...The Pledge of Allegiance was officially written in August 1892 by the socialist minister Francis Bellamy, the pledge was then edited in 1923, but it was only thirty-one years later in 1954 that the words “under God” where added by Congress. Ever since this day there has been many controversial issues dealing with the addition on the words “under God” to the pledge of the United States of America because many believe it limits us to only one religion, and its against the whole ordeal of the Constitution. So the question still remains should the claim “under God” be eliminated from the pledge of Allegiance? My answer to that is yes, because why would I let my self or anyone for that matter be limited to only one religion in a Nation that practices...
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...The pledge of allegiance is only 41 words that stands for freedom, yet has become a national battle. The disrespect that has been demonstrated lately, says it represents oppression. How can that be? The pledge states “with liberty and justice for all”. The pledge of allegiance was written for the 400th anniversary in 1892. It was formally adopted by congress as the pledge in 1942. The name became official in 1945. There have been many changes to the pledge in a way it is phrased. Undergod was entered in 1954. We also don’t salute the flag anymore. Now that was controversial. It appeared to be a nazi movement. Why do we say the pledge? In school it is mandated that pledge be done. It has nothing to do with christianity or any other religion.Every...
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...Why the words 'under God' should be in the Pledge of Allegiance The words 'under God' were in the Pledge of Allegiance since 1954. They added those words to show the contrast between the United States of America and the communist regime. They also show how we are a true nation under God. Having a nation under God is very important because we get are freedom from God, not the government or anyone else. Everything we got from this country came from God. We ask him for help when in need or if we need guidance. He will protect this country and the words 'under God' need to be kept in America’s Pledge of Allegiance. Christian people have a huge say in if 'under God' should be kept in the pledge. The United States was brought by the Christian background. Our nation was developed and established that way. Christians made up most of are country and fought for it under Gods name. Every constitution of the fifty states that make up are union, contain a reference to God. Oaths sworn in court use the phrase “so help me God.” The Supreme Court summons with a prayer, “God save this honorable court.” We use these phrases because we put are faith and trust into God. The people that want 'under God' to be removed from the pledge say that...
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...American is of or relating to United States of America or its people,language, or culture. What does it mean to be an American? Being American means that everyone gets to say the Pledge of Allegiance every day and show respect to all the Americans that sacrifice their lives for citizens. There were prisoners that were also American that said the Pledge of Allegiance every day because it meant so much to them. However Mike Christian is a great example of what it means to be a real American no matter how badly mistreated he went through. Americans do a lot of things to show their country’s pride; like hanging american flags in their yards, on their cars, and also having them on their shirts. Americans also say the Pledge of Allegiance every...
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...Student Concerned about the Pledge of Allegiance In th~ essay, "Why the Pledge of Allegiance Should be Revised" by Gwen \Vilde. a writer in a composition course at Tufts University! Gwen Wilde vigorously asserts to eliminate the phras~ "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance. Primarily, Wilde assens the indigenous pledge was issued in 1892, recited as " I pledge allegiance to my flag, and the republic fur which it stands: one narion indivisible, with Liberty and justice for all.". Then, in 1923, "my flag • was revised to '1he flag of the United Stat.es," for immigrant purposes, as a way to show loyalty to the United States. Eventually, the Pledge of Allegiance has been rephrasing throughout the years. But. according to President Dwight D....
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...Definition Essay What do you think American means? Do you think that it’s just a person that lives in America? American isn’t just someone who stands up for the Pledge of Allegiance, an American is someone who does what they are suppose to do for this country. For example, the people in the military. These people are giving up their lives to serve their country, these people are the ones that let you live in America free and out of slavery. The real Americans are the ones out on the battlefield risking their lives and not knowing if they are going to come back to their family, friends, and loved ones. I don’t think that you are an American until you have been out on the battlefield. I think that if you are not going to be out on the battlefield,...
