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- 521: Nova Scotia
- ... of higher education enrolled about 32,750 students. The institutions included Dalhousie University (1818), Mount Saint Vincent University (1925), Saint Mary's University (1802), the Technical University of Nova Scotia (1907), and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (1887), all in Halifax; Acadia University (1838), in Wolfville; Saint Francis Xavier University (1853), in Antigonish; Université Sainte-Anne (1890), in Church Point; the University College of Cape Breton (1951), in Sydney; and Nova Scotia Agricultural College (1905), in Truro. Cultural Institutions Many of Nova Scotia's foremost museums and other cultural facilities are located in Halifax. Among them are the Nova Scotia Museum, with exhibits covering historical themes; the Maritime ...
- 522: From Groups To Teams (sports P
- ... to implement their use in the work environment. The overwhelming question that many of these people strive to answer pertains to the way in which groups of people form into a team. Take twenty male college students, for example, who are between the ages of 18 and 22. A person or group may take these individuals and put them together forming them into a group, nothing more nothing less. They have ... is lost. Probably the most important element to forming a team is the fire that binds the team together. This is accomplished through some type of a rebellious phase. The best way the group of college students above could be bound together would be by having a common hate for a separate individual or team. Many times a person whom every member in the team is against makes that team stronger ... and they complete it to the best of their ability striving for success. In the end it takes many steps in order to forge a group into a team. As in the example with the college students the process takes commitment and time. It is something that every individual must work for but it is not a conscious progression. The transformation of a group into a team happens sort of ...
- 523: A Critical Analysis of Herman Melville's Moby Dick
- ... in politics. Working at his brother's hat store Herman felt, “This is not the way Herman doubtless felt that one's adolescence should open.” (Humford 40) All of Melville's ambitions to go to college, become an orator, and travel were stopped. “Herman was as unambitious as a man of sixty. Such careers do not begin at a hat shop.” (Humford 41) This lost and aimless feeling was similar to ... was back from his voyage still lost and aimless. At the age of twenty one he signed up for a four year voyage on a whaling ship. (Edinger 22) While people his age were in college Melville wrote in Moby Dick, “A whaling ship was my Yale College and Harvard.” “From a cultivated, genteel environment, Melville was suddenly plunged, unprepared into the coarse life of the sea.” (Rosenberry 31) “Moby Dick begins with the striking sentence, ‘Call me Ishmael,' we are immediately ...
- 524: Full-time Students Vs. Part -t
- ... years. Part-time students are generally older, and living on their own. For part-time students it takes a longer time to achieve the goal of graduation. Many students can not afford to go to college on a full-time basis because of the cost of education. They are often not eligible for financial aid or work-study programs because they take as few as 1 - 3 semester hour courses. Scholarships ... difficult time finding the courses they need at the time they need them. It may take months or years before needed courses are offered. Whether the student is going to a university or a community college, they must consider all possibilities before entering college. If you have a full-time job or career, one would usually become a part-time student. If money in not an issue, a full-time route would probably be taken. If family is ...
- 525: The Influence of Thoreau on Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.
- ... of the time, and was a principal figure in the Transcendental Movement. Born David Henry Thoreau and coming from a rather poor family in Massachusetts, Thoreau was the only child in his family to attend college. He graduated from Harvard in 1837 and became interested in natural history, religion, and world literature. Thoreau taught briefly but was dismissed when it became known that he opposed corporal punishment. He and his brother ... had been distilled and crystallized in the mind of Thoreau.” (Miller 238-239) Mahatma Gandhi, also know simply as Gandhi, was born in what is now Gujarât in 1869. He was educated at the University College in London in the field of law. After joining the British Bar Association, Gandhi again returned to India and tried to start a law practice in Bombay, but with little success. Gandhi ended up in ... son of a Baptist minister. He was a clergyman, Nobel Prize winner and internationally recognized leader in peaceful civil disobedience. Like Gandhi he was assassinated for his beliefs. King said of Thoreau: During my early college days I read Thoreau’s essay on civil disobedience for the first time. Fascinated by the idea of refu-sing to cooperate with an evil system, I was so deeply moved I re-read ...
