United States Civil Service Commission

I want to have an experience that gives me a different outlook on life. My goal is to take a break from the average American lifestyle and learn from meeting others and their ways of life. I have traveled to many places around the United States and other places in North America, like Mexico and Canada, but have never had the experience to truly immerse myself in another culture. I know there is so much I can learn from getting myself out there and this is the perfect opportunity to get…

his injuries. In the wake of Freddie Gray’s funeral riots broke out in Baltimore, buildings were looted and burned down, and rioters threw glass bottles and rocks at the police. After many hours of protest and unrest in the city the Mayor called a State of Emergency. The National Guard was dispatched to Baltimore and a one week curfew was set from 10pm to 5am. This CNN article was very helpful. This…

these people feel inferior to the white people. Article five of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations states, “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” (United Nations). The laws that the people of color had to follow in the United States were both inhuman and degrading treatment, so all it took to start the Civil Rights Movement was one woman, Rosa Parks, refusing to give up her seat on the bus. Even today, there…

Douglas MacArthur was a great and inspirational leader that fought in the first and the second world war as well as the Korean war. He became a general almost at the start of his military career for his services of the U.S military. He is easily an inspirational leader in the way he did his duties in his military life with his fullest ability. He did what he said he would do and he made sure it was done. Douglas MacArthur is an inspirational leader in what he did in the military and for how he…

president. However, the history he made didn’t have to do with personal things such as age or religion, but his impact on the Civil Rights Movement. During the years of Kennedy’s presidency, the South was facing a conflict with segregation and racism. As president, it was Kennedy 's responsibility to deal with the issues happening in the United States. Many of the South American States during the 1960’s followed Jim Crow Laws, which were laws or signs that strictly prohibited black americans…

I have been studying construction management in the United States for the past five months now. I have learned how to speak and write English language in many different ways compared to back home in Cameroon. The life style and culture are very different from Cameroon. Coming to America has taught me many things along with the importance of being independent. I learned a lot about the America language, with a common language you can communicate well because you express your ideas. My cousins…

Louis Uchitelle’s “A Nation That’s Losing Its Toolbox” is an article focused on the decline of craftsmanship in the United States. Uchitelle points out that this decline is a cause for the deteriorating self-image of American’s can-do attitude and that the president should take this matter as a concern for the country’s future. In addition, he explains how the rising irrelevance of craftsmanship has led to a downfall of available jobs in America. In essence, Uchitelle claims that the decline of…

Living in one of the greatest times in America seems like it would be an experience of a lifetime. Culture bloomed, and many new generation fads unearthed. Colors and parties, abundant to the general populace, and there was always an opportunity for people to acquire “new money”. These new improvements, proved to be vital in the expansion of technology, and became a gateway for the now modern era. Furthermore, it built the foundation for the next world war, and the Great Depression, which came…

things took a sharp turn when John F. Kennedy became inaugurated as the president of the United States on January 20, 1961. Presidents to come were plagued by the failures of John F. Kennedy’s presidency for numerous years. The Presidency of John F Kennedy contained various covert actions that damaged the United States’ foreign relations…

were reluctant to accepting others with differing cultures, languages and religions. However, while older people believed that ruling a nation without their consent went against republican principles, many of the younger citizens thought that the United States possessed the duty to uplift struggling societies. Because of the European’s urge to seemingly acquire an empire, America had consequently changed their views on expansion by the mid-1890s. America had also taken into account that the…