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    Imagine you are an immigrant who just arrived in America. You have almost no money and the only people you know in a thousand mile radius are part of your family. You have to find a source of income, a place to live, and do so many more things to get yourself on your feet. We have learned from the four pieces that, when immigrants in the real world migrate to America they face challenges and have to adjust to them. One of the challenges immigrants face and must adjust to are problems in their

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    Acculturation: Theory and evidence When people leave their country to go to live or study in a new country, it is common for them to undergo a process of adaption to the new country and its culture. This process is often referred to as ‘acculturation’. The American researcher, Scarcella (1998), has outlined a four-stage theory of acculturation. Mesidor and Sly (2015) also describe the acculturation process. These researchers provide the main theoretical background to this essay. For this research

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    Living in a foreign country is not an easy option for everyone; in addition, peope must face to many difficulties during time they live there. Some imigrants have to come back home then, because they are being under stress in adapting to new life. There is a quote that “If you don’t like something, change it, if you can not change it, change the way you think”. If you can’t still change your thinking, you’re not belong to that place. Somebody can do very well in a new environment, but somebody can

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    I can still remember that day. If you asked me, I thought the world was coming to a blazing end. Well, at least my world. It was a very humid and hot summer afternoon. Unusually warm for New England, it was the type of weather found in the deep south of our country. It was quite a coincidence actually; since this was the type of weather I would have to be used to. After all here I was on my way down to the south moving to Kentucky. It was a slightly a year before when I was first told by my parents

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    started to develop in the mid-1960’s and began to hit its peak in the 1970’s. The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Outlaws, The Marshall Tucker Band, and ZZ Top were a few of the great early bands in southern rock. Southern rock is still a popular genre including Kid Rock, Shakey Graves, Drive-By Tuckers, and Blackberry Smoke. Atlanta Rhythm Section, a very popular southern rock band, is known for one of their most popular songs, Homesick, released in 1981. This song is categorized as southern rock due

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    The Punk Rock Culture

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    uprisings in which "punk rockers" have been a part of. a. As mentioned earlier, one of the most memorable of these rebellions was the Bad Religion riot, or more commonly and simply known as "The Riot". On December 29, 1990, a Fire Marshall cancelled a Bad Religion concert when it appeared the over-capacity crowd presented a safety hazard. When the cancellation was announced, the 1,000 agitated fans at the El Portal Theater erupted into violence, causing multiple

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    notable concert violinist, one of the most nationally recognized players of the violin is a fiddler. Charlie Daniels is widely thought to be one of the best fiddlers of all time. Charlie Daniels is the head Fiddler/vocalist for the Charlie Daniels Band. They are most famous for their song “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” as well as “Simple Man.” In“The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” Charlie Daniel’s fiddling is widely regarded as the “best fiddle ever recorded.” His career spans all the back to

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    Land Is My Land" (a tune that mourns disparity) for George H. W. Hedge. This year, he picked Aerosmith 's "Fantasy On," a substantial, spiraling tune about death that Donald Trump in the long run needed to quit utilizing in light of the fact that the band more than once whined. ("Despite the fact that I have the lawful right to utilize Steven Tyler 's tune, he requested that me not," Trump tweeted. "Have better one to have its spot! Steven Tyler got more exposure on his tune demand than he 's gotten

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    sentiments. (Sanjek) The youth counterculture was able to experience musicians such as Joan Baez, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Grateful Dead and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. (Festival concludes) For James, just beginning his adult life, these bands brought on new ideas he never quite imagined were possible. It was due to the fact that he had grown up with parents who lived in an era of conformity. Thus he never experienced this type of self-expression and open anger with the American Government

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    The Mullet Species The mullet is no longer just a hair-cut, it has spawned into a species that fits in the lower hierarchy of society. A mullet, by definition, is actually Any of various stout-bodied, edible fishes of the family Mugilidae, found worldwide in tropical and temperate coastal waters and some freshwater streams. What kind of lifestyles do the mullets live and what kind of stereotype do they develop from it? There’s more to a mullet than just a definition.      The

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