- 526: Unfair
- ... me, nor did they try to explain how my site hurt their students' education. They decided to ignore me as a human, and try to ruin my future by taking away my chance at a college degree. Aren't these people interested in protecting education? Obviously not, if they want to expel me from school. If any of these teachers had taken a minute to write a polite e-mail, they would have found out that I am a very reasonable, and compassionate person. They might have also found out that getting through college has been a major hardship for me. Neither of my parents went to college, and they had no interest in paying for my education. So, for the last six years of my life, I've been working full or part time to struggle through school. In my last ...
- 527: The Importance of Gender Conflicts Literature to Society Past and Present
- ... and William Arrow Smith. Editor. Sophocles Antigone. New York & London Oxford University Press; 1973 Faulkner, William. "Arose for Emily." Literature: Reading, Reacting, writing. Third Edition. Laurie G. Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell, Editors. Harcourt Broke College Publisher: Fort Worth, Philadelphia, San Diego... 1997, 1994, 1991. pp 79-88. Ford, Margaret Patricia and Suzanne Kincaid. Who's Who in Faulkner, Louisiana State University Press. Binghomton, NY. 1963 McElroy, Colleen J. "My Father's Wars. "Literature: Reading Reaction, Writing. Third Edition. Laurie G. Kirszner and Steven R..Mandell, Editors. Harcourt Brace College Publishers. Fort Worth Philadelphia San Diego... 1997, 1994, 1991. pp 644. O'Connor, William Van. The Tangled Fire of William Faulkner. University of Minnesota Press: Minneapolis. 1954 Reed, Joseph W. Jr. Faulkner's Narrative Yale University Press: New Haven and London. 1973 Sophocles. Antigone. Literature: Reading Reacting, Writing Third Edition. Laurie G. Kirszner and Steven R..Mandell, Editors. Harcourt Brace College Publishers. Fort Worth Philadelphia San Diego... 1997, 1994, 1991. pp 1708-1740 Woodwand, Thomas. Sophocles. Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs NJ. 1966
- 528: Folklore
- ... are the cries of delight, and the chills of horror, they inspire"(Smith, 80). Many legends are truly national, but others often international, can be found in many variations throughout the world. For many people college is their first encounter with urban legends. Young men and women living away from home for the first time are the most susceptible to legends that play on their unease and fears in life especially in a strange, new environment among unfamiliar surroundings. College life is filled with many legendary tales of pranks and debauchery. Students often have to deal with university administrators and their unusual array of rules and regulations, and with instructors to whom they may be ... believe there are regulations mandating how long they must wait before leaving if an instructor fails to show up for class on time, only a few universities have official policies covering this circumstance, and no college or university is known to have a policy that specifies different wait times based upon the academic rank of the instructor. There are many variations of this tale found throughout the world. Many of ...
- 529: Dorm vs. Home
- Dorm vs. Home There are several choices to be made when coming to college. One of the biggest choices is deciding where to live. Living in a dorm while in college is a better choice than living at home. Space is something that everyone needs for living. Some people need more space to live that others do. If that were the case it would not be ... come up with the money to provide these things for themselves. However, this can teach a person good money management skills. There comes a point in everyone's life when they must take control, and college is usually that time. Several people choose to live in dorms to have more control. By doing this they no longer have to abide by their parents' rules. They are now in control to ...
- 530: Invisible Man: Plot Summary
- ... main character being forced to partisipate in an archaic and animalistic free-for-all in order for him to be allowed to give his speach that will determine wheather he will be accepted to the 'college'. He is accepted and goes through two of his years at the college uneventfully. He is ejected from the school during his junior year when the trustee who ws in his care while visiting the school fell ill and is taken to a local bar to get some ... riot that is occering. A rival of the Brotherhood, Ras the Exhorter, sees him there and and starts chasing him. While in the subway he, quite literally, runs into Mr. Norton, the trustee from the college that had the fainting spell. When he asks Mr. Norton if he remembers him Mr. Norton says no. Then he begins lghing histerically at Mr. Norton. The book ends with hi realization that he ...
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