My Creed, My Lead

My American creed is based on the power of the youth that we can have on our country and world in the near future. I interview my elders on what they think about the youth and what was their role in society coming from a Native American background.

By Jaron M. from ASU Preparatory Academy in Arizona

ASU Preparatory Academy

McDowell: 1st hour

Mrs. McDowell's 1st hour

How does your family and community history connect to your American Creed?

My piece is about how my family history connects to my American creed, and I put my mother and my father's experiences and efforts to be in the United States. Therefore, I explained how their hard work shaped me into the person of who I am today, to work hard in life.

The Freedom to Pursue

American creed is the freedom to pursue what you would like.

How To Bleed the American Creed

In this piece of writing I try and demonstrate how everyone can express their American creed through various actions.

Credo Americano

In America, hearing the phrase “I can accomplish my dreams and whatever goal I set” sparks a lot of commotion. It is a touchy subject that not everyone agrees with. I chose to interview my mother regarding this topic, an educated, successful, Mexican American immigrant.

Be True To Yourself

We are all grated the right to be different. In a world full of people, emotions, and ways of living, individualism is what lets us express ourselves

My American Creed

This piece is about my American creed or what it should be at least. I go into detail explaining the consequence that may occur if change isn't made to satisfy my creed.

Symbols for an American Creed

I talked about the symbols that signify the American Creed. I only talked about three different symbols but one of the symbols are words. I mentioned those symbols because I could relate to them the most and I could connect it back to my own American Creed.

My Beliefs on Women Equality

My topic is about how women equality is something that women strive to have but haven't yet accomplished. In this country that we are living in men have a bigger say in what happens to women.

Demonstrating Your American Creed By Doing Your American Deed

My Op-Ed is about ways you are able to show what your American Creed is through different forms of actions.

Creed is EVERYWHERE!

American Creed is not just found in things that are "American", but everything in the U.S. has a connection to American Creed.

The UNITED states

My essay is not just my American creed but also how we as a people can implement it in our daily lives.

Everyone should be treated with the same equality and respect!

My creed is that everyone should be treated with the same equality and respect so that we all have the same possibilities to achieve our own American dream. I see this problem most in schools dealing with minorities.

Remembering Our Creed

This piece was written to remind us of the symbols that represent our American Creed.

What it means to be an American

People should be able to choose how they live their lives

Education and Progress

My American Creed is based on an experience I had where I met an orphan who taught me about gratitude and progress

My American Belief

In my essay I talk about the deeply rooted lie in American Culture, 'Rags to Riches' and include my personal opinions as well as my own 'American Belief'.

How and Why My Understanding of the American Creed is different

My piece explains how being a minority changes my understanding of the American Creed "all men are created equal"

I can ...

My American Creed, two simple words, I can... .

How do Words, Symbols, or Rituals Express the American Creed?

How can a simple word represent ones belief on the American Creed? Everyone has a different opinion on what can represent the American Creed, it is just the way how it connects back to one.

In a Utopia

This is my creed that I believe that everyone should also hold to themselves. I suggest that people work to create a paradigm where there is tolerance, in the least.

Our future depends on us

In my OpEd i explain and express how America gives us endless opportunities to achieve anything. We can become anyone we strive to be, it just all depends on us. We express our American creed everyday, it's apart of all of our lives.

What We Used To Be. What We Can Still Be.

I wrote about what my American Creed was and what I thought needs to be done in America. Most of these ideals I learned about when I was writing this OpEd and some of them are things that I have learned as I live my life.

Ideals in America are but luck and chance, determined by government standards.

My piece talks about the ideals of rags-to-riches and how as a country we might not be able to achieve that because of governmental standards.

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How freedom is an essential aspect to American life's

American lives are lived with freedom and sometimes we take that for granted and I believe if we didn't have that freedom are lives would be completely different.

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"Education is the Key to Success"

I see education as the key to having a successful future. Many may say that what our teachers teach us in class may not be worth any of our time when really all they're trying to do is set us on the right path for the future.

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My Community's American Creed

In this Op-ed I will be explaining My Family's and Community's American creed, stating what it means to me and what it mean to my family and community. I asked a few people about what American creed means to them.

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Together We Stand

My acrostic poem is about what it means to be an American to me and all the qualities an average American should have.

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This Is America

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Some people come from places where their voices will not be heard. This is about a girl who seeks freedom similar to how it is in the United States.

Equality shows everywhere:symbols,words,rituals

My project is about how equality is everywhere and how it can be represented in so many ways for example in my project I have a picture of the Statue of Liberty she is basically representing freedom how she’s putting her tourch in the air for light to lead them The right way.

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