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Pledge Of Allegiance Separation Of Church And State
601 wordsIf you think about it, you have probably been saying the Pledge of Allegiance everyday since first grade. When you initially learnt it, you didnt even know what it meant and by the time you did understand it, you said it by pure rote. No one questioned it, but why should they? It doesnt take much energy to stand up and recite a short verse everyday. However do you say these significant words with any sincerity? But stop and think for a second, why are we required to start each school day by reci...
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Pledge Of Allegiance Country
485 wordsTo me the Pledge of Allegiance is a tool of propaganda used by the US government. Why would they have kids say it everyday in school since kindergarten if they dont even know what all the words mean? If a school wants its students to follow all of the rules, they could make them read the rule book many times until it is instilled in their minds what they can and cannot do. The same applies to the pledge. After the hundreds of times of reciting the verses, a child will have a certain reaction to ...
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Cuban Missile Crisis Missiles In Turkey
2,483 wordsCuban Missile Crisis. Cuban Missile Crisis, major confrontation between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) that occurred in 1962 over the issue of Soviet-supplied missile installations in Cuba. Regarded by many as the world's closest approach to nuclear war, the crisis began when the United States discovered that Cuba had secretly installed Soviet missiles able to carry nuclear weapons. The missiles were capable of hitting targets across most of the United State...
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Freedom Of Religion Pledge Of Allegiance
767 wordsFreedom of Religion gives one the right to practice their religion without it being sanctioned by the state. Children should not be forced to salute the flag. The First Amendment gives everyone the right of freedom of religion. This right should be protected at all times. The pledge of allegiance is also not the best or only way of showing faith in one? s country. The pledge should not be a requirement because of the fact that it does not necessarily prove or disprove submission to the laws of t...
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Older Sisters Identity Formation
2,214 wordsThe article by Kathleen Hall, There is a Time to Act English and a Time to Act Indian: The Politics of Identity among British-Sikh Teenagers, (1995) exposed me to the inherent hardships associated with the complex process of identity formation among the youth of multicultural societies. The children Kathleen Hall wrote about were raised in a social world far removed from their parent? s homeland. She explains how these children are pulled between two ways of life; they are pulled between two wor...
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Star Spangled Banner War Of 1812
1,770 wordsThere are many American patriotic symbols (icons) that represent the better things we love most about our country. The Star Spangled Banner, Uncle Sam, The Pledge of Allegiance, the American Flag and the Statue of Liberty, to name just a few. These symbols of democracy each have a story of their own. The Star Spangled Banner is our national anthem. It was originally a poem written by Francis Scott Key, a Georgetown lawyer, during the War of 1812. After an attack on Washington, Key heard the Brit...
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