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I can still recall some of my knowledge from US history class two years ago about The Declaration of Independence but I have to admit that everything I learned went in my right ear and came out my left ear since it was my first year in the United States and at that time speaking English was still considered to be a big struggle to me. I guess without the general knowledge and background, or simply just not having been living here make everything difficult to comprehend. After reading Cullen's chapter about the Declaration, I was very confused: nothing really makes sense. It was not that I didn't read the chapter carefully- I did read it word by word, and even reread a couple paragraphs that I thought were somehow crucial,judging from the word "freedom" and "independence". Last night Enich, Mike, and Gina spent a good chunk of time explaining how American politic work because we were just talking about the election - obviously I didn't contribute much because I didn't know anything about it. I wish I can have a magic book that contains everything I have to know and just read it through.