Yes, it is indeed that the colony of Spain and Americans had a great help to prosper our country; the Spain by its legacy of Christianity and Americans by introducing the modern educational system in the Philippines. But if we will understand it deeply we are plunder already by the Spain and Americans. ... Third, we all know that we have many resources that can help rise our country. ... The colonizers who help us? ... Yes, they have a great help especially in terms of political in our country. ...

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A more modern example of Mary Louise Pratt's essay is the movie "The Help." ... This film is a good reflection of what Pratt expresses as the relationship between that the oppressors and the oppressed (The Help, 2012). ... Guaman Poma's letter was written in a mix of Spanish and Quechua. ... This belief appears in Hilly's "Home Help Sanitation Initiative", a plan to legislate mandatory separate toilets for black domestic help because "black people carry different diseases than white people"(The Help, 2012). ... For example, upon spending time with Aibileen, who is a 53-year-old ...

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Cyrus the Younger hired 10 700 Greek Hoplite soldiers to help press his claim to the Persian throne, and they managed to battle their way over more than 1500 miles and make it back home to Greece. ... This was a battle which numbers wise should not have been won by the Spanish. ... Logistically speaking, there was almost no possible way for the Spanish to even come close to taking down the Aztecs. ... One thing that the Spanish had was the fact that they were so much more culturally advanced than the Aztecs. ... The one thing that helps to prove the point that Hanson is trying to justify is th...

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Not only is the Elima a courting process, but it helps resolve any Akami made by the distinction of male and female. ... If it starts that the men are winning, a male runs to the women's side to help. ... The Quinceniera is the right of passage ceremony for Catholic Spanish females. ... The Quinceniera them moved up into Mexico where Spanish settlers discovered it. ... This consists of music, food, and traditional Spanish dances. ...

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Ed Vega writes that it is "Spanish Roulette," the somewhat futile desire to accept the duality of living two cultures. ... "You were born and tagged with a funny-ass Spanish name. ... Sixto Andrade, the young poet in "Spanish Roulette," is fighting the dichotomy between his Latino and western upbringing. ... Back on the roller coaster playing "Spanish Roulette," he "laughs sarcastically at himself thinking he is probably going to back down" (572). ... " For dinner they decide to go to an American restaurant where the "atmosphere helps yo...

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In many occasions this is the problem of Argentinean politicians they think on their own benefit and not on the benefit of all the society Argentineans seem to be an emotional society because in times that maybe the country is not progressing and many people need help solidarity increases, this shows that Argentineans have feelings and their emotions is very important in the decisions people make. ... The most explicit things in the argentine culture: the first language is spanish, some typical foods are the asado (the most typical argentine food) and the other can be the guiso although, s...

• Word Count: 660
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Communication helps us to establish a relation with other people. ... Intercultural communication also helps us to adapt in different societies. ... It also helped me in my research papers as i used to talk to Hispanic. It helped me a great deal in my spanish classes and also in my projects. ... It also helps us to know their ideas. ...

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Not only did they have to help nations like the Philippines but also they have to do so quickly so the adaptation of American traits and social life will result in a profitable way. ... However, the U.S. did not consider that the Philippines did have already a civilization, which was based firstly on their own culture and secondly on Spanish occupation before the U.S. came to this territory. ... This was false, since already more advanced and "civilized" groups existed due to the impact of the Spanish settlers. ... By convincing the general public that becoming a colonial power was of great im...

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According to research on the topic of "Culture Shock," overcoming the shock, requires a person to identify with the occurrences that might have caused the shock, and implementing a behavior that eases you into a kind of adaptation, that will help the acceptance of your new surroundings move right along. ... Hannigan wrote about an experience with culture shock: "I decided to study in Spain during my junior year of college. ... When she got an apartment, she had a Spanish roommate that she was able to spend time with and ease into the culture rather than trying to get everything a...

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This model sees the Deaf Community just as if it was any other culture rather it be Spanish or Russian. ... I believe the author holds a cultural perspective because they talk so much on the oppression of the pathological opinion and how it is better to hold a cultural opinion, because it will help you develop a relationship with deaf people and the Deaf Community....

