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Good evening and welcome to all the parents, relatives and friends who have made this day possible for the Thornapple Kellogg High School graduating class of 2006. I would also like to thank this year’s graduates for the honor and privilege of speaking at their commencement. To be a part of such an important night in your lives is indeed a very special moment for me. Graduation marks the end of one part of your life and the beginning of unlimited possibilities. This is the moment when you…

in countries rated less free. China and India serve as two prime examples that validate the accuracy of this statistic. Both of these countries have become front-runners in economic enterprise and are improving the economic freedoms within their nations. As a result, they have seen millions of people lifted out of poverty. Nonetheless, the question still remains, how and why is economic freedom an immediate connection to the abolishment of poverty? One important aspect of economic freedom is…

government decided not to trade with the Britain in any way. The two countries could no longer import or export with the other. The result of such a condition was that an economic implication that was negatively affected the trade volumes between the two nations (Frankel, P.291-308). During this period, citizens experienced series of tremendous suffering and were not in a better position to make acquisitions of the desired levels of utility. Most firms in the Britain resulted in collapsing thus…

his role as a leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolution. Many American victories were won under his command which included winning independence from Great Britain. President Washington’s strong values and principles helped a shape a nation in desperate need for guidance and leadership. James Monroe said to Thomas Jefferson, “Be assured, his influence carried this government.” (Personal communication, July 12, 1788). As his second term came to a close Washington wrote a Farewell…

(2008) describe intercultural competence as “the challenges in relating to others, such as White Americans, one 's own ethnic group, and one 's family” (p. 776). Immigrants from every nation experience this in some form as they learn to navigate their new home. Among 286 Chinese immigrants in the New York City public school system, researchers Yeh et al. (2008) measured the variables “English fluency, academic, college, and career help-seeking…

recognizing the existence and the meaning of that violence in all of our lives, in the lives of our families, in the lives of our communities, and the life of this nation, can we begin to go beyond it." (Castaneda) Healing has to be of the whole body. Part of the body cannot be healed. It has to be the whole body. If people look at the nation as a body, then it continues to be diseased and is not very healthy. Everybody must be healed before we can better advance…

quotation highlights how the problems that come with various nations occupying a territory brings about resilience. This statement is true as there have been several times in history where the differences in society have been used to develop the country rather than hinder it. For instance in Canada, a country built on multiculturalism, it is simply instinctual that this diverse foundation remains. The clashings and struggles of various nations have helped shape a country that is greatly loved…

Abstract Cosmopolitanism gives the idea of a ‘world citizenship” or citizens of the world where people are usually viewed as belonging to all parts of the world not just one country. Ribeiro (2005, 19) discusses the idea of cosmopolitanism as a western notion that showing the need social agents have to consider political and cultural entity. This entity is described as larger than their own homeland, which would comprise of every individual a global scale (Ribeiro 2005, 19). Cosmopolitanism is…

so overall nationalism went with World War One because some nations wanted to show their country's power and dominance over all the others, every European nation believed that their own cultural, economic, and military was…

affective attachment towards the in-group, such as the senses of belongingness, responsibility and pride while Dekker et al (2003) defines nationalism as feeling a sense of belonging towards their own nation, and desiring to establish and maintain a separate and independent state for their own nation. The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for its achievement whereas the nationalists are proud of their country regardless of its achievement;…