Xinyi Huang Writing 121 4:00 PM Essay #1 ( Fixed Version) November 19, 2013 Lost Language In “Tribal Talk” by Michelle Nijhuis and “Speaking in Tongues” by James Geary, both writers talked about how the hundreds of thousands of different tribal languages spoken in the past by millions have been cut down in half. The death of these languages brought devastating effects to the human society, because as the languages begin to disappear, the culture and traditions that was tied to the language will slowly die off also. Dying languages aren’t just a thing of the past. Hundreds of languages, and its’ culture, have been lost in the past century, and many lesser known languages are near the brink of extinction. Efforts should be made
He said “they speak of diverse languages and they have forgotten the places of their birth. So Wang Li talks about his culture in Document 6. He says Kublai khan had once been a territory of barriers but it turned out to be a single family of barriers. It became like a giant town where you have some things in one part of the town and other things in another part of the town. I think these documents support my thesis because if you look at it, they all came with a purpose of doing something.
That day I was so lost and no one could help me because there was a language barrier. This was when I realized just how important languages are. It was because of this experience that I jump at every chance I get to learn a new language. Additionally, I have chosen to minor in Chinese, as I know that one day it will be of use. The second outcome of moving was having a closer relationship with my extended family.
The Stolen Generation. 100 000 Indigenous children separated from their loved ones and communities at a young age (Reconciliaction Network, 2007). Can you imagine the psychological scarring - the fear and confusion? And on the other hand, can you even begin to understand how Australians could have treated the original inhabitants of our land in this way. David Keig, a survivor of this tragedy, wrote of his journey in a poem titled, The Stolen Generation.
During the fall and winter of 1838 and 1839, the Cherokees were forcibly moved west by the United States government. Approximately 4,000 Cherokees died on this forced march, which became known as the "Trail of Tears." The Choctaws and Chickasaws began their removal to the west without force by the Government. In 1836, Creeks who clung to their homes and refused the “voluntary” removal ran the risk of having their land taken and were then removed with force. The majority of the Seminole tribe in Florida were eventually forced out, but only after a seven year war between 1835 and 1842 cost the Government over $20 million.
How to Help Heal Survivors of Hatred Margaret Morris Rasmussen College Author Notes This research is being submitted on February 20, 2011 For Patrick Gast HS110/HUS1551 course at Rasmussen College by Margaret Morris. Trauma is described as an extraordinary psychological experience caused by treat to life or bodily safety or a personal encounter with violence and death that overwhelms ordinary human functioning. The Lakota Sioux is a Native American group that was the subject of mass violence that devastated and diminished the Native Americans society. The Lakota Sioux faced many obstacles such as death by alcoholism, a very high suicide rate, coronary heart disease, hypertension and a high unemployment rate, which caused them
And as far as Zimmerman claiming the Stand Your Ground law, does that mean someone should die at every quarrel because they have the right to ‘stand their ground?” Smith makes another valid point with his last statement. If the NRA was to nationalize this law, there would more “justifiable homicides” than ever in history. Ending the questioning of Zimmerman he stated that “If I was put into Zimmerman’s shoes, I would have stayed on the phone wit 911 and I would have been the best witness I could have been. I would not have pursued
To go along with the 4,400 Americans that wont be coming home to their families, there were over 32,000 Americans wounded in this war. So was this $4 trillion dollar war really wort our time and the lives it cost us? I say no, I feel we spent far too long helping a country that wanted nothing but for us to leave their country for years. We have cost too many lives, and have changed too many lives with injuries to justify a war where we simply just pull out. The results did not justify the losses America took, including how negative our image has become over the years, the financial hole we dug ourselves into, and the way we've affected Americans for the
Japan invested in itself putting money into agriculture and urban infrastructure. Japan also attempted to invade China unsuccessfully for a brief time. China eventually had taken on too much silver. The price of silver started to drop dramatically as no more was needed. China stopped buying silver and Spain’s artificial prosperity faltered.
Why does forgetting occcur? The brain can store a vast number of memories, In the past several decades, cognitive psychologists have determined that sometimes forgetting occurs because a disuse, but others studies have shown that we forget what we no longer need to remember, material that is not used is soon forgotten, for over the years this has been a very accepted fact, but nowadays this is an old and no longer completely accepted theory. In this life we are living, in the cities, with so many people around sometimes forgetting occurs because of interference, there are many things that could work as interference, but some studies show that if you learn A, then learn B, when you try to recall A, B interferes, but then when you finally can recall A you can´t recall B so the learning of A interferes with the learning of B. The human brain has his own ways to classify what things are important for life and what others are not. So sleep provides a minimum amount of forgetting, mostly of thins we don´t need.