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Symbol Symbols can be gestures, signs, objects, signals, and words that help people understand the world. ... (Farooq, 2012) For example, as a child I was only permitted to speak my native language "Spanish" in the home and in school I had to speak in English in order to communicate with my classmates and teacher but when I returned home; it was back to speaking "Spanish" again. ...

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And lastly I would recommend this book because it talks about Spanish and Japanese cultures which are really interesting to read about. ... One of the strategies that helped my comprehension was summarizing because it helped me think of what I was reading, it also made me make sure that I actually understood what I was reading. ...

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The word "siesta" comes from the Spanish culture that is a time of the day when everyone goes home from work to rest and relax. ... Drinking alcohol is a form of leisure that helps separate ones mind from the many worries of life that humans have created for themselves in the modern world. ...

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Just because they are Spanish speaking Americans and need a job that doesn't require and education, white man gets upset. ... The community is getting the best help around for VERY little money. ...

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These factors do, however, influence a person's health, ability to seek medical help, and their response to medical care. ... Based on the patient's physical appearance, the nurse provided him with a booklet written in Spanish entitled "Mexican Foods for Heart Health" and another booklet called "Free Health Service Resources for Non- U.S. ...

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Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication My first language was English, my second Arabic and my third was Spanish. ... My Spanish is much more practical for basic conversation than my Arabic, but it would not be classified as conversational. ... I have come to understand that my close knit family provided me with a system to distribute my stressful emotions from Sam and Donna to one of my older siblings, and I learned to reach out for help and not to be a burden to one person. ...

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It also promotes racial and ethnic identities that help to challenge negative images. ... In addition, the way in which individuals organize themselves along music lines also helps to shape the society in terms of ethnic diversity. ... " while the other languages like Spanish are seen as minor languages because those who speak are Hispanics. ...

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Nowadays, the company H&M is extremely competitive in the market, rivaling with Zara (Spanish company) and GAP (US company). ... Having clear values also helps H&M to attract and retain the right people, further contributing to the success. ... Everyone was willing to help others." ...

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Black Elk's explanation of beliefs and rituals helps give concrete examples of how the relationship between humans with one another, humans with God, and humans with the earth play out in reality. ... Through our conversation of mixed Spanish and English, gestures, and body language, I learned how truly out of sync things are in our American society. ...

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He says, "An American is English or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. ... American's do not want to benefit from other peoples successes, but rather, improve their daily lives in some way, and help the culture that created that good or tradition to profit. ...

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From Dean Martin to Wyclef Jean: The Affects of Globalization on Music "Won't you help me sing these songs of freedom?" ... With the ability to help identify a culture, as well as educate countries about other cultures, music also provides for a sense of knowledge. ... As site by Farley (2001) artist sometimes do not conquer a civilization completely, but help to create a hybrid form that has been formed using aspects of a person's own culture and incorporating foreign attributes. ... Even U.S. based Christina Aguilera recorded an entire CD entirely in Spanish. ...

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At times, Spanish people would start talking while looking at me and it was frustrating not knowing what they would mumble. ... This Ethnography has helped me to cope with culture and I was touched to hear this man speak about mostly everything he had to say. ...

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Then those conditions, she argues, even helped the creation of a "...coherent, functional, well integrated, autonomous, and self-confident slave community" (159). ... Hall explains that the reason why the impoverished white class attached itself to the Creole identifier and language, which is a derivative of the pidgin language that was created in Senegambia during the time of first contact and is reflexified with French, English, and Spanish and nativized with Indian languages, was because it was the language of economy of the swamps. ...

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Men generally do the heavy work by placing heavy poles into the ground or overhead, while the women and older children help with thatching, and gathering necessary leaves and vines that constitute the major items in building the structure (Chagnon 1997: 57). ...

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This connection was to the extent that when a runaway woman in Kingston3 was caught and punished, the only way her owners could get her to eat was to solicit her shipmate's help in talking to her. ... The planters tried to teach the enslaved populace their language but somehow this was an arduous task which led to the emergence of Creolese, this was a linguistic syncretism of African languages and the language of the planters, whether it was English, French, Spanish, Portuguese or Dutch. ...

• Word Count: 2280
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate