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Freedom In The United States
Number of Words: 2583 / Number of Pages: 10
... the freedoms that he knows are rightfully his. He reflects the American desire for freedom now when he says, "I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread." He recognizes the need for freedom in its entirety without compromise or fear.
I think Langston Hughes captures the essence of the American immigrants' quest for freedom in his poem, "Freedom's Plow." He accurately describes American's as arriving with nothing but dreams and building America with the hopes of finding greater freedom or freedom for the first time. He depicts how people of all background ...
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The Deaf Culture
Number of Words: 1665 / Number of Pages: 7
... this is not so- lip reading is very difficult to master. Verbalization is also expected from the deaf by the hearing, this is also very difficult for the deaf because most deaf people have never heard their own voice and cannot know if their intonation, pitch and volume are used correctly. Another misconception about the deaf is that different from the hearing, most hearing people mean well, but speak to the deaf as if they are mentally challenged, this is why a deaf person may walk away or give a disapproving look.
The hearing world often believes that all deaf people are deaf from birth, this is no ...
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You Must Have Rules To Be Free
Number of Words: 354 / Number of Pages: 2
... lot of important information. Causing them to fail.
Finally, Think about a sporting event you compete in or participate.
What would it be without rules? It wouldn't be anything. People could
get hurt if certain rules missing. Ever try playing football or soccer
without rules. It usually turns into a blood bath. But with rules it
loses some of its blood but it doesn't lose its fun in playing. I do agree
sometimes there are stupid rules.
Well all these examples are very extreme and I'm sure they'd never
happen or won't happen for a very long time. But today in the United
States it is even hard ...
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Social Acceptance Of Homosexual Marriages
Number of Words: 321 / Number of Pages: 2
... is it a normal family because of the love its' members share? Can we say
what it is that makes a family. Perhaps, if we can answer these questions, we
will find the solutions we need to fulfill the doubts in our minds.
Should we ever condemn someone for loving? When we judge, is this what morality
is?? I think not! If we would teach our children to accept "love" as that
which it is, a mutual feeling of love and respect, perhaps the prejudice and
conclusions that society sees will change. We must teach that "gay" is not a
"bad" word, it is merely the same love as others feel, but done in a ...
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The X Files: Negative Images Of Races
Number of Words: 1050 / Number of Pages: 4
... knows about it; they associate all Latin Americans to this idea. Thus, Latin Americans are seen as inferior to this person. Another problem with this episode is that the local authorities can't figure out what is going on until the "white" FBI agents come along and "enlighten" them. Subconsciously, this can have a drastic effect on people. If they see that the "white man" has to show everyone the answers to everything, they might think of every Latin American as stupid, and ignorant. Weather this is true or not, this person that is watching this believes it.
In the episode "Hell Money", Asian im ...
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Other Minds
Number of Words: 2498 / Number of Pages: 10
... in their doubts. It must be stated here and now that
there are not, and never can be, any theories that prove demonstratively
that other minds exist, or that I know others’ mental states. This is not
what should be aimed at in attempting to solve the problem. As Austin puts
it "To suppose that the question ‘How do I know that Tom is angry?’ is
meant to mean ‘How do I introspect Tom’s feelings?’ is simply barking up
the wrong gum-tree."
Most philosophers agree that their theories only bestow a greater or
lesser amount of probability onto statements about other minds (although
there are exceptions ...
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Definition Of Integrity
Number of Words: 570 / Number of Pages: 3
... Deputy Governor who convicts the citizens of being
witches. When Danforth is asked to pardon the accused, he refuses saying that
he can't because twelve have already hung for the same crime, and he refuses
to let asnyone off. Even though he knows what is right and that they are
innocent he won't because it would ruin the integrity of the court, and his own
recitude.
Indictment: The McMartin Trial, also has many characters who posses a
great sense of integrity. For instance the McMartin family sticks together even
when they are being accused of the horrible crime of child molestation. They
al ...
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Culture Awareness
Number of Words: 1488 / Number of Pages: 6
... of their homelands.
Those groups, too, found a way to become part of the American experience.
They didn't need, nor did they demand, any laws requiring acceptance into
society. Kindness, tolerance and respect are things that can only be earned,
not handed down by legislative decree. Those things mandated by law never
reach into the fiber of our country. They never take root in our psyches.
In fact, as we have too often seen, legislative decrees that mandate how we
should act or feel lead to only more dissension and divisiveness. Great
strides have been taken on the road to equality. Despite claims ...
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How Can We Help The Homeless And Should We?: Searching For A Solution
Number of Words: 1068 / Number of Pages: 4
... I began reading these essays about the homeless and it started
to change my mind. The essay "Virginia's Trap" by Peter Marin especially
effected me because of the way it portrays the young woman that has nothing
going for her and almost everything against her. I though about this and decided
I had misunderstood the whole plight of this population and thought there must
be a better way to help these unfortunate people. How should we help the
homeless and should we try even though they may not help themselves? I figure
that is the most important question that needs to be answered if anything is to
be don ...
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Parental Pressure Within High School Students
Number of Words: 1479 / Number of Pages: 6
... curiosity. For me personally, I do better in school
if I am calm and have little pressure, but there might be students out there at
Ramapo High School that think differently. These are some of the things that I
will try to find out through this I-Search.
III. At the beginning of my search, I had a really hard time finding
secondary sources. First, I went to the school library. Since the school
library has this computer program called BELS, there was no need to go to the
other libraries. BELS is a program that lists all the books in Franklin Lakes,
Wyckoff, and Oakland. It is a network that unite ...
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