americans are greatly influenced by their constitutions...
Immigration and refuge have always been part of America’s history. There is not a person in the US that...
“With family on your side, there isn’t a battle you can’t lose”. It is more than fair to say...
Culture defines us. But how can we define American culture? The answer is we can’t, at least not completely....
Laura Ruby’s novel, Bone Gap, features a tight-knit community in Illinois. Everybody knows everybody’s business, and when Finn’s inability...
As most would know, World war II made a huge impact on the whole world. But what some may...
In the memoir Americanized by Sara Saedi, she talks about the fact that she struggled with identity as an...
“Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair” (Mann). After the 9/11 attack that was...
The book BullyVille presents a real-life event and also what happens in many parts of the United States. When...
When the topic of crime and criminals come up, what do we think of? Do we think of the...
As Americans we all have similar values and morals. We have these similar values because we are a united...
In the last couple of years, there has been an increase in deportation and voluntary departure. “Voluntary departure allows...
The United States is known as a melting pot – a country with different people, “Mexico is the top...
Being an American means a lot of things, whether you were born here in the United States or immigrated...
The “American Dream”. The dictionary definition is “the aspirational belief in the US that all individuals are entitled to...
The land of the free and opportunity, the United States of America. It was established on the ideal of freedom...
After reading Love hate and Other Filters, a book written by Samira Ahmed that follows a 17-year-old Muslim girl...
In America, people might think that there is only one culture, but there is more than one culture because...
Values are the foundation of a society, they direct the society accordingly in a path with established boundaries, and...
“What are our American values?” And “What is the American dream?” Are very important questions in this country. Arthur...
Women’s rights have been a topic of American discussion for a long time now. Although America isn’t the only...
The Hired Girl deals with quite a few controversial topics that relate to American culture. One I would like...
“Literacy is. . .the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can...
Schooling opportunities we receive play a major role in defining our American life. My American Literature class has really...
I believe that the book This is Where it Ends has everything to do with American culture. You do...
In the book Proud, Ibtihaj Muhammad describes the discrimination she faced because she was a woman, because she was...
Poverty is a major problem around the world. The issues of hunger and poverty are struggles that almost every...
Our American Culture is something that each and everyone of us see everyday. Whether or not we see it...
In America throughout history, we address the idea of dreams, that build the country up from where it started...
Corruption has plagued the United States, as well as other nations, for many years. The novel All the King’s...
The promise of housing for all is one of the essential values we hold as Americans. In Evicted, by...
Everyone has a different definition of being American, although many of us can agree that being American is about...
The book Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich takes you into the everyday life of lower income families and...
The Green Mile by Stephen King is a book about death, both in life and on death row in...
Poverty can be defined as “the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money...
One concept that has been paved in American minds is the American Creed. The American Creed includes the ideas...
In Little Fires Everywhere By Celeste Ng, a woman named Bebe Chow gives her child away fearing she cannot...
The words buzzed beneath the scratches hitting the pin. Light low, rest of the world silent. I hummed along...
What does it mean to be American? There is no clear cut answer to that question as it differs...
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For the purpose of this argument, Hispanics and Latinos are used interchangeably. One of the monumental American values that...
Being American is viewed differently by every person. I view it as being accepting and giving everyone an equal...
American beliefs and values are what this country is built on and how we unite ourselves as a nation....
Accepting others, embracing differences, and learning about new cultures in our melting pot of a country are all parts...
Throughout history, Americans have changed and become different in their values and beliefs. Equality, as an example, started out...
American values, cultures, and creed can be interpreted in many different ways by very different people. This is what...
Banning guns would be detrimental to American society. Guns are a large part of American heritage, and banning them...
There is no certain, definitive answer to the question that we ask ourselves day to day. What truly defines...
I was struggling with writing this because to me, being an American means you’re a citizen of America. That’s...
Freedom and equality are great pillars of the United States. We have always valued these pillars ever since the...
Martin Lurther King Jr once said, “I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will...
“This is America: a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light, in a broad and...
Although America is looked at as a melting pot and an accepting nation we have always kept it in...
American culture, values, and creeds are all have different meanings to Americans. They are what makes you different from...
Since I grew up in America, being an American should be nothing new to me, but the concept of...
The U.S. has long been known as a country with a perfect constitution providing liberty, equality, and the pursuit...
What does it mean to be an “American”? An American is someone who has values like equality, or beliefs...
Being American means different things to different people. Being American to me means having freedom, equality of genders and...
American values most important to the continued development of our culture are Social Equality and Equal Opportunity to obtain...
Back in the day, America was all about the American dream, but that dream has shifted. People wanted land,...
Your American values and beliefs come from the way you were raised as a child and form from certain...
America is one of the most diverse countries in the world and you cannot say that is has one...
There are many American values like personal control over the environment. The environment has become a huge discussion today...
Being an American is being accepting of all people. Before and at the beginning of our country, America was...
One thing that stands out to me about being American is our patriotism. Every sporting event I have ever...
As Americans, we believe that schooling is one of the most important values and rights that define us into...
People from around the world and in the United State strive to achieve what’s recognized as the most important...
To be American is to be able to fight for both your freedom and the freedom of others that...
I believe, and so do many other people I know, that a key value to american culture is the...