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...1. This essay suggests that an "American Idiot" is a perosn that relies on the media and gives into emotional tactics. For example, someone who pledges allegiance before they understand much of anything about America. It is somebody who just does what everybody else is doing. 2. An example of contextual analysis is when you were describing the cover of the album and how the music within inspired your emotions. "Widely considered one of the best anti-war protests of 2004, the album came complete with the picture of a hand gripping a bloody heart-shaped grenade. While the cover gave me an idea for one of the shoot's best photos, it was the music within that gave voice to my anger and consoled my relentlessness, assuring me that I wasn't the only one that believed so passionately that our country was on the wrong track." (page 1, paragraph 4) An example of textual analysis is when you analyzed the term "Redneck Agenda" that had been previously mentioned in the essay. "The 'Redneck Agenda' might also be referring to another favorite punching bag that Armstrong hits in many other songs on the album (most notibly 'Jesus of Suburbia'), the religious right wing of the conservative party." (page 4, paragraph 1) An example of word analysis is when you analyzed the word, "faggot". "while the word 'faggot' is a slang, derogatory term for a homosexual, it has also been used to define anyone who refuses to fight or be 'manly'". (page 3, paragraph 3) An example of a sentence analysis...
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...American also displays a sense of patriotism. Expressing devotion to one’s country can be as simple as saying the pledge of allegiance or more advanced such as joining the military. In Veterans Day: Never Forget their Duty by John McCain, he provides the example of someone being a patriot by using the American flag. During the Vietnam war Mike Christian was captured and imprisoned by the Vietnamese. While imprisoned he receives a package with a red and white cloth. With those items, “he sewed the American flag on the inside of his shirt (7).” Every afternoon the men in the prison cell would say the pledge of allegiance which was “ the most important and meaningful event of our day”. One day the flag was found and mike was beaten as a consequence....
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...How can a short, chubby, shy black girl lead an entire team at a JROTC Drill Competition? Seven months later, and I still don’t have the answer to that question. But maybe I’ll figure it out as I type this essay. It was still winter, so the air was cold and crisp as my vice drill team commander and I jumped out of my mother’s Exhibition. This is it. Months of intensive drilling, making them repeat the entire regulation if they weren’t aligned, begging Chief to not cancel the competition, that we were ready, has led up to this day. Stonewall High School JROTC Drill competition. As we finally settled down the gym, they started with opening remarks. This part is extremely boring, so I’ll skip to the scariest part of that morning. As I was fussing at my cadets to quiet down and be professional, a booming voice was saying “we need a cadet from Laurel High School.” Being in charge of the the team, I assumed they were telling us if there were any changes. Once I marched up to the podium, they commanded me to state the Pledge of Allegiance. Immediately I almost had a panic attack. Even though I’ve been reciting it for 16 years, in that moment it disappeared from my mind. I slowly walked up to the podium that...
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...Graduation by Maya Angelou Summary In Maya Angelou’s essay Graduation, the author describes all of the emotions & experiences she has approaching, & during her middle school graduation in the 1930s at the segregated school Lafayette County Training School in Stamps, Arkansas. Pre-Graduation Students prepare to graduate from both the grammar & high schools in Stamps, Arkansas. While some families order new outfits for themselves & their children, Angelou wears a yellow pique dress like the majority of other eighth grade girls. Angelou feels a sense of excitement & anticipation, which lifts her spirits, as she says, “I had taken to smiling more often, & my jaws hurt from the unaccustomed activity.” Graduation Day The students file into their seats, singing the National Anthem & reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. However, straying from the usual assembly routine, they do not follow with the “Negro National Anthem,” the song “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” by James Weldon Johnson & J. Rosamond Johnson. This exemption gives Angelou an idea of how the rest of the ceremony will go. The principal welcomes & leads the group in a prayer with the Baptist priest, & introduces the guest speaker, white state representative Edward Donleavy. He gives a very uninspiring speech as he tells of the improvements set for the white high school’s sciences, arts & Training School’s sports facilities. Other than sports, Donleavy spoke very little of...
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...Tracy Johnson EDU 310 April 22, 2012 Professor Dale Horner The Hidden Curriculum: The Graphic Organizer |Five Types of Curricula | | |Curriculum as the development of cognitive processes |“The Trivium” is stages or ways of learning that coincide with a | | |child’s cognitive development. Grammar Stage-What’s in their world | | |(Pre-K-2nd or 3rd); Dialectic Stage-Tell me more. Tell me why. How | | |does it work? Compare/contrast; Connect real things to abstract. (2nd | | |or 3rd-5th or 6th); Rhetoric Stage- What does it mean to me? What do I| | |do with this info? How am I going to use it? Logic/Debate. ( Middle | | |school to Adult) | |Curriculum as technology |This includes internet and software based programs. The internet | | |provides...
