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Term Papers on Miscellaneous
The Seminole
Number of words: 2676 - Number of pages: 10.... because Spain owned Florida, and they hoped
they would be free. They shared the land with another group of Indians, the
Apalachee and the Timucua, who spoke the Mikasuki Language. (Seminole Indians
290) By about the year 1775, they began to be known by the name Seminole, which
is derived from the Creek word simanoli, meaning "separatist," or "runaway".
The name, Seminole, could also originate from the Spanish word cimarron, meaning
"wild." Also joining the migrants were Indian and Negro slaves, who fled from
the power struggles between the Americans and the .....
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Jealous Of Barbie?
Number of words: 878 - Number of pages: 4.... be that easy to reconstruct ourselves .….if we could slap some putty on…or off…to accentuate or downplay certain natural attributes.
However the most important discovery that you could make about Barbie, instead of young girls trying to live up to this 'Barbie image' is that she is hollow inside.
That's what we all have to remember. Barbie is a doll, a toy. She is not human, she cannot talk and automatically she becomes the scapegoat, to the whole reason why women who are getting plastic surgery or even dying their hair blonde, or are unhappy with their body .....
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Social Perception
Number of words: 821 - Number of pages: 3.... stereotype me as an "Ah-Beng", which is basically the Hokkien translation of a punk. From my feedback, some people actually consider me quite a benevolent person. I'm amiable by nature, even I do not realise it. Even so, I sometimes, am still discriminated because I have long hair. Many young people out there have similar hairstyles as I do, but my relatives and parents don't seem to understand that a person's characteristics, personality or academic capabilities, has no relation, whatsoever, with an individual's outward demeanour. I guess its human nature to s .....
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Ebonics
Number of words: 3759 - Number of pages: 14.... reasons behind Ebonics? -
who is prospering from Ebonics?
What is Ebonics? Most people outside of America have at most but a vague idea of
what Ebonics is all about. Apart from being a buzzword in American media since
December 1996 what are the fundamental concepts behind this expression? Where,
how and when did it start, and who started it?
What are the underlying reasons behind Ebonics? To fully understand Ebonics,
some historical background is needed. One has to have some knowledge on how the
English language has developed in America. Furthermore one .....
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Education Vs. Corrections
Number of words: 1097 - Number of pages: 4.... from Does money matter? By C. Wood “It is far wiser as a public policy to spend millions of dollars on an imprecise attempt to educate than to spend hundreds of millions in a vain attempt to clean up the social consequences of failing to educate.”
It is obvious that the state of California agrees with this mentality since education does receive the largest share of state spending. California spends 42% of total spending on education K-12.While only 8% of spending goes to corrections.
On the other hand it is important for correction facilities to be maintained a .....
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Aliens Or Gods
Number of words: 2763 - Number of pages: 11.... that I am a true believer in aliens and not through faith but basically through the simple principle, that no matter how disturbing something is, if so many people believe in it and not gaining anything from that belief, it must be true. Yet this is only something I wish to deal with in order that I could compare the situation today with that of two thousand years ago and more, much more, since there are people who have already proposed and practically proved these ideas, and much better than I ever could by the way. Yet in order to even begin answering my origi .....
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Television 2
Number of words: 676 - Number of pages: 3.... ranging from The Civil War to baseball to home repair are always airing on television. A person can learn things from television that they otherwise never would have even heard about. In other words television can be a great instrument in educational learning.
Entertainment is also another major part of why television is such a great tool. Everyone loves to be entertained and watching television is a pleasurable experience, it offers something for just about everyone. Television shows can easily get you “Hooked”, making you feel as if it is .....
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The Korean Traditional Dances
Number of words: 424 - Number of pages: 2.... devided into three main types: court, folk and religious. The court dancing is slow and solemn. The dancers that go with that kind of music are highly stylized. Folk dance in contrast, is usually fast and lively. Folk dances are that's why danced usually in festivals or holidays. The religious dances represent the Korean culture and spirit. The performers in Buddhist Nun's Dance, which is a religious dance, are wearing long dark coats and pointed Hoods and hold a temple drum. I personally don't like the dance, although it Is one of popular traditional da .....
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