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- 8901: Theme-Basketball (no Works Cit
- ... to realize that participating in basketball was helpful socially, mentally, and most importantly, physically. My Participation in basketball was socially uplifting. One way that it helped me socially, was to change my reaction to meeting new people. When I first started playing, I was always the shy guy in the corner. After years of playing, I have come out of my shell and now am one of the first players to ... got to know them. Playing with them helped me find the true personalities of these kids. The most important way that participating in basketball helped socially, was the fact that I met an abundance of new people. Every time that I started a new recreational basketball season there were always some new kids that I had never met. Getting to know these kids was a doorway to meeting their friends and expanding my horizons socially. Along with the ...
- 8902: The Symbolism Of The Crow
- ... crow was too gossipy for the Greeks. That's why Athena replaced him with the owl, to stay with her. The crow was also devoted to Apollo. The god sent a crow to the aquatic world, to bring back water, there the crow discovered a fig tree, whose fruits were not ripe yet, so he waited near the tree to eat ripe figs instead of accomplishing his task he was punished ... purification.(For the Love of Crows A web page about Crows) The crow, symbol of the supreme God for Tlingit Indians (NorthWest of the Pacific), the crow is the main divine character. He organizes the world, gives civilization and culture, creates and frees the sun. For Haοda Indians (North-western coast of the Canada), the crow will steal the sun from the sky's master, to give it to the earth ... the Asiatic mythology; in China and in Japan, he shows love and gratitude. According to Chinese legends, ten red crows with three paws flew away from the East Blackberry Tree to bring light to the world, But they unknowingly brought an unbearable heat to the Earth. Yi the Good Archer killed nine of them, and saved the world. The last Crow they say is now in the Sun. So the ...
- 8903: Drugs in the Music Industry
- Drugs in the Music Industry The Music World-glamorous, fast paced, and a world most of us will never be part of. But if we knew what it entailed, would we still want to be? The whole world seems to be building itself around drugs more and more every day, and music industry isn't immune. In fact, music is one of the most influential art forms of today's society, and ...
- 8904: Vintage Or State Of The Art
- ... and safety. Being owner of a 1964 Volkswagen for a number of years I have learned that in order to own a vintage vehicle you have to give up some of the latest technologies a new car has to offer. As we all know there wasn't very much vehicle technology in 1964. With the purchase of a1964 Beetle you get some very unique things when it comes to vintage cars ... vehicle in to get serviced by a mechanic as opposed to doing it yourself with a vintage Beetle. One of the things that catches most peoples eyes when they see a 1998 Beetle is the new body style. Although it is similar and you can tell what kind of car it is it does not hold all of the features that the 1964 held. For example, the headlamps are a little ... has a Bug - like appearance but with a rounder and more concept car look. When safety is mentioned the 1998 Beetle has safety features that far exceed those of the 1964. To begin with all new Beetles have to have safety belts, unlike the 1964, but the safety features don't just end there. 1998 Beetles also come with airbags driver and passenger side, and a stronger body and frame ...
- 8905: Are We Civilized As Civlized A
- We are starting to witness the beginning of a new era. It is full of information and technology, and it will decide how the future is going to be. But despite all our new inventions and ideas that show us how we're better than the generations before us, have we grown in any other ways? Does being civilized only mean to become more advanced technologically, or does it ... quantities of people. Many people have to live in constant fear o these weapons, while others use them for protection. We still have as many wars as we did in the past, but now the new technology used in them helps bring about more casualties. Could this be crueler than our ancestors. Besides the wars, society has not grown in understanding other people. There is still prejudice today. Many hate ...
- 8906: The Government Of The United States
- The Government Of The United States The United States of America, the land of the free, the land of opportunity, the wealthiest country in the world, a country that half the modern world is modeled after. Our President in referred to as the "Leader of the free world". Thousands of people come to this country every year learning about our country in hopes of becoming a citizen. We have what some say the greatest form of government know to this world, a ...
