A few practices in, and only a few more to go, the routine was coming together and I was really proud of all the hard work and dedication that these kids had put into their cheer routine. Our first competition was being held in Lexington about four hours away. Getting all of our uniforms altered and putting the final touches on the routine we were finally ready and I had never seen the kids more excited and determined to show everyone what they could do, and possibly
In America today, the issue of immigration is a cause for debate. Families that decide to flee their typically poverty-stricken countries in search of the ‘American Dream’ of opportunity, are forced to pick up unwanted and exhausting jobs that pay next to nothing, often way below minimum wage. Although this human exploitation seems unethical, the illegality of immigrant workers leaves them with no choice but to take whatever it is they get. Consequently, employers acquire a hard worker for next-to-nothing wages, which is clear reasoning for the sheer amount of immigrant workers in America. Recognized as taking the “dirty jobs”, the many skilled labour workers are fundamental to the smooth running of the country and ironically, without them, America’s rich economy would crumble.
Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights activist, believed the dream to be a vision of unity. King, in his famous I Have A dream Speech said “little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.” Martin Luther King Jr. believed the American dream was all people standing up, speaking, and joing hands together in the name of equality. The Americn dream for the majority of Americans is to own property. As earlier Americans wanted to do the modern day American seeks to own home. Owenership of land was one of the major pillars in the creation of this country.
2-25-13 Mr. Wentworth Essay Fahrenheit 451 E9 ! Our government has been taking more and more from us. Freedom of speech, our money and our hope. With taxes higher than they ever have been in the vovel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, this is also true, but to the extremes. The criticism about people not thinking and/or learning would make the world a better place today if it were fixed because if no one is thinking or learning, then the world will never improve, and schools would have no purpose.
Erica R. Why we need a Third Party Political Science 102 Tuesday/Thursday American politics is traditionally conquered by the relentless quarrel between Republicans and Democrats, and lately it is being distinguished by the failure of both parties to get things done. Many citizens are having trouble relating to either party. I feel that people want to be properly represented by someone who has their same ideals for the county. Many citizens will support a third party candidate or they won't vote. This is why I believe we need a third political party; a party that will actually have a chance to make it into office; not a green party or libertarian party but an American Party.
The underlying political structure of this country is being tested with war, economic hardship and a corrupt Congress. The United States is a nation founded upon a demand for representation, and this has become harder to accomplish with of millions of people represent. But that does not mean that we should not hold the government to a high standard. Congressmen today are fueled by their greed, they are misinformed, and most people don’t even like them. The system here is broken; the system of representation in the United States is a failure.
Barack Obama also is opposed to a troop increase. He said, “Too many lives have been lost and too many billions have been spent for is to trust the President on another tried and failed policy opposed by generals and experts, Democrats and Republicans, Americans and even the Iraqis themselves. It is time for us to fundamentally change our policy” (“the Issues: Iraq” par. 8). Iraq is not the only issue that is
No presidents seem to want to face it because it is such a large issue with few solutions. It is always pushed to the last thing on the president’s agenda because it could be a topic that makes them lose many votes in their attempt to have two terms as president. Recently Arizona made an attempt to solve their problems with illegal immigration and they were not supported by many of their citizens or by the Supreme Court. The reason people are interested in this is because it affects their daily lives. With unemployment at one of its highest peaks in history, Americans are worried they may be losing possible jobs to illegal immigrants.
I believe the reason we are in an economic crisis, the reason our growth as a country has tapered off, and the reason so many poor people can’t picture good futures for themselves, as well as their children, is because of inequality in this country (Johnson). We’ve allowed a few very wealthy people to accumulate a massive amount of political and economic power in this country. We have unknowingly built a financial, economic, and political oligarchy here, and until we break from that oligarchy or put it behind us by “reforming the banking system and changing the way finances are organized in this country”, we're not going to have anything that we will feel is appropriate to call a dream (Johnson). Where is the dream for those living on the street and begging for food and spare change? Where is the dream for the child at school with no supplies?
Immigration It's no doubt that immigration is a widely spread controversial issue. It has been something Americans have gone back and forth with for decades. We can never seem to make up our mind about the whole thing. Some people welcome the idea of immigrants striving for a better life here in the U.S while others despise everything about it. There are so many issues involving immigration that it's hard to formulate a solid opinion on it.