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...Westampton School Board Meeting This reflective essay will discuss items addressed at the Westampton School Board meeting. It will examine the district practices and policies. The paper will analyze information that can be applied to teaching in the learning environment. Last, the essay will reflect on the experience and information supplied by the meeting. On December 14, 2015 at 7pm., I attended a board meeting a Westampton Middle School in Westampton, New Jersey. The meeting took place in the media center (library). I arrived 15 minutes early for the meeting. The meeting agenda, pens, and notebook paper was on the table near the entrance of the library. There were plenty of sitting throughout the library for the public. There were about...
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...some of which involved the public act of burning of the U.S. flag. One of the more recent reports was in the form of an Internet video that went viral and was viewed by thousands. This video featured a group of protestors who gathered at an Iowa City mall and proceeded to set a U.S. flag on fire (Saavedra, 2017). In response to this visible act of protest, a passing FedEx driver, quietly approached the group and extinguished the burning flag. The video footage of the protest and the FedEx driver’s actions has since fueled the current topic of discussion among many. That is, whether flag burning, specifically, the U.S. flag, should be a punishable offense despite the rights afforded by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This essay will examine the argument related to protection of the flag, as a revered symbol of freedom from public acts specifically, burning; the detriment to sentimentality associated with desecration of symbols as a method of political protest; and, the potential such conduct has on the stability of the nation. On its face, desecration of the flag by burning violates the historical value and principal of freedom for which the flag is revered. History is replete with stories of thousands among thousands of men and women who sacrificed their lives so that all citizens of this nation would flourish. This sacrifice, among many other reasons, represent the reverence and symbolism of the U.S. flag. The very rights afforded each and every citizen pursuant...
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...Debrabander, he explains to the readers the conflicts of Individualism and how controversial this topic truly is in the eyes of Americans. Debrabander express his thoughts on individualism and how it is just a misleading belief American citizens have created to make themselves feel like they are truly individuals because they are capable of making their own choices and decisions. The speaker makes a valid and convincing argument on why he believes it is called Deluded Individualism rather than Individualism by providing proof related to politics and using Sigmund Freud, a famous figure in psychology, to prove his argument is indeed valid. Debrabander’s argument is profoundly persuading due to his use of evidence, the way he organize his essay, and the choice of words he used. Out of all the evidence Debrabander could have used, he chose to use the article, “Even Critics of the Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It”, because it would most likely relate to his targeted age group readers and because politics and government is controversial itself which fits in with the topic about Individualism. In addition to using politics as evidence, he also used theories of Sigmund Freud to further validate his argument by explaining to the readers the importance of the Ego and the Id and how it connects to the reason humans like to regard themselves as Individuals. Debrabander makes his argument even more persuasive by choosing his words carefully. For an example he uses the word “Self determining”...
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...Should the US put boots on the grounds in their attempts at defeating the Islamic state? The humanitarian catastrophe created by Sunni jihadist rebels; publicised as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), has necessitated a military intervention by the US. The extremist group aims to create a worldwide caliphate where Muslims will unite under Sharia Law and ‘’challenge, and ultimately conquer, the West’’ (Brandon, 2006). There has been much debate as to whether the US should authorize the use of military ground forces due to the atrocities against civilians and barbaric killings against soldiers and journalists. However this essay contends, that despite the actions perpetrated by this terrorist group, a war will not put an end to the caliphate, therefore the US should not seek to put boots on the ground in attempts at defeating the Islamic extremists. It is right to say that the actions of jihadists cannot go unpunished, but the US putting boots on the ground will not defeat the Islamic state. If one understands the reason as to why the terrorists are obligated to what they do, then it is clear to acknowledge that a war will not stop them. As globalization spreads and societies become increasingly interconnected, Muslims have a choice; accept western beliefs to better integrate or preserve their spiritual purity by rebelling (Baylis, Smith, & Owens, 2011, p. 371) And this is why for many years, Muslims have fought...
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