- 8907: Female Infanticide in China and India
- ... the superstition, which is its cause, leading the parents to depend on God, not on male descendants, for comfort in the life to come. It does not alleviate poverty, but it presents life in a new aspect. The slow shift to a more industrialized China created a demand for women's labor in the new factories and more girls were being used in domestic industry, and the fact that some families now began to see girls as an economic asset undoubtedly increased their chances of survival. Aside from these three ... awareness of the rights of the individual and the rights of women, increasing emphasis on the young, a decline in the strict observance of the age-old ideal of filial piety, and the passing of new laws granting equal status to men and women in China. There are equally sharp differences of opinion about the changes that were brought about by the arrival of colonialism in India in regards to ...
- 8908: Botswana
- ... million and ten years later it was P1, 390.9 million. The Gross Domestic Product in 1991 was P7 billion since then, the economy has been rising at 13 percent. Botswana has one of the worlds highest foreign exchange reserves in terms of per capital income. The main cause of economic growth is due to diamonds, minerals, and beef exports. The most important source of income in Botswana is from ... in the central. These four diamond mines combined revenues have accounted for 77 percent of the total exports and 45 percent of total GDP. The Botswana government owns these mines. Botswana is by far the worlds largest diamond exporter earning over 1,41 billion dollars. Botswana economy is expected to be the fastest growing in the world. The growth rate in the past four years was seven percent. The January issue of the Economist magazine says Mozambique has been the fastest growing economy and that it is amazing that the five ...
- 8909: Abe Lincoln
- ... year later though, Thomas Lincoln found a second wife, in order to help around the house, named Sarah Bush Johnston, whom had three kids of her own. Abe and Sarah quickly grew to love their new stepmother, who kept an immaculate house and even pushed Abe to do his studies. At age eleven, Abe was to required to go to school regularly when there was a teacher, and whenever this was ... as a hired hand for other farms. But throughout his youth, reading was what inticed and excited Abe, so much so that once he even hiked twenty miles to borrow one book. Always teaching himself new things, Abe got interested in law, when reading a book on the laws of Indiana. After that he went miles around to hear lawyers try cases, and even went all the way to Kentucky to ... Every time he became more and more obsessed with law feeding his dreams of becoming a lawyer and a politician. At the age of nineteen, Abe get the chance to go on a boat to New Orleans, wear he first saw the auctioning of slaves. The sight of slaves in chains sickened him and the thought tormented him for the rest of his life. In 1830 the Lincoln's packed ...
- 8910: Solvent Abuse
- ... receiving feedback on it's effectiveness. Bibliography Ausubel,D. Educational Psychology : A Cognitive View. IN:Minton,D. (1991). TEACHING SKILLS IN FURTHER AND ADULT EDUCATION. Macmillan. London. Bandura,A. (1977). SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY. Prentice Hall. New Jersey. Bloom,B.S. Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, Handbook 1, Cognitive Domain. IN:Walton,H. (1986). EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN PSYCHIATRY. King Edward's Hospital Fund. London. Bruner,J.S. (1964). TOWARD A THEORY OF INSTRUCTION. Belknap Press. Massachusetts. Curzon,L.B. (1985). TEACHING IN FURTHER EDUCATION. Holt, Reinhart and Winston. New York. Hinchliff,S. (1992). THE PRACTITIONER AS TEACHER. Scutari Press. London. Jarvis,P. (1988). ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION : THEORY AND PRACTICE. Routledge and Kegan Paul. London. Joyce,B. and Weil,M. (1986). MODELS OF TEACHING ... 1994). TEACHING AND ASSESSING IN NURSING PRACTICE : AN EXPERIENTIAL APPROACH. Scutari Press. London. Knowles,M. (1973). THE ADULT LEARNER A NEGLECTED SPECIES. Gulf Publishing. Houston. Maslow,A. (1971). THE FARTHER REACHES OF HUMAN NATURE. Penguin. New York. Peters,R.S. (1977). EDUCATION AND THE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS. Routledge and Kegan Paul. London. Rogers,C. (1983). FREEDOM TO LEARN. Merrill. New York. Rowntree,D. (1987). ASSESSING STUDENTS : HOW SHALL WE KNOW ...
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