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- 631: Robert Frost
- ... went to Lawrence High School, where he wrote the words to the school hymn, and graduated as co-valedictorian. Frost read rabidly of Dickens, Tennyson, Longfellow, and many others. Frost was then sent to Dartmouth college by his controlling grandfather, who saw it as the proper place for him to train to become a businessman. Frost read even more in college, and learned that he loved poetry. His poetry had little success getting published, and he had to work various jobs to make a living, such as a shoemaker, a country schoolteacher, and a farmer. In ...
- 632: Alan Turing
- ... led him to study twentieth century physics where Alan began to question whether quantum mechanical theory affected the state and his questions of mind and matter. In 1931, Turing won an entrance to King s college in Cambridge on scholarship. It was here that Turing was able to express his ideas freely. In 1932 Turing read Con Neumann s work on the logical foundations of Quantum Mechanics. It was also here at Cambridge that Turing s homosexuality became a big part of his identity. Turing went on to receive his degree in 1934 followed by a M.A. degree from King s college in 1935, and a Smith prize in 1936 for his work on probability theory. In 1936 Turing enrolled as a graduate at Princeton University, and obtained his Ph.D thesis through work that extended his ...
- 633: Is Marijuana Dangerous to your Physical Health?
- ... a chemical called THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol). Marijuana, when smoked, enters the body though the lungs and is passed to the blood stream. According to Doctor Billy martin, a professor of pharmacology at the Medical College of Virginia, THC seems to turn on a number of biological systems (Gallagher, 92). Harvard's Dr. Norman Zinberg studied a group of marijuana smoker and concluded that "essentially, marijuana doesn't cause psychological problems ... memory," says Dr. Richard Schwartz or Georgetown University, and memory loss is one of the main problems with kids who smoke pot" (Nahas, 287). Marijuana also effects the immune system. Guy Cabral of the Medical College of Virginia reported that THC impairs the competence of calls to destroy virus infected cells and tumor cells (Nahas, 293). Marijuana also has devastating effects on human mental development, and cause metal disorders. An article ...
- 634: A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man Religion As Repressi
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Religion as Repression Like his protagonist, James Joyce was an Irish Catholic. He was also sent to Clongowes Wood College to board and study as a young boy. In effect the story is in part an autobiography of Joyce's own life up to the age of twenty or so (Kershner 6). In his essay ... autobiography, I feel called upon to see Joyce's schoolfellows in two ways at once. They are characters in a novel, bigger than life, and they are real people like me and my school and college pals. (280) The Catholic religion is a significant and recurring theme in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Though brought up in the church, several major events lead Stephen ...
- 635: Into The Wild
- ... to live off of the land and traveled across North America. In the story, Alex did many weird things. He went to school just to please his parents. Everything he did before he graduated from college was to make his parents proud. Once he was done with school he went off to do something for himself, and before he left he knew there was a chance that he might not return ... He was determined to live off the land with what he had. During hid entire life Alex did everything his parents desired and he lived to please them. Once he grew up and graduated from college he was on his own and able to make his own decisions. He wanted to go and live of the land and challenge himself with many new adventures. Just because he wanted some new experience ...
- 636: A Lesson Before Dying
- ... tradition prevailed leaving both Grant and Jefferson trapped in mental slavery in their communities. The struggles of Grant and Jefferson share a common theme, man’s search for meaning. Grant has the advantage of a college education, and while that may have provided some enlightenment, he remains in the same crossroads as Jefferson. Grant sees that regardless of what he does, the black students he teaches continue in the same jobs ... I was not there yet I was there. No, I did not go to the trial, I did not hear the verdict, because I knew all the time what it would be" (1). Even his college education has not elevated his position in the eyes of the white society. When he was talking with white people, he was expected to act stupid and hide his education and assume the subservient role ...
- 637: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- ... American Scholar," which he presented before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard. In it he talked about Americans becoming more intelligently independent. In a second address, commonly referred to as the "Address at Divinity College," given in 1838 to the graduating class of Cambridge Divinity College, brought about a problem because it attacked religion and pushed independence. Some of Emerson's famous titles are "Essays", which was published in 1844, Poems, which was published in 1847, "Nature: Addresses and Lectures", 1849 ...
- 638: Ronald Reagan
- ... movement toward greater government involvement in economic and social regulation. Reagan as the younger of two sons, was born in Tampico, Illinois and spent most of his childhood in Dixon, Illinois. After studying at Eureka College,a small Disciples of Christ college near Peoria, Illinois, he majored in economics, and became the president of the student body, a member of the football team, and captain of the swimming team. He had special drawings toward acting, but after ...
- 639: A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- ... in Savannah, Georgia. O’ Connor grew up on a farm with her parents Regina and Edward O’ Connor. At the age of five, she taught a chicken to walk backwards. O’Connor attended Georgia State College for women, now Georgia College, in Milledgeville, majoring in sociology. She had showed a gift for satirical writing, as well as cartooning since she was a child. By the end of her undergraduate education, O’Connor knew that writing was ...
- 640: After Various Writings By Rich
- ... of the many problems and injustices that Hispanics face here in the United States. However, just like Paz said, we cannot simply contemplate these issues. We need to do something about them. I am attending college to receive a higher education. I know that education is extremely important. However, I am not losing my identity by coming to college. Getting an education does not necessarily make you a different person. I don’t agree with Rodriguez’s viewpoint. After reading Paz and Rodriguez, I began to see myself in some of what they had ...
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