The second factor in preserving freedom is education. ... Which factor does America as a nation value more finically defense, or education? ... The first is funding, how much money as a nation are we spending on defense and education? ... The principles of the federal budget in regards to education are grounded in two main principles, higher enrollment in preschools across the nation, Implementation of the Race to The Top program, and making secondary education more affordable especially to those majoring the education fields to create competent and well trained educators in the future. Pre...

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A family is a small cultural group with its own set of beliefs, values, mores, and rules. ... Cultural identity and cultural factors related to psychosocial environment are two of the dimensions used to paint the clinical picture in this cultural context. ... Other issues might also have cultural bases. ... Interventions Robbins, et al. (2001), in a study on techniques for multi-family psycho-educational group therapy, discusses "Project Eagle" for gifted American Indian adolescents and their families. According to Robbins, research suggests that many psycho-education skills programs pres...

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However, it may also be possible that such social movements as multi-culturalism are forging a New America. ... The competition with the Soviets gave an added boost to the technological and scientific revolution; and American universities expanded immensely as centers for defense research, for the education of a vast new public, and as employers of creative writers and as arbiters of taste. ... As the doors of higher education opened up, the population of the United States grew. ... In letting a rural black woman with little education tell a story that affirms the value of her heritage, Walk...

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After reading and discussing the poems: "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, "I Too" by Langston Hughes, and "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman, I realize that culture is all around us. My topic is based off of the moving of immigrants. Sometimes we sit around and judge, not knowing that Americ...

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It's the concept that the human being is multi-dimensional. ... According to Glassner, cultural myths are created from those given "immense power and money" to tap into people's moral insecurities and supply them with symbolic substitutes. The media is filled with cultural myths. ... Our country has tremendous affluence, yet prisons are overflown, streets are filled with homeless men, unemployment rates are high, and many individuals can't afford education. ...

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While a movie depicting mass slaying of young children while culturally offering their souls as a meaningless pagan sacrifice will never find it way to the movie screens without serious knocks in its rating, the same situation is not placed on a book. However, if a restriction is placed upon readable literature, will education suffer because of it? ... Games began their crusade in the arcade gallery, spawning a multi-million dollar industry for blazing store consoles which robbed America of its quarters every day. ...

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Education, medical advances, and technology afforded more freedom and independence. ... Among the many cultural contributions of the baby boomers along with the free love, the drug scenes and Grateful Dead ties, was the concept of generation gap (Veith G.). ... They grew up with more education and high expectations, technology and medical research have blossomed throughout their lives and they have come to expect lifestyle improvements in every turn. ...

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"The fact is that the automobile has become hypnotic...the opium of the American people." - Fortune Magazine Table of Contents Introduction The Rise of the Automobile The Styling Redesign The Role of Attainable Pricing for the Masses The Emerging American Obsession The Impact on the Nuclear Fami...

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