Naturalization Interview Lauren Zumpano: This is Lauren Zumpano and I am here with American citizen Laura Reeves, so Laura what inspired you to become a U.S. citizen? Laura Reeves: I hated everything that Mexico had to offer to me. I lived in a dangerous neighborhood, scared to even leave the house. I couldn’t make enough money to help me escape from the dangers that surrounded me. I wanted a better life for not only me, but also my future family. I didn’t want my future children to grow up the
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democratic republic, government, and public life. The conditions we live in today do not call for the stretching of the original meaning and it is not an improvement, it takes away our liberties and goes against the First Amendment. Even though many of our articles we were required to read this week say that religion is necessary for morality I respectfully disagree, you do not need to believe in a god to have morals you just need to be virtuous. The Founding Fathers wanted to have a nation that was
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Fourth of July?”, which was presented by Frederick Douglass on July 5, 1852, Douglass condemns the hypocrisy of American society when they asked him to speak about the meaning of the Fourth of July and their freedom when a majority of the African American population remained in slavery. Considering that Douglass was a black man who escaped slavery, he found it ironic that they asked him to speak about this topic, but he still took the opportunity to establish his reasons on why the slaves should receive
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areas such as administration, business communication, international air traffic etc. Sometimes people dislike a certain language because they think it is ugly. I disagree with this myth. I believe that every language is precious to the people who speak the language. Harlow says: ‘Most languages are the first language of some community and serve the everyday functions of that community perfectly well.’ Communication is the most important aspect of a language. If a language serves this purpose it
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Hispanic American Diversity When you think about Hispanics you might think that it is one ethnic group, however there are many ethnic groups incorporated under the heading Hispanics. For my topic today I am going to cover Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans and people from Colombia. While they are all Hispanic they have different languages, traditions and family makeup. In this paper we will discuss the differences and the similarities of these diverse groups of people. It is amazing
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Identity? Why or why not? Personally I don’t see what the big issue is over this question. I don’t think that someone should be labeled something just because they are from a different area then you. It then leads to conflict (e.g racism) 2. What are the definitions of Latino/Hispanic/Latin American? Do you agree or disagree with the positions expressed below? Latino-This term is used to refer to people originating from, or having a heritage related to, Latin America, in recognition of the fact
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regional backgrounds and speak different languages. While most speak East Mandarin, others speak Jin, West Mandarin, Xinan, Hokkien, Hakka, Cantonese and Jianghuai. Other staff speak Thai, Filipino, Japanese, English and Arabic. Consider the following questions as a focus of class discussion. Prepare your ideas before class. 1. What training would you suggest to develop staff language skills? • Provide staff with language skills seminars 2. How would you suggest dealing with
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is a prime example of how some Americans are hypocrites. I say this because the situation in the episode is exaggerated in a creative sense, but the underlines of the episode speaks of reality in today’s world. In this episode, people from the future come back to the present. These men and women work the jobs most Americans will not work and work these jobs for a lot less money to begin with because they feel less money is still money to them. Of course the Americans became angered that the ‘Goobacks’
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be responsible for ourselves. Everyone must have certain expectations for themselves. I believe that happiness comes from within an individual, and that if you are not happy with yourself, no one else can make you happy. Although teamwork is important, we should all learn to be independent. I believe this because if you are independent, then you can help other people. I don’t believe that anyone should be completely reliant on another person. Also, I believe that as individuals, we must be able to
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of the government and society. Legal immigrants are treated different because of their inability of speaking English, or speaking with an accent. Many Americans’ seem to believe that just because somebody doesn’t speak English as they do, they don’t deserve to be treated as equal. In “Aria: Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood” by Richard Rodriguez you can see how he as child was treated different. Rodriguez being raised in Sacramento, California by Mexican Immigrants had difficulty with the English language
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