Nationwide, there is an educational reform effort underway that holds the power to change how we as Americans perceive literacy forever. This movement addresses implementation of true cultural pluralism in the classroom. In doing so the seal of biliteracy seeks to remediate loss of language and culture of non-English speakers assimilating to American culture and the English language as well as to provide to all students the opportunity to cultivate both linguistic and cultural knowledge other than their own. The state seal of biliteracy was established first in California in 2011 in collaboration with Californians Together, an organization that advocates securing equal access to a quality education for each and every child. It provides to…
Have you ever wanted to be a Navy SEAL? Have you ever wanted to go into war with your brothers and take down terrorists? All you see about the infamous SEALs is all the bad guys they kill, but in The Last Punisher, you see the full story about this elite special operations force during the Battle of Ramadi. You learn about the struggle to stay alive and hardships of war. I will be evaluating what it means to be a SEAL, visualizing the dramatic events the men of the SEALs go through, and question…
they cannot kill me. They cannot kill us. We’re…undefeatable. I have a guardian angel and I’m a SEAL and I’m lucky and whatever the…it is: I cannot die. Then, all of a sudden, within two minutes I was nailed twice…my number is up” (“Hawkins”). American Sniper tells the story of a SEAL, the best sniper in the U.S., Chris Kyle. He went through four tours in Iraq from 1999-2009, before he was shot and died. American Sniper represents the reality of the government and what is behind all the…
the world, the United States Navy SEALs are “never out of the fight” (Luttrell 18). Marcus Luttrell, former Navy SEAL, describes his fight for his and his buddies’ lives in his eyewitness account of Operation Redwing in Lone Survivor. This heroic narrative, meant for those interested in the cold-hearted truths of war and a testament to survival, expose just that. Luttrell includes the last words he ever heard from his friends and other details of death to get to his main subject. The only man…
in different ways. Chris Kyle was a Navy SEAL, known for being one of the most successful snipers in American history. His drive to help out others, the critical eye he had, and his love for the United States made him successful in his career as a sniper. In 2013, Chris Kyle was tragically killed in a shooting accident. It is important that current and future generations hear his story to understand what made him so successful in his craft. He may not be here anymore, but his story and legacy…
Terrorism and its effects on the United States of America and Americans “With great power, comes great responsibility,” this quote was stated by Uncle Ben, in Spiderman, but holds true to real life situations. At the end of the 19th century, as the United Stated were entering the 20th century the global market was changing thanks to the industrial revolution and America expanding it’s exportation. Along with economic advancement, the US came to military prominence within a similar timeframe.…
sovereign and strongly rejected any form of governance that was seen to be associated with those of a monarchy or aristocracy. Jefferson’s party began as an opposition to the Federalist Party which was seen to share aristocratic attitudes because their policies gave the national government excess power that only served to benefit the wealthy in the country at the expense of the common American. Jefferson’s Republican Party, therefore, believed that the Union was too large to have all its…
From the first report we have learned a bit about the harms of shipping jobs overseas and how it causes harm to the U.S economy now it this second we can get into the juicy details and help explain the problems of off sourcing jobs to other countries. From the last report we have learned that America has lost about total of 8 million jobs in just 30 years not only is this bad for the American economy, but it also makes America look bad since with less jobs usually tend to crime which cause…
story about Marcus Luttrell and his SEAL team being engaged in a gun fight in the mountains. Luttrell was the "lone survivor" of the fight and was saved by other U.S. Forces. Luttrell and his brothers, Matthew Axelson, Michael Murphy, and Danny Dietz were all apart of Operation Red Wings. The team was inserted into the mountains and had to hike to the operation point. When the SEAL team got to the insertion point they set up and started their mission, their mission was to gather information,…
Female Genital Mutilation, also known as Female Circumcision, happens to be one of the least topics talked about in the United States of America but extremely popular in other countries. Female Genital Mutilation is cruel and unlawful to some but to others it’s the best thing ever. Female Genital Mutilation is an invasive and painful surgical procedure that is often performed without anesthetic on girls before puberty. Various sources estimate that about 60 to 140 million women in the world have…