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It's about growing up as a Native American in a predominately Caucasian community and being told I don't belong in the country I was born in for su... Featured American Dream Culture Nebraska My piece is about how my family is connects to my American Creed. In this instance I wrote a photo story explaining how it does. I write about the ... Featured How does your family & community history connect to your American creed? Siyar J. Connecticut Exploring my family history through art in order to explain my American Creed Featured My American Creed Justin F. Connecticut My piece is about what it means to be an American in relation to "The Pledge of Allegiance" by George Thatcher Balch. My essay describes the loyalt... Featured What It Means to Be an American Sarafina M. Florida
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Opportunity; The Name of the Game Jacob G., Morehead Writing Project, Kentucky My piece is about the current mindset around opportunity in America. My goal is to point out that we should strive to create equality, but right now there is also too much to do with identifying pr... Tagged With poetry
My American Creed Nick R., Emerald Coast National Writing Project, Florida “My American Creed” is about what it means to me to be an American and two core values I live by. I wrote about the opportunities in America and that my two core values are equality and individuali... Tagged With equality
To Be An American Isabella B., Classen School of Advanced Studies , Oklahoma I wrote this essay to explain what I think it means to "be" an American. Tagged With equality , immigration
Diversity & Equality Reina B., Royal Oak High School, Michigan Diversity and equality go hand in hand. One's culture can determine how much they are open to the issue of diversity and being different and how, other than those who are open minded, there still a... Tagged With diversity
Is there really a true "american"? Sakkara L., Royal Oak High School, Michigan I wrote this essay with the intended goal of explaining the idea that even though America is "ideal" there is an unspoken animosity against specific communities. Prejudice and ignorance need to be ... Tagged With equality
How Does A Military Lifestyle Affect Someone's American Creed? Raven K., Niagara High School, Wisconsin American creed has many different meanings depending on the person. To any ordinary person this could mean everyday life, but to an active military personnel, it means, "equality, working hard, and... Tagged With acceptance
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