Thursday, October 20, 2011

The national labor union

The national labor union founded by William H Sylvis was a polygot association claiming 640,000 members, that included a variety of reform groups having little direct relationship with labor

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

immigrants

I think that being a nation of immigrants means that out country is very diverse in culture. This is good because in ones personal preferences about life they have many different religions to chose from. The immigrants that formed this country took many risk that others where not willing to take. The reason some immigrants took these risk is because they knew that in america it was possible to be successful. I am glad to be from america and i think that the reason that we are called the country of immigrants is because many people want the freedom and liberties that Americans have in their lives.
                                      

        To be from the Americas in most countries is a privilege and i think that the reason so many people are trying become a part of this nation is because they want a better life. Weather they came over legally or illegally they still where willing to risk it all to experience the country that I live in. To me this makes me feel like I have been blessed growing up here. This makes me feel like I have what other countries want for their citizens. I feel blessed to be from the USA., the country that was structured by immigrants.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

History

In the films that we watched this week in class I found to be really informative about the ancestors of this country  and how they got to the Americas. In the films they explained and showed the ancestry of several people who are citizens of the united states. I thought that the pictures they where able to find where really moving to the people who had relatives in them. By being able to actually see the background and what their relatives went through seamed to make people really appreciated and want to go back to where originally from in the U.S.
      These films made me want to research my own family background. I  found my self appreciating Yo Yo Ma
a lot more because of the rough childhood he went through. In his situation if his dad didn't get one job his life could be completely different. Even though he wasn't a violinist he still proved his parents wrong by being a master of the Cello, the instrument that he chose to play at age 4. These videos made me a lot more interested in my family hood and opened my views of who I am actually related to.