Every citizen has the right to vote‚ yet so many people don’t vote‚ "with the turnout at just 64% for the 2008 presidential election‚ and voter turnout rates decreasing steadily in most established democracies." My parents just can’t do it because they’re too busy and sometimes they just don’t want to vote. It would be fun to vote because of the freedom we have on voting for which president we want to have‚ but some people just don’t think that way. As a consequence‚ voter turnouts during presidential
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The way white citizens in the United States treated the black citizens in this country was vile in the 50’s. The whites’ futile behavior towards the black people caused a massive‚ belligerent rival between the white and black people. Nine black students‚ from Little Rock Arkansas‚ were selected to attend the integration of an all white school called Central High School. One of the black students‚ Melba Pattillo Beals‚ wrote her experience of her integration with her eight friends in the novel‚ Warriors
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Heather Schmitt English 1010 Mrs. Zeleznik 2 December 2012 "Don’t Make English Official - Ban It Instead" The article "Don’t Make English Official - Ban It Instead" by Dennis Baron focuses on the idea of Congress considering to make English the "official language" of the United States. Baron uses the academic approach in portraying English as a tradition‚ a functional system of codes that enables people to interact with each other in the society. Using this as his primary thesis‚ Baron argues
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Turning points are challenging sometimes. This idea is made by the memoir Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Patillo Beals‚ the autobiography I Never Had It Made by Jackie Robinson‚ and the article The Father of Chinese Aviation by Rebecca Maksel who is writing about Feng Ru.Melba Patillo Beals‚ Jackie Robinson and Feng Ru all had courage‚ and were risk-takers and in doing so they changed their country. Melba Pattillo Beals went to an all white school and in doing so helped her country. She wanted to
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Should English be declared the official language of the United States? IV. Rough Draft. In the 1700’s by recognizing the historical fact‚ the United States has been an overwhelmingly English speaking nation since it was created and that its constitution and foundational documents are in English. Americans value and respect diversity‚ they want to preserve English as their common language and therefore immigrants have the responsibility to learn English. Theodore Roosevelt once said “We have one
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scribbled across the paper‚ and so he was quick to lift his wiper and pluck the note from his frosted window. He had to wonder how it even managed to survive the night considering it had snowed nonstop throughout the evening. The edges were soaked which made it slightly more difficult to peel apart‚ but he managed to get it open without causing significant damage. While finding a personal note attached to his car was in Eric’s opinion‚ peculiar‚ it was nothing compared to the message itself. 03/05/14
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Beowulf and Theme Like in the song “Hips Don’t Lie” by Shakira it fully expresses hips don’t lie just like how the epic poem of Beowulf expresses loyalty gets you good stuff. Beowulf’s name will live on it’s carried on through songs and stories. And in Beowulf’s story it shows disloyalty will never get you glory or fame but if you stay loyal and devoted people will know your name.so the theme is about loyalty Beowulf’s people‚ the Geats‚ ran away when he was saving them from the riches crazed
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The book warriors don’t cry‚ I have to write an essay about it and other stuff about this girl named Melba‚ who is Melba you ask it is a girl that is from 1956 about her going to a school that’s segregated. As well as she’s a girl from little rock 9 high school she’s black and a bunch of racist people bullied her for being black. Along with the moral of the story is finding strength. The way I could compare it to my life is by pretty much the skate life trying to commit to something. Scary or big
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September 26‚ 2013 David Zinczenko’s essay‚ “Don’t Blame the Eater‚” (New York Times‚ November 23‚ 2002) emphasizes the idea that the large conglomerates may be held accountable for some legal responsibility for the skyrocketing rate of obesity in America within children. He uses anecdotal evidence from his past to argue that it is not the consumer’s fault that they are experiencing health issues‚ it is the multinational corporations that own the most well known fast food restaurants. Zinczenko
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Happiness is critical to anyone’s life‚ but some scientists say that everyone should be happy most of the time. Today‚ positive psychology believes that emotions‚ such as anger and sadness‚ are harmful to a person’s life overall‚ but people need emotions to express themselves fully and protect themselves from harm. In Susan David’s article “Don’t Worry Be Gloomy‚” she reports on how negative emotions can actually be good emotions because afterward‚ people can be happier than before. In Sharon Begley’s
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