What do Americans value the most? Money, of course. They still value their rights and their freedom but money...
Everyone values freedom. Nobody wants to live in an oppressed country. Specifically, people of minority races have been fighting...
American culture is forever changing and music is the best way to explore this. This is evident through the...
I have a friend, H, who lives in a small country in Europe called Estonia. She always talks about...
Americans all have different cultures that bring us together. No two families have the exact same beliefs and values,...
Religious freedom is an American value. Believing in who you want, how you want, if you want, and when...
To be American is to take part in your country, it is to support your country even when some...
When our founding fathers established this country, a major proponent that they wanted in this United States was equality...
Can we, as the American people, agree that some important values include the rights to life, liberty, and the...
What does it mean to be an American? You could do a survey of one-hundred people asking this question...
Equality and freedom are two of the most important values in America. Equality is to have equal opportunities and...
When the constitution was written, our Founding Fathers knew nothing of the change that was going to be brought...
Hard work is an American value that has been extremely important throughout history. It is the backbone behind the...
My name is Calaia Hoskins, I am an overachiever and a hard worker. I was born on September 25th,...
Hello, my name is Ari Bozann. I was born in Okemos Michigan 17 years ago and have lived here...
I am Abbey Kurmel. I was born in Margate, Florida and lived there for thirteen years of my life....
I believe in America. My friends and family believe in America. My entire school believes in America. But what...
When I think of what it means to be American the first things that comes to mind are equality...
My name is Husnain Khan and I live in Okemos, Michigan. Up until the age of four, I lived...
My name is Joey Shears, and yes I am a girl you can blame my parents for the name....
I was born at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, and have lived at the same house in Okemos for all...
I, too wanna state a purpose. I am the bad guy. They send me to rethink things about me...
How many children will die in school shootings? Depends on if we try to stop them. How many teens...
I celebrate who I am every second, Every minute, Of every day for the rest of my life. I...
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Why are young lives being taken from us so fast? Because No one is listening to our voices Why...
When we are young we don’t tend to censor what we say to others. Our opinions flow out of...
We started off strangers but now we’re like brothers. Who would’ve thought someone would play such a big role...
I believe in hard work. Hard work never betrays. When I was in middle school my dad recommended that...
I believe that being nice will further society. I have lived seventeen years on this world which has allowed...
I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason. Even though it doesn’t always seem like what happened was...
The Universe News FlashYouare an insignificant littlespeck whose life will only addup to a less than a millisecond insome...
I am from the soil underneath the groundAnd the light from the skyI am from the people you see...
along the coast of Lake Charlevoixa fire was lit and its warmth foughtwith the cold and humid wind andthe...
in a game of clash royale yesterday,I summoned a minion horde to my opponents dismayand now I feel this...
I felt like I was in prison.Like I was being locked up for being different.Like I was separated for...
i sit watching the cloudsimplode into the horizonengulfing then releasing aruby red sun whose time issoon over but will...
“Hey Scott, what car do you want us to check the diff fluid on?” Cody, my friend and WTC...
hot and sticky like fresh taffy the air hangs down on meit pushes on me like an extra gravitational...
To Write.Verb.To watch ink stain the yellowed pages.To create stories,Narratives,Other lives.Other worldsIn which my imagination can flow.In which my...
After watching Crazy Rich Asians and seeing the glorious Singapore a sudden urge bestowed upon me to go outside I took my...
The storm clearedThe rain had passedLeaving behind red orange yellow green blue IndigoThe colors fill the evening sky with...
A man zips down the road in his red 68’ camaro. Sunglasses glinting in the sun. Frosted tips waving...
My favorite word is chew. Chew/chewing is an activity most of us enjoy on a daily basis. Chewing is...
A comfort zone is defined as “a place or situation where one feels safe or at ease and without...
America has many traits or values that make such a unique country that stands out from other countries. We...
Civil Rights movement was a movement that took place in the year 1950 to 1960. This movement was for...
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue, tells the story of how a young African couple and their son move...
a poem is a lot like the streets of new york city filled with different noises, languages, and smells...
What Has Our Country Come To? My independent reading book is called Wonder by R.J Palacio. This book was...
Some American values are Community, Friendships, Patriotism, Bravery and Romantics. By having these values imbued in American texts these...
A critical part of being American is challenging yourself and pushing the limits you set on yourself. In Moxie,...
The Values of Parents and the Effects that those Values Have on Their Kids The book My Sister’s Keeper...
The novel The Selection by Kiera Cass is a story that took place far into the future, where America...
Your future and your past are defining features inside of you that throughout your life will struggle and strive...
You cannot describe what an American means in one word. Being an American is a combination of values and...
What does it mean to be American? Well that’s entirely up to your definition of American, but for those...
Since the founding of the United States, the immigrants that make the journey here are coming to live a...
Ragtime takes place during the biggest boost of immigration in American history. There were many polarizing opinions and laws...
Recently I covered the topic of immigration on a Youth Voices post. I had written about how it has...
Fear is one of the biggest things that lives in America all of the time, it’s also a main...
American culture is being free. Many people know the United States is a free country and often move here...
The fictional novel, All American Boys, written by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely, focuses on the topic of police...
Through the history of the United States, the country has not always been known as “The Land of the...