Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Live in Germany for 8 years. Learn to speak German conversationally. Take an integration course to make the process easier. Prove your German parentage if you want to apply for citizenship by descent. Earn enough money to support your family without welfare benefits. Keep a clean record. Determine if you fall into a special category for immigration.

Answer: You must have a limited residence visa or a permanent residency visa to live in Germany. Before you become a citizen, you must hold these visas for 8 years. If you are willing to take a German integration course, you only need to live there for 7 years.  If you have been married to a German citizen for at least 2 years, you only need to have lived in Germany for 3 years before applying for citizenship. Refugees and asylum seekers in Germany can seek citizenship 8 years after they have been granted official asylum status and received their residence permit. Time spent in Germany before receiving asylum status generally does not count. Your German must be at a “B1” level. This means that you can speak and read German well enough to perform basic tasks and to communicate your needs. To prove your language skills, you may either present a “DTZ” certificate from an integration course or take a language exam to receive a Zertifikat Deutsch certificate. A high school or university diploma from a German institution may also work. Most language schools and community colleges in Germany offer language courses and exams. German integration courses are not required, but they can make the process much easier. These courses can reduce the residency requirement by 1 year. They can give you a certificate to prove your language ability.  You can find integration courses at language schools or German community colleges, known as Volkshochschule. You may either take a full language course if you need to learn German or a much shorter culture orientation course if you're already proficient in the language. Language courses usually take 600 hours of instruction while culture orientation courses only take 100 hours. At the end of each course, there will be an exam. Once you pass this exam, you will receive a certificate. Only 1 of your parents needs to be German for you to qualify for citizenship via right of blood or Jus Sanguinis. You will need to gather documents proving their German citizenship, such as a birth certificate or a German identification card. Children with 1 German parent and 1 parent from the UK, US, EU, or former Soviet Union can apply for dual citizenship. This means that you can be both a citizen of Germany and another country. If you do not have German parents, you cannot get dual citizenship from the US or UK, but you may still be able to get it from the EU or former Soviet countries. There is no magic number as to how much money you must earn to get German citizenship. The important thing to prove is that you are capable of supporting yourself and any dependents (such as children) without using benefits from the government. To prove that you can support yourself, you may provide pay stubs, tax records, or bank statements. To receive citizenship, you cannot have any criminal offenses on your record. A background check will performed on you after you submit your application. If a criminal offense is found, your application may be denied. There are a few special circumstances where you may be able to apply for citizenship where you may not have been eligible otherwise. In these situations, talk to a German Federal Office of Administration (BVA) for more information about your situation.  If you were adopted by a German citizen, you can apply for citizenship through them. If your citizenship was revoked by the National Socialist regime (commonly known as the Nazis), you may be eligible to regain your German citizenship. This includes cases where your citizenship may have been denied at birth.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Ensure your pages have at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) of margin on the left-hand side.

Answer: If you printed your pages using a conventional Word document, you should automatically have 1 inch (2.5 cm) of border. If you wrote your pages by hand, make sure the writing has a margin. If you don’t have a margin, any words on the left-hand edge will be impossible to read.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Think about the triviality of status. Find what you excel at. Put your own needs first. Leave when it's appropriate.

Answer:
If your friends are making you feel jealous or inadequate, it's important to take a moment to consider how trivial status can be. People outside of your small circle of friends are unlikely to attribute much meaning at all to your friends' elevated statuses. Remind yourself that your friends' superiority is entirely in their own heads. Even if your friends are prettier, wealthier, or smarter than you, try being grateful for the natural advantages that you possess instead of being jealous of what they have. It's important to let go of the childish notion that everything in life needs to be fair. Chances are you can do at least one thing better than your friends. No matter what this thing is, embrace it and do your very best. The point is not to prove to your friends that you are better than them, but rather to prove to yourself that you are worthy and unique.  Instead of comparing yourself to your friends and trying to be as good as them, focus on constantly becoming a better version of yourself. Keep in mind that your friends' success is not in any way related to your own, so their achievements should never take away from yours.  If your friends truly believe they are better than you, they will never recognize your accomplishments, even if you succeed in outdoing them. This is why it's so important to recognize your own accomplishments. Try not to think about what your friends will think about every little decision you make in your life. Chances are, they will put you down whether you try to accommodate them or not, so don't worry about it. Do what makes you happy and don't worry about getting anyone else's approval. If your friends are abusive, deceptive, or in denial about their behavior, it's probably time to end the friendships. You can do so much better, and you will be much happier with friends who treat you well.