The United States is a country founded by and for immigrants‚ and The United States Constitution does not declare any official language. In fact‚ the Constitution was originally published in several languages including English‚ German and French. Recently‚ however‚ there have been efforts to declare English the nation’s official language. Those in support of official English claim it is a justified measure because they believe it will promote unity‚ empower immigrants and increase efficiency in
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2011 Should English be made the Official language of the U.S? People in the last two decades have been divided on the issue of whether the official language of the United States should be English. Although making English an official language would alleviate some problems ‚ its disadvantages clearly outweigh its advantages. The linguistic diversity‚ tradition and culture immigrants bring to this country enrich the United States. This is why English should not be the official language of the
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1) Location Bandon Bay is a bay in the Gulf of Thailand in the Surat Thani Province‚ extending from the Sui cape in Chaiya district in the northwest to the Kanchanadit district to the east. The total coastline is about 100 km. The bay is dominated by the estuary of the rivers Tapi and Phum Duang. The islands of Ko Samui‚ Ko Phangan and Ko Tao enclose the bay from its eastern side 2) Bandon Bay is under threat because of … Sedimentation due to deforestation Near-shore coral reef systems are
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Should English Be Our Official Language? Current Language Use in the United States In the United States‚ there are 303 languages other than English that are spoken at home‚ these categories include; Native American languages‚ African languages‚ Chinese‚ other Asian languages‚ Pacific Island languages‚ and Indic languages. According to the US Census‚ in 2007 the number of people five and older who spoke a language other than English at home doubled in the last three decades. English was
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There have been many discussions about making English the official language of the United States. And not only has there been discussions‚ but people are starting to act. There have been movements‚ unity acts‚ and even laws have been proposed to make this a reality. So why isn’t English our official language yet? To me the United states has always been a cultural diverse nation. And because it is diverse‚ it is the reason why America is what it is today. Holding a barrier to one language takes the
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Each American president has had to deal with controversial issues and sometimes scandals during their administration terms in office. How they address‚ or avert the issue impacts the perception to their leadership capability for our republic. Their policies are sculpted often by public opinion and historical context. President William Clinton is no exception and his handling of the “Don’t ask‚ Don’t tell” controversy indicates that his policies‚ openly excluded gay and bisexual people from military
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Don´t Do Drugs The drug empire is growing is an article that New York Time pubished in may 11th 2012 and it says. People use drugs in societies around the world more than ever before. Why is it this way? Is it cheper to buy drugs today than 40 years ago? Or is it just easier to reach drugdealers who are selling drugs? I belive it is the last mentioned cause. That is why I also belive we must have stricter laws cocerning druguseing as well as drugdealing to make people stop use drugs. If you ask
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Making English Official is Unnecessary English is the common language in America. No other viable language exists to replace English as a main way of communication. Because citizens who do not speak English are protected by the First Amendment‚ establishing English as the official language of the United States would be a direct infringement upon their freedom of speech and could isolate communities of immigrants who haven’t learned the language yet. In America‚ most business and work
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is a language barrier between non English speaking people and English speaking Americans in Texas in the Hispanic community particularly. From the various articles and surveys that I have found there seems to be a great number of Texans wanting English to be declared the official language. On the other hand there some organizations saying it would be unconstitutional. According to 2007 figures from the U.S. Census‚ more than 3.2 million Texans are limited English proficient‚ including 818‚000 who
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countries that did not declare an official language that is used by its citizens in communicating‚ but a majority of its states have declared English as their official language. Our founding fathers chose to write the Declaration of Independence in the English language and use that as their mode of communication. The United States is a multi-lingual and multi-racial country‚ but most of its inhabitants use American English to communicate with each other. Official government documents and the language
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