Pledge of Allegiance

The mission of the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps is to motivate young people in high school to become better citizens and take an active role in the development and the perservement of their community. There have been many lessons that have taught us how take a more active role in our community and how to be better citizens three really stand out among them all these are the lessons that showed us how to live up to the mission of our program. The three were How to show respect to the…

“I pledge my fealty to my God, my Country, and to my righteous Sovereign. To slay dragons anywhere, to rescue maidens in distress and to favor those in need and those oppressed everywhere.” This is the 11th century knight-errants’ oath of allegiance taken by a 10-year-old Robert X. Leeds, who went on to author this book titled The Dragon Slayer. Since then, it has been his life’s mission to help the world prevail in a time of peril and help those in need everywhere. The Dragon Slayer is an…

The last few weeks of the semester were the most interesting for my class, and in many ways the most active. I learned more about my students in the last few classes than I had the rest of the semester. While both my instructor and I agree that the class was one of the most unenthusiastic we had ever been a part of, we are both satisfied that the students earned the grades they received, and that we helped them along their career path. We encountered two major problems in the class this semester…

with murder.” No later than on September 1, 2016, Colin Keapernick took a knee during the pledge of allegiance in a televised NFL game against the Green Bay Packers. This event has caused many exchanges in thoughts and opinions from the media mass, public and many fans. After Thursday 's game, Keapernick spoke up in an interview to the media about his reasons for not taking part in the pledge of allegiance. The reasons Keapernick gave the media for his kneeling was, 1. The oppression of people…

Final Exam In our study of World History this semester would you say that the ‘ancient’ or past civilizations that we have looked at are drastically different than the societies in which we live today ? Throughout history, a plethora of civilizations ranging through time from ancient to modern, have displayed traits that allow them to be deemed similar or contrasting from other societies. However, the civilizations that have been discussed in class this semester are not so dissimilar than the…

The town hall meeting was located in the village of Mundelein. The meeting started of with the roll call of the committee or trustees at the meeting. After the roll call, everyone at the meeting did the Pledge of Allegiance. The meeting was being held at the week of Thanksgiving and the mayor was giving thanks to the village and his board members. The mayor felt that the village benefited by the volunteer work that happens in the community and that it brings the community for unified and…

to choose between the following: Sing loudly (solo) on a UNA bus or in an elevator with strangers on it, position ourselves six inches from an acquaintance 's nose during a conversation, stand on a chair in a restaurant and recite the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance or sing the Preamble, continuously jump up and down while waiting in a check-out line at a grocery store, get into an elevator that is crowded with strangers, and after the doors close, introduce ourselves to the group, get into an…

topic is something I will fight for. Prayer isn’t fighting with someone, so why should it be a problem? The Supreme Court Case, Engel v. Vitale took place in New York in 1962. The state law required public schools to start their day with the Pledge of Allegiance and an nondenominational…

investigation to a broader society. The latest mass shooting is happened in Orlando, Florida, where an American-born man, Omar Mateen, gunned down 50 people at a gay nightclub at 2:00 am. Not surprisingly, he has called the police during the attack to pledge allegiance to IS. After reading the news, I wondered what makes a young man to create a devastating shooting. From what I’ve read from the news, his parents mentioned that he was outraged when…

My father is my hero and the hardest working man I have ever met. I could never imagine my dad not being here and not having him by my side, but little did I know that he had lived in fear for years for just that reason. My dad was born in Mexico and brought to the U.S. at just six months old. I never really understood that my dad wasn’t welcomed in a place he had called home until I reached middle school. This was the first time my dad had a conversation with me about the constant and…