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- 491: Invisable Man - Black Leaders
- ... from high school at the age of sixteen. He was the valedictorian and the only black in his graduating class of twelve. He was abandoned after his graduation and was forced to pay for his college education by himself. He gained a scholarship to Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. At college he finally understood the problem that faced Southern blacks. Growing up Du Bois had never encountered racism. However, at college he kept hearing of the growing number of racial related violence. The desire to help improve the lives of all blacks grew. Du Bois graduated from Fisk and was accepted at Harvard where he ...
- 492: Personal Seat Licenses
- ... upscale finishes, climate control, and upgraded concessions and services. Unlike a seat license, a club seat is acquired on a year-by-year basis, although there can be some long-term leasing. Example of a College Using the PSL Program: Texas Tech In recent years, PSL’s have become the rage in college and professional sports. Simply put, the PSL guarantees a fan a specific seat. The decision for Texas Tech University to build the United Spirit Arena, a state-of-the-art, approximately 15,000-seat facility ... think the biggest question that colleges and universities will need to answer before initiating such a proposal is whether or not they will actually be able to sell the seat licenses. In asking that question, college officials will need to look at the status of their teams- if they are winning or losing. Having a losing team doesn’t make it any easier to motivate people to come out and ...
- 493: House On Mango Street
- ... like the whites hoping they would invite him into their world. He was never invited. In high school, his best friend was Leo. Leo was a Chicano who helped David to see the importance of college. This was something that David's teachers had not done. Leo and David applied and were accepted into college. Leo later dropped out. David soon distanced himself from Leo. David treated him badly because he was no longer in college and he was a mirror image of David. In the end, David treated his best friend like the whites had treated him. (packet Yo Soy Chicano). In our society, people come from all backgrounds ...
- 494: Depression and Its Effects
- ... young women found that; although the risk for new onset of depression occurred across the age range, the highest risk was between 18 and 19 years, when these women graduated from high school and started college. The overall risk was highest in the first 2 years (a time when they began their college education and some moved away from home). After that, there was a trend for diminished risk over time. These results suggest that older adolescent females with vulnerability to depression may be more susceptible while negotiating certain developmental challenges, such as starting college, moving away from home, and preparing for full-time employment. Recent research suggests that severe childhood emotional trauma plays a role in many women's depressions. The American Psychological Association's Task Force on ...
- 495: Demanding Greatness: Steroid Use
- ... police officers are using steroids to increase their physical strength in order to do their jobs.6 High school athletes also feel they need to take them in order to secure a spot on a college team or for a scholarship.7 The word steroids was hardly heard in the news until the 1988 Olympics. It was announced that Ben Johnson from Canada had taken steroids to help him set the ... was not the first time steroids have been used in a professional event. “Some studies estimated that up to 80 percent of professional football players, half of all world-class athletes, and 20 percent of college and high school athletes used steroids to help them perform better.”8 One million Americans were estimated of taking steroids. Most of them were athletes and bodybuilders.9 Not many people realize how easy it ... injuries may take longer to heal. Although there isn’t solid proof on the rate of change of the steroid problem, it is believed that the problem is increasing. As the competition to grab a college scholarship increases, more and more teenagers will start using the drugs.25 There is also the stereotype of males that they have to be macho and not a wimp. Steroids don’t make sports ...
- 496: Alcoholism: Is It Hereditary?
- ... case that theories of inherited alcoholism have been limited solely to men (Valliant). Valliant (1983) suggested a modified cross-generational selection process to explain the large difference in the appearance of alcohol dependence between his college and his core-city sample: the lower incidence of dependence in the college group could be due to the economic and social failures of fathers of alcoholics that made it less likely their children would enter college. However, in explaining his extremely strong finding of ethnic differences in alcoholism, Valliant relied on standard interpretations of how different cultures view alcohol and socialize its use. What makes Valliant’s reference to genetic ...
- 497: Booker T. Washington
- ... got a job as a teacher in west Virginia during the reconstruction period. After teaching for two years at Malder. Washington went to Washington DC to study. And he got a chance to compare Hamilton college with other colleges, he noticed that students here had more money and where well dressed, than kids at Hamilton. After he went back he was asked to be in charge of night school, so he ... 10 thousand dollars and they had no money at all. Armstrong called from Hamilton and told Washington to get over here at once, when he got their he told him the good news that Hamilton college would assist in building the new building and the Tuskegee institution would have to pay nothing. Washington got a invitation to go to the international meeting of Christian workers in 1893 held in Atlanta, Ga ... she was arrested. Booker T. Washington made a big step when he got enrolled at Hamilton Institution. The African American community was very delighted and happy to see some one from their race going to college. They all helped him and supported him in any way they could, some even gave him money. I think Booker T. Washington was a role model for all the people in this nation and ...
- 498: Mothers That Work
- ... model for the children to follow. Children whose parents are not educated often do not feel the need to be educated themselves. Financial security is another factor that determines whether or not a child attends college. A well-known author in the field of child psychology explained, “Possibly extra money in the house would make it easier for children of employed women to plan on college.” (Hoffman 158). Louis Hoffman also states many employed mothers, “often indicate they are working solely to help finance their children’s college education” (Hoffman 158). High quality day care centers provide opportunities for exploring and creating, for positive social interactions, and for language learning. ABC news reported that recent studies have proven “The higher the quality ...
- 499: Arthur C. Clarke
- ... well about armed conflict because he had experienced it for himself. In June 1946 Clarke was demobilized from the R.A.F. Only 3 months later in October of 1946 Clarke Enrolled at King's College in London where he attained a bachelor's of General Science Degree in physics, applied and pure mathematics. This gave him the base of knowledge, which he used to understand space and underlay many of ... true physics of movement. Other important events in 1946 include his election to Chairmanship of the British Interplanetary Society and his meeting of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkein. In 1948 he graduated college with first class honors. He then attended University College for post-graduate studies in Astronomy. This further reinforced his knowledge of space and helped allow him to write the myriad of non-fiction books about space that he has written. In June of ...
- 500: Dyslexia
- ... Ennis Cosby (son of Bill Cosby), who was also dyslexic. His father ( Bill Cosby) remembers watching in frustration as his son studied and studied but got nowhere with his grades. Ennis managed to enter Morehouse College in Atlanta, but he continued to struggle with his schoolwork. His mother Camille told Jet Magazine in 1992, “We didn't know that Ennis was dyslexic until he went to college.” However, Ennis enrolled in a short program that quickly prepared him to deal with his dyslexia and to fully master reading. Soon after he made the dean's list. He then headed for graduate school ... for testers, tutors, and schools specializing in dyslexia, as well as information on new technologies, Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (I.D.E.A.) legislation, Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations for college students and adults, and medical research updates. They encourage early intervention, including a multisensory, structured, sequential approach to language acquisition for individuals with dyslexia. They offer professionals and educators information on multisensory structured language ...
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