Even though in Mexico censorship is illegal I think it shouldn't be because as I mentioned before it's a way to protect society from being manipulated in many ways. ... A good example of this could be banning everything that talks bad about Mexico, its people and its politics. Second Speaker: Retaking what my partner has said, I also share his same point of view. I think that censorship should be legal so that society doesn't hear or find out about the bad things that are happening around them. ... Third Speaker: As a society we want our young people to be literate, though...

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Our trip to Mexico did not go as planned. ... What I experienced last summer in Mexico gave me the maturity and the courage that I will keep for the rest of my life. It all started when my mom and I landed in Mexico City, the second largest city in the world. ... Knowing that Mexico was not the safest place in the world to eat or drink, I tried to get by with eating carefully. ... I just wanted the pain to go away. ...

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The novel On The Road is based on one mans true stories about his craziest adventures through the United States and Mexico. This is one of the greatest novels of all time and nothing I have read so far seems so realistic. ...

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The first time I discovered how nice it was spend time on the stairs of my house in Mexico, was because of a childhood fight with my mother. ... My mother and I were hanging balloons, and I remember that she would not let me climb the leader to place balloons where she wanted. ... So I sat there, where I could hear my parents and brothers who were decorating the yard, and as I saw the painting imagining that I was in this peaceful place, I began to reflect on what had happened until I fell asleep. ... I must confess I really miss sitting on the landing of the stairs with a cup of tea just to r...

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BASEBALL IN APRIL The book that I read was Baseball in April by Gary Soto. This book takes place in a neighborhood in California where there are several Mexican-American families living. ... In the story Barbie all the girl wanted was a Barbie and when she only got an imitation doll it showed how poor the community was and how hard it was for her uncle to get the real doll. I learned that as a Mexican-American the opportunities are a lot less in the neighborhoods they live in. ... This book was a good book and gives good incite on the Mexican-American culture whic...

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In 1991 my hometown only had one and a half Mexicans in it. ... She's not like other Southwest Minnesota Mexicans. ... As far as I know, her family has lived in Sothern California for generations, not Mexico. ... I could still hear them yelling things at me, and every step for those first two blocks were hard to take, because I wanted so much to turn around and just kill them both. ... I didn't want to any worse though, so I just let it go. ...

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The book I read was The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. The House on Mango Street is a book about culture of Chicanos, also known as Mexican Americans. ... The house on Mango Street was not what she wanted, but is what she could get. ... Which is bad for Esperanza because the Mexicans don't like their women to be strong. ... People from out side the neighborhood walk in the neighborhood scared because they think Mango Street is a dangerous block and some one will hurt them just because there are a lot of Mexicans they think badly about the neighborhood...

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So I took it and all my determination made me what I am today. ... At first it was hard being one the first restaurant to serve Italian, Mexican, and Chinese. What most people don't know is Italian and Mexican use almost the same technique and Chinese is an art for me, there to spice up and make the restaurant unique. ... You have to go out and work for what you want. I didn't realize before I met the genie that I was going to work long and hard to be a success. ...

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I would just go to church on Sunday and Powerhouse and Frontline on Wednesday because that's what I always did on Sunday mornings and Wednesday nights. ... I didn't really feel God inside me unless it was during a real spiritual time like camp or Mexico. ... I cannot thank them enough for putting up with me over the years that I have known them and they will always have a special place in my heart. I also want to thank God for giving me the courage and guidance in my life and for leading me to get baptized. I want to thank Jenna, Nick, Ryan, Melissa, Scott, the rest of my friends, ...

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I grew up in a small neighborhood in Santa Fe, New Mexico with my family. ... I knew that she didn't want me living in poverty when I grew older. ... When I turned 14, I got offered a scholarship to attend a private school with Caitlin. ... I got offered a job at New York which I took immedialtely, after I graduated from Harvard. ... She asked me if I wanted to come to Venice to spend a week with her. ...

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"My Grandmother, she was a horse woman too, born like me in the Chinese year of the horse- which is supposed to be bad luck if you are born a female- but I think this is a Chinese lie because the Chinese, like the Mexicans, don't like their women strong."... I wonder if she made the best with what she got or was she sorry because she couldn't be all the things she wanted to be.... She doesn't want to sit and look out the window her whole life. She doesn't want to have a man throw a sack over her head and make her marry him. She doesn't want her life to become a life fu...

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• Grade Level: High School