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- 9461: Without Men
- ... titles (formally known to be only men jobs) to acknowledge the women who have gone into these fields: from fireman to firefighter; mailman to mail deliverer; policeman to police officer; and etc. Due to these new opportunities that have been made possible to women, more and more of them are joining the workforce each year. According to America Today, about 55% of the people who enter the workforce each year are ... government positions. It is only a matter of time that this should happen. Once women advance and control these aspects of society, they will learn that they do not need men to survive. Imagine the world without men. Would the (female) human specie be able to continue dominating the Earth? Personally, I believe so. I believe that modern scientists will eventually be able to develop a scientific method that will allow ... possible. But eventually, the women will excel in all these areas and come to realize that they can survive without man and rid of them. This extreme idea is hard to believe now because the world is full of men, but I believe that there will come a day when women will rule the Earth and men will only exist in history books.
- 9462: Summary Observing and Remembering
- ... Fathers are expected to screen every aspect of their child's life. The media has become the mainstream in children's lives. The struggle for their own child's attention is growing greater by the new candy bar advertised on TV. I t is hard enough to raise a child in these times. And on the other hand spend quality time with them and also make sure they do their homework and brush their teeth every night. After all of that you don't want to argue about why the can't have the cereal on TV or that new Barbie that just came out. Children don't understand that there are a lot of other things going on than whats going on in their little world. There is a fine line in loving a child and disciplining them too. I think it all depends on the morals and prioritys the parents.
- 9463: Active Learning
- ... doing’ and this leads to understanding.” Learning by doing is a theme that many educators have stressed since John Dewey’s convincing argument that “children must be engaged in an active quest for learning and new ideas”. (Hendrikson, 1984) Jean Piaget also stressed the need for concrete operations in early childhood. Some educators incorrectly assume that active learning is important only in the education of young children. However, Piaget makes it ... skills. By implementing active learning in more classrooms students will be better prepared for situations they will face in everyday life. References Hedrikson, L. (1984, September) Active Learning. ERIC Digest 17 [Article posted on the World Wide Web]. Retrieved September 9, 1998 from http://www.ansc.purdue.edu/%7Erallrich/learn/active.html Peterson, J. (1996, October 31). Discussing active learning over dinner. Iowa State Daily. [Article posted on the World Wide Web] Retrieved September 9, 1998 from http://www.daily.iastate.edu/item /archives.html.
- 9464: Russian Revolution
- ... the czar or his opponents, however. Radical revolutionaries continued to fight for a democratic republic, and the czar wanted to retain his control of the peasants. The next two revolutions were successful. They occurred during World War I, when Russian military forces were hard pressed by the Germans. The March Revolution of 1917 led to the abdication of Nicholas and the installation of a provisional government. The leader of this government ... reform, workers' control of factories, and self-determination for the non-Russian peoples. Once in power he turned his back on all programs of reform, but he kept his promise to take Russia out of World War I. It was Kerensky's persistence in fighting the war that undid the provisional government, though other factors contributed. The Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, undermined the war effort with propaganda among the soldiers. The ... Lenin went far to allay economic discontent by advocating such policies as affirming the rights of the peasants to own land, by reducing taxes, and by permitting a certain amount of private enterprise in his New Economic Policy. But in politics he was rigid. No opinions other than those sanctioned by the Communist party were allowed. The party itself was controlled by its Central Committee and increasingly by smaller units. ...
- 9465: Annexation Of Hawaii
- ... saw many great economic and military advantages to having Hawaii annexed as a state. He realized that Hawaii in itself was a growing industry, soon to be had as a major sugar producer in the world at the time. Plus, Hawaii offered a huge strategic position, lying in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, which could serve as a docking point for many U.S. warships. Stevens himself felt that ... Bulletin, Hawaii, 1993. 2. Stevens to Blaine, March 25, 1892. Dispatches, Hawaii, XXV. 3. Pratt, Julius W. Expansionists of 1898, pp.50-51 copyright 1936. Bibliography 1. Pratt, Julius W. Expansionists of 1898, Quadrangle Books. New York, New York, Copyright 1936. 2. Stevens, John L. Letter to Bro. Blaine, March 25, 1982. 3. Liliuokalani. “Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen,” Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1964.
