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Multicultural Education
<view this essay>.... ethnic and minority students to study their respective heritages. This is not a simple feat due to the fact that there is much diversity within individual cultures. A look at a 1990 census shows that the American population has changed more noticeably in the last ten years than in any other time in the twentieth century, with one out of every four Americans identifying themselves as black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, or American Indian (Gould 198). The number of foreign born residents also reached an all time high of twenty million, easily passing the 1980 record of fourteen million. Most people, from educators to philosophers, agr .....
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Should You Be Able To Speak Basic English To Reside In The US?
<view this essay>.... be able to speak
our language to reside here. Maybe 90% saying you should and 10%
saying you should not have to.
Results
Americans that felt yes they should speak the language 59 out of 71
Other nationalities that felt that they should speak the language 27 out
of 29 Americans that felt they should not have to speak the language 12 out
of 71 other nationalities that felt they should not have to speak the
language 2 out of 29
By doing this survey I have learned that most people feel that foreigners
should learn to speak the English language in order to reside here. There were
also a lot of people that feel if you live in the U.S. you should be requ .....
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Entertainment During The Renaissance
<view this essay>.... theaters including England
and Spain, after Paliado opened(a theater in London) on March 3rd,
1585.(Sarah Howarth, 19). The Globe theater in London attracted the most
audiences, stated Sarah Howarth(19-20). During the Elizabethan times it
became almost routine for each successive Lord Mayor to appeal if a
theatrical performance was in the city(John Brown, 173).
The theater was responsible for the inspiration of many authors.
The expression it showed was experimental(Sarah Howarth, 21). A lot of
famous people were involved in all the process of theater, such as Palidio,
William Shakespeare, and Lope de Vega(Sarah Howarth, 19-21, John Brown
173-219). Willi .....
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Problems With Racism
<view this essay>.... main ? It’s that many people live in racist conditions, without even seeing it. Oftentimes its in their school, workplace, community, or even in their own homes. Telling a joke with a racial slur seems commonplace and we don’t think twice about laughing at one of these jokes when we here one. We tell ourselves that they are just jokes, but not to those who they are ridiculing. We are all perpetrators of this and we usually feel that these types of jokes are harmless. They can be harmless and maybe at times we even think they are funny, but they are also hurtful and degrading. Some of the biggest racists are those who think that they are not racist and r .....
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Music Censorship
<view this essay>.... speech comes in. The first Amendment reads as follow:
CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAWS REPRESENTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION, OR PROHIBTING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF; OR ABRIDGING THHE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, OR OF THE PRESS; OR OF THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEACEABLY TO ASSEMBLE, AND PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCE.
When you censor music that could be considered a violation of constitutional rights. Many states have introduced a “harmful to minors law”, this is supposed to protect children from explicated lyrics and recordings with no artistic value. This law is for songs like Ice-T’s Cop Killer, which is supposed to be the reason kids kill cops. .....
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School Uniforms And Discipline
<view this essay>.... Both articles argue that in order for people to be taught obedience and self control, a necessary step is for schools to make this policy.
People subconciously monitor others searching for their social identity. In turn, to fit into other groups, we often buy certain labels and styles. This too is a uniform. Clothes send signals and are symbolic to “who we are, what we hold dear to us, and with whom we wish to connect.” (Coles 378) Therefore, in order for society as individuals to feel a sense of belonging it is pertnent we follow the norm.
Uniforms in schools especially can have a number of affects on the behavior and how they can be monitored. The .....
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Television That Kills
<view this essay>.... do not contribute to the violence, just depict it. Further study proves this theory wrong. Children mimic what they see. This was exceptionally so in a group of preschoolers that were shown a tape of a man hitting a doll (Leland 47). "Afterward the kids who saw the violence were more likely to mimic it on a similar doll" (Leland 47). Not only are television programs harmful to Allred 2 children, many violent crimes have been stimulated by TV.
Movies have given people malicious ideas that led to actual crimes. John Leland tells of a man that was a victim of a crime inspired by the movie "Magnum Force" (47). The man was forced to eat Drano and had his mouth duct .....
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Dining Establishments And Eating
<view this essay>.... a quick, easy way to eat on the run, with
a no frills atmosphere. These people are “on the run” with things that
they must accomplish in a limited amount of time. Some fast food
restaurants may include: Burger King, McDonalds, Subway, or Kentucky Fried
Chicken. Fast food would be an easy solution to the problem of the time
factor. Fast food can easily be recognized when you enter the parking lot.
For fast food the parking lot is more accessible to people(less
landscaping), more entrances and exit doors(for more saved time). Once
entering the building one can distinguish a fast food restaurant, by the
high traffic tile floors, plastic bench seating that .....
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