What America Means To Me Research Paper
Scott Kiel
Mrs. Hartle
English II
30 August 2016
What America Means to Me
America means a lot of things to me, like freedom, safe, brave, equal, and responsibility. The reason I picked these things is because I think they are all very important to this country. The reason why I picked freedom is because in America, you have the right to do and say whatever you want. For example, the phrase freedom of speech, which means that someone’s right to say something is protected within certain limits. What that means is that someone can say whatever they want, but after you say it, there could be consequences, like someone getting hurt if you yelled “fire” in a place that has a lot of people or if you walked into an airport and yelled “bomb.” You have the right to say that, but if you do, there will be consequences like going to jail or something like that. There is also something called freedom of expression, which means people can behave like they want to and wear what they want to.
The reason why I picked safe is because the United States has a great military that will do anything to protect us. For …show more content…
For example, back then black people were treated unfairly because they didn’t have as much money as the white people did, which made them weaker. Another thing is that back then, blacks and whites were separated for everything, like school, transportation and everything else. What I mean by that is that the white kids got to go to a rich, fancy school and got the best education, while the black kids went to a poor school and didn’t get very good education or didn’t go to school at all. It’s also the same way for transportation, the whites got good transportation, while the blacks got bad transportation. Nowadays, we don’t have those problems because everyone in America is treated a lot better than they were back
Mrs. Hartle
English II
30 August 2016
What America Means to Me
America means a lot of things to me, like freedom, safe, brave, equal, and responsibility. The reason I picked these things is because I think they are all very important to this country. The reason why I picked freedom is because in America, you have the right to do and say whatever you want. For example, the phrase freedom of speech, which means that someone’s right to say something is protected within certain limits. What that means is that someone can say whatever they want, but after you say it, there could be consequences, like someone getting hurt if you yelled “fire” in a place that has a lot of people or if you walked into an airport and yelled “bomb.” You have the right to say that, but if you do, there will be consequences like going to jail or something like that. There is also something called freedom of expression, which means people can behave like they want to and wear what they want to.
The reason why I picked safe is because the United States has a great military that will do anything to protect us. For …show more content…
For example, back then black people were treated unfairly because they didn’t have as much money as the white people did, which made them weaker. Another thing is that back then, blacks and whites were separated for everything, like school, transportation and everything else. What I mean by that is that the white kids got to go to a rich, fancy school and got the best education, while the black kids went to a poor school and didn’t get very good education or didn’t go to school at all. It’s also the same way for transportation, the whites got good transportation, while the blacks got bad transportation. Nowadays, we don’t have those problems because everyone in America is treated a lot better than they were back