Education comes from the Latin word educare, which means to bring up, rear, or educate. ... Lastly, as a people, Americans have always had a deep faith in education. ... Character is a Latin word that is derived from the Greek word charakter. ... In the American culture, life is based on the notion of rugged individualism. ... Work in America today is different than what it was in the past. ...

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This is a story of the Great Possibility, what America COULD be, and what it has lost by not working past its prejudices and fears. ... Because of the subordinate status Mexican American students received an inferior quality of education and subtractive curriculum . As a result even today there is a pattern disproportionate academic performance among Mexican American. ... Central to this discussion was the political involvement of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in protesting school segregation. ... Without placing blame or guilt; Takaki discusses, the Mexican American ...

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America's inner cities -Vs- Third World Countries At first, it might appear impossible to compare conditions in America's inner cities with those that characterize overpopulated countries of the Third World. ...

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For example, Alan4 argues, that the increasing pressure of structural adjustment policies the depressed urban workers are forced to work in insecure and low paid informal sector in Latin America, namely Bogoto and Colombia. ...

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