The third and fourth generation of immigrants is particularly different from previous generations of immigrants because of the failure to become a custom with economic status, intermarriage rates and education norms. Like I have said before, I believe that the Spanish language is such a powerful thing, but more and more immigrants are using Spanish as a primary language and not speaking English. Even if they do speak English it is often not the best. There is such a huge concentration in certain areas that amongst them English is not needed. I personally feel that as a American born citizen, all immigrants need to learn English.
The author also describes the lack of foreign names in America by stating that “nobody without a mask and a cape has a z in his name” (Dumas 605). This causes the reader to think about how many unique names there really are in America, thus leading them further down the rabbit hole of Dumas’s argument. Dumas describes that Firoozeh means “I’m not going to talk to you because I cannot possibly learn your name and I just don’t want to have to ask you again and again because you’ll think I’m dumb or you might get upset or something” (Dumas 606) in American. After a laugh or two, the reader relates with this mindset. Americans want to be accepting of foreigners, but the fear of offending a person of another race sometimes prevents them from starting an interaction.
The book does concentrate mostly upon the American population, and an alien would get the impression that most of America likes to waste time away and rather than “…spend hours strolling through long stretches of prose (6)…” they would reciprocate the same action, except on the web. Throughout the book though the author does present the history and good, helpful aspects of the Internet, yet if the alien was smart enough they would realize that however helpful and amazing it can be, the contraption is more a detriment to productivity in most activities, and wouldn’t recommend it to his species as a tool needed for
It was just a normal business day just like the many before it; it was Sunday January 17th to be exact. This customer named Maria Sanchez, walked up to the cash register and started ordering in Spanish. “Excuse me ma’am I do not speak Spanish”. “Your name is Esperanza, I assumed you spoke Spanish, sorry for the misunderstanding, but it would benefit you if you had a more common “white” name so this misunderstanding doesn’t happen again!” I thought to myself how rude, and I am Hispanic, so why should I have “white” name only to be ridiculed for that as well? I did not choose the name I was given and the languages people speak do not choose their names either.
Spain and the War in Iraq Heather Gist Upper Iowa University Although Spain’s stay in Iraq was short, it most certainly did not go unnoticed; while most Spaniards were against the joining of US forces in Iraq, Spain provided assistance against the beliefs of their people and while in Iraq were accused of hanus crimes such as torture and soon after would call for a quick pull out. While overwhelming polls in Spain were showing 90 percent of Spain’s population against its people going to assist in the war, Aznar, made it clear he wanted troops sent over to assist in a no combat role. Citing the need for staffing military hospitals to assist with treating the wounded as well as to distribute supplies which consisted of food among other items. Throughout the widespread criticism, Aznar’s government
Despite what gets portrayed on television, most crime scenes are not covered in fingerprints, DNA, and blood. Sometimes we don't even have a body. Forensic evidence is very fragile and it doesn't last forever. It can be destroyed by the weather, the environment, the perpetrator and even wild animals. 5.
And of course, how can a person end his or her own tendency to procrastinate. Without further ado, or further putting off, I will answer each of the questions. First of all, is procrastination a recent phenomenon rooted in modern society's reliance on convenience? Or is this something that has been happening since the beginning of time? Did T-Rexes put off going hunting because they would prefer playing Halo 3 on X-Box, or is that just teenagers and lonely thirty year old gamers of today?
Foreigners who enter America’s borders do not know much or any English at all. Most of these foreigners that enter America do not worry about learning English. Some even begin to live the American lifestyle and may even start a new life in the United States. This creates a problem, not only are people speaking English, but they are speaking Spanish, French, Latin and other languages. The United States of America “has probably been host to more bilingual people than any other country in the world,” all because America does not have a declared national language (Hakuta 166).
Students will start to think, “I thought we were in an English class?” The reason why the instructor spoke in a different language may be that he/she has students from Mexico, the most common language spoken around here is Spanish, or perhaps Spanish is the first language he/she learned. University campuses nationwide always branch out to outsource the professors, but is that a good idea? Should they bring people from other countries to teach in schools and colleges/universities? Professors in a University should not be forced to learn two languages because the professor might have a difficult time understanding a second language and it provides a lack of expert professors. On the opposing side, Professors that work at a University have bilingual students and this presents the opportunity for him to not only learn a new language just for his foreign students but also will benefit the professor as well because he learned a new tongue that will open up other better opportunities for himself.
Most political speeches are prepared whereas casual speech is completely spontaneous. These two types of speech are very different and different effects are gained from each one. One factor that is majorly different between the two and affects each one is the audience. A political speech will be spoken in front of a large crowd, a crowd which needs to be influenced by the speech the politician is giving. But casual speech will be to a immediate audience (the person the speaker is speaking to) and does not have to have a lasting effect.