- 9466: Events Of The Civil Rights Mov
- ... attended by thousands, at which his mother left the casket open. A picture of Emmett's distended corpse was published in Jet magazine. Mamie Bradley decided to have the funeral delayed because she wanted the world to see what "those animals that call themselves men" had done to her son. In less than two weeks after the body of Emmett was buried his murderers were put on trial in a segregated ... for the Civil Rights Movement, since it affected adolescents that were apart of the movement. Mamie Bradley lectured around the country calling herself a "nobody" and her son " a little nobody that shook up the world". She used to believe that the business of blacks in the South was their own business, but then saw that it was everyone's business. The murder of Emmett Till gave the first spark to ... the Ku Klux Klan. The White Knights lived in the area in which COFO concentrated most of their operations. Michael Schwerner really was not liked by the White Knights. Since, Schwerner was a Jew from New York he was seen as a target for the White Knights. The White Knights referred to him as a "Nigger loving agitator." Knowing the dangers of their trips, on June 20, 1964, Chaney, Goodman, ...
- 9467: Kreutzer Sonata
- ... for one above everybody else" (p.530) but as Pozdnyshev puts it, love can only last for a short amount of time. He refuses to believe that love can last for a lifetime in a world where everything is changing all the time. "In real life this preference for one may last for years (that happens very rarely), more often for months, or perhaps for weeks, days, or hours" (p.530 ... souls - and instead of that there is this! Impossible, this is not she!' I tried to soften her but encountered such an insuperable wall of cold virulent hostility" (p.549-550) This experience sheds a new light on the woman that he once thought he knew and loved so much. After seeing a separate side of her, he realizes that he does not know her as well as he thought he did and therefore the love that he felt for his wife slowly diminishes. Pozdnyshev's unsuccessful marriage gives him new insight on relationships between men and women. It enables him to come to the cynical realization that true everlasting love can never exist so long as women continue to be unfaithful, relationships continue to ...
- 9468: Al Capone
- Al Capone’s Rise to Power Johnny Torrio was a notorious bootlegger from Chicago. He needed a man to run his illegal business. He chose Alfonso Capone from Five Points Gang in New York to be his lieutenant. Capone was able to rise to power by handling the emergencies and by handling political connections. In 1920, mobster Johnny Torrio had an inspiration. He discovered that there was big money to be made with an outlawed liquor business. He needed a lieutenant to run his business, and picked a 23-year-old bullheaded roughneck Al Capone from Five Points Gang of New York to run his business, to go to Chicago and bootleg. He promised him half the profit for his work. Al Capone was an excellent choice for Johnny Torrio. Al Capone settled in Chicago, in ... his own politicians. For example, his greatest accomplishment was the installment of his own mayor. Al Capone, without a doubt, is a great person in the history of the United States. He was a very brave and wise guy who single-handedly made a crime a state of art.
- 9469: Gambling
- ... of the gambling industry. This is one of the reasons why legalized gamgling doesn’t hurt the U.S. economy; instead it improves the U.S. economy, because legalized gambling gives entertainment to citizens, brings new job oppurtunities, and lowers taxes; that is why the U.S. should legalize all gambling in all states. Gambling has been practiced by people throughout history. Anthropologists, who have found evidence of games of chance among early peoples, contend that the attitude of early humankind toward gambling derived from their general attitude toward the environment. To these people the world was a mysterious place controlled by supernatural beings whose favor or disfavor was manifested through chance situations and the outcome of such events as hunts, wars, and games of chance; instruments of divination frequently included ... bingo. Games of this type, as well as slot machines, constitute a major industry in Nevada—especially in the cities of Las Vegas and Reno—where gambling was legalized in 1931, and in Atlantic City, New Jersey, which legalized casino gambling in 1978. In the early 1990s such gambling, with certain limitations, was legalized in South Dakota and several other states and on some Native American reservations. In 1991 gambling ...
- 9470: Teenagers
- ... separate categories ranging from the radical, moderate, and conservative. The "radical" teenager may be best described as one going to all extremes to try and prove something that nobody else can really understand. Punks, stoners, new-wavers, skaters, surfers, and other similar people fall into this category. The "moderate" sub-species of the teenager may best be described as the classic teenager, or really a teenager who epitomizes most of the ... and "moderate" teenagers are usually quite unpredictable and can usually never be trusted. The last of these categories, the "conservative" teenager describes the class of teenagers who follow the rules and teachings of the adult world without a complaint or rejection. One will most likely find a "conservative" teen in the front of the classroom trying to get as close to the teacher's desk as possible. Typically, qualities of this ... person accepted just about everything taught by their parents as they had no reason not to believe in their parents, and also knew no better. As us teens begin to think, we find logic in new and different beliefs, and find many old beliefs obsolete. Although we teens are far from perfect, we are still not treated to the best of the older generation's ability. We are forced to ...
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