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- 751: Jackie Kennedy Onasis
- ... went away to Miss Porters school in Farmington, Conn. Jackie loved school there, she got to bring her beloved horse Danseuse with her and she graduated with an A average. After graduation, Jackie attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Her father was thrilled by her choice because she would be much closer to him rather than his mother at Merrywood. Despite Jacks happiness, Jackie rarely visited her father. She was ... want to continue school at Vassar. Jackie then enrolled in George Washington University in Washington, DC.(Heymann) Early in 1951, Jackie became engaged to a New York Banker, John Husted. The summer after Jackie Finished college, the engagement was broken off and Jackie returned to revisit Europe.(Heymann) Upon Jackies return from Europe, she was offered a job as a journalist by one of Hugh Auchinclosss friends. Jackie became ...
- 752: Jail Without Bars Raise The Re
- ... other gifts from boarding school. They had to hide their secret from the family and other slaves. Thebedi's parents decided she would get married just before he went to his first term of veterinary college. She also didn't mention that she was going to have a baby. The baby was born just two months after the marriage, but it was common for the future husband to make sure the women was not barren before marriage. When the baby was born he had light complexion and straight hair. Paulus returned from college for the holidays and heard about the newborn baby. He went to Thebedi's house and asked to see the baby. He was ashamed that he was the father of a colored baby. He insisted ...
- 753: Roy Lichtenstein
- ... Fine Arts Degree at Ohio State University in 1949. After he got his degree he immediately began teaching at Ohio State and kept teaching there until 1951. He then taught at New York State University College, Oswego from 1957 until 1961 when he transferred and began teaching at Douglas College of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ he stopped teaching there in 1963. Later that year Roy moved to New York where he was commissioned by the architect Philip Johnson to produce large format painting for ...
- 754: Prejudice In Native Son And Bl
- ... skin than she and her grandmother used to make sure she was aware of that by criticizing her for being darker than everyone else. Emma left her home state of Idaho for California to attend college at the University of Southern California. Before attending, Emma thought that she could meet "the right sorts of people". She looked forward to being with more open minded people in college and that there was more diversity, she was right about it having more diversity but unfortunately she was wrong about people being more open minded. This didn't seem right to Emma, she gave the ...
- 755: Biography of Robert Cormier
- ... himself. His seventh-grade teacher read one of his poems and told him that he was a writer. He believed her, and continued to think of himself as one. Later, a teacher at Fitchburg State College was so impressed with one of Cormier's stories that she submitted it to a magazine; it became his first published work. After college, Cormier went on to write commercials for a local radio station, and soon switched to newspaper work. He was a writer and editor at the Fitchburg Sentinel for 23 years, where he won three major ...
- 756: INTERNET USERS TURN ADDICTS
- ... when-I-have-to- users" and iii) the "Internet junkies." The "I'm-not-addicted users" are the users who try to convince themselves that they are not addicted to the Internet. This group includes college students who don't go online during the day to prove to fellow students that they can do without getting online; only, to stay up all night in a chat room online. Or businesspeople who ... s school's website, to read the highlights of the last PTA meeting, while they could have waited for the minutes of the meeting in the mail. They end up staying online for hours. Or college students who insist on checking out the ratings of a movie online, using this as an excuse to stay online for hours; while they could have looked in the local newspaper. Or businesspeople who use ...
- 757: The Catcher in the Rye Summary and Analysis
- ... school yearbook, and began work on his first stories. After graduating from Valley Forge Salinger accompanied his father to Vienna to learn the Polish ham business. After returning to the United States he enrolled in college again, this time at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania, but dropped out after half of a semester there. He then joined a short story course at Columbia University. The story was taught by Whit Burnett. Burnett was the editor of the Story ...
- 758: Life Is But A Choice
- ... of information and each individual is responsible for obtaining, understanding, and making value judgments on this information. One must understand the world around him before he can understand himself. Making the choice of obtaining a college education is extremely important in the world today. There are so many different areas which ro choose. Each individual must find where his/her interest lay whether it be janitorial services or a rocket scientist. However, some people choose not to go to college and still lead a happy, fulfilled life. Everyone is different and that is what makes our world so interesting. Another important choice in life is having a healthy body. The key to achieving a healthy ...
- 759: Thomas Jefferson
- ... father was considered the strongest man physically in the county, and the son grew to be like him in that respect, but the elder died while the younger was a boy. Entering William and Mary College, Thomas was shy, but his ability quickly drew attention to him. He was an irrestrainable student, sometimes studying twelve and fourteen hours out of the twenty-four. He acquired the strength to stand this terrific ... to neglect this necessity, but the warning was superfluous. The youth was a keen hunter, a fine horseman and as fond as Washington of out door sports. He was seventeen years old when he entered college and was one of the "gawkiest" students. He was tall, growing fast, raw-boned, with prominent chin and cheek bones, big hands and feet, sandy-haired and freckled. His mind broadened and expanded fast under ...
- 760: Education System After The Revolution
- ... The first side of the debate deals with the new republicans, led by Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was born in 1743 in Virginia. He came from a wealthy and politically strong oriented family. He received a college education at William and Mary. He was a member of the Continental Congress and helped draft the Declaration of Independence. In 1800 Jefferson was elected president of the United States. Jefferson believed that not only ... decide their own happiness and morality.(Spring p.59) The second side of the debate was the idea of the common school. Led by Horace Mann who was born in 1796 in Massachusetts. Received a college degree from Brown University which he used to serve in the slate legislature and helped him create the Massachusetts State Board of Education. Mann led the supporters of the common schools movement who believed that ...
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