'America, Land of the Free'

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Page 75: "Persian ice cream serves as a reminder that Persia was once one of the greatest empires in the world."

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Before February vacation, in History, Mr. Kahill's class finished our unit about ancient Greece and the wars that the Greeks and the Persians were involved in and won.

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Page 75: "My relatives and I are proud to be Iranian, but we also give tremendous thanks for our lives in America, a nation where freedom reigns."

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I think that this a common misconception about immigrants.  I think that most people in the United States think that people from other countries come and take advantage of the systems and take our jobs and don't appreciate it.  I think it is a huge misconception that people have and I don't think that it is true in every situations.