Your America in 250 Words: Aspri Jarlismi
A master’s student in teaching and learning in the Department of Teaching and Learning, College of Education and Human Ecology from Indonesia, Aspri Jarlismi shares her “Your America in 250 Words” essay.
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Your America in 250 Words: Aula Andika Fikrullah Al Balad
A PhD student in STEM education in the Department of Teaching and Learning, College of Education and Human Ecology from Indonesia, Aula Andika Fikrullah Al Balad shares his “Your America in 250 Words” essay. -
Your America in 250 Words: Jingyan Liu
A nursing student from China, Jingyan Liu shares her “Your America in 250 Words” essay. -
Your America in 250 Words: Samuel Oluwayemi
A master’s student from Nigeria in the Department of Animal Sciences in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences , Samuel Oluwayemi shares his “Your America in 250 Words” essay. -
America was hopeful and proud 250 years ago. Are you?
From the perspective of 2026, a time of deep pessimism in America, what is most striking about 1776 is how optimistic the patriots sound. With the stroke of a feather, their self-anointed Congress simply declared that the “United Colonies” had assumed “a separate and equal station” with other nations and were thus entitled to do “all Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do.”