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I think this is the idea that my generation and my girl's generation has been raised with. I clearly remember the movie War Games. "The only winning move is not to play
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Younger daughter wrote this essay earlier in the year on this topic....

Don’t Tread on Me

The U.S. has always been a place where people come to it; we never need to go to them. Most people had...

We call that... Manifest Destiny "The phrase was used as propaganda to convince the American people that it was their God given right to move across this country expanding from the Atlantic coast to...

Okay, let me try to put it this way. In 2006 the United States accepted more legal immigrants as permanent residents than all other countries in the world combined. That does not even begin to...

Croc... I read this and became saddened by your choice of words and your situation. As a child who was different for many reasons and none of them for being a hero, I can tell you, being singled out...

Here is her essay... try not to be too harsh, remember, she is in her 1st year of high school... [edit] I forgot to mention. Even though he had not given instructions to include footnotes, as you...

Hanna, just remember that in the US, you are free NOT to participate, no one forces you to say the pledge...

"The Supreme Court ruled in 1943 that students cannot be forced to salute the flag....

http://www.myemoticons.com/images/communicate/signs/a-c/attention-please.gif I received a message from my daughter (she texted me during lunch) and she got her paper back during class today and she...

Hanna... you've been down this path before We are not the only place that says a pledge or sings anthems. Believe me, it is more of a tradition than being patriotic. Young boys (and girls) today,...

Shut the front door!

The moon... for real?

Oh my, I love how this is worded. I makes it sound as if the SU is now a pile of ashes. Like the entire country was Lot's wife and blinked and...

Say what? :upset: That little tidbit of information certain went by me. But then again, most of politics did when I was growing up. Remember, Star Wars was a movie to me... one I actually saw in a...

Thanks. I forwarded the second one to her teacher and I just got a text from my daughter that he is showing it to them in class right now!! You see how much you impact the lives of American school...

My daughter's teacher showed them this video!!

Duck And Cover (1951) Bert The Turtle Civil Defense Film

http://youtu.be/IKqXu-5jw60

Okay, so tomorrow is the deadline for the assignment... this thread of course can go on and on, but any last input for the assignment today would be great. Thanks.


BappaBa, thank you so much for...

Very timely for this topic... got a message today that

Sadly the Code Red has been used a few times for real with the schools my girls attend, both in elementary years and as recently as last...

Hey Chaika and Deborski... you out there? I believe the two of you would have some valuable insight and could add to this discussion!:)

Dommer, I keep forgetting you're not a native English speaker and then I see that you forget all your "the" and remember! You did a great job of not using USA and using US instead, that is what...

So younger daughter came home today with and essay assignment about the Cold War. I thought I'd share the assignment with you just so you can see it and also to see what comments you might have:
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