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- 831: Theme and Setting In Coming of Age
- ... whites such as Mrs. Claiborne and Linda Jean Jenkins as very decent people. She spoke very poorly of Mrs. Burke, who treated her as a lowly servant and not as a person. Later, while in college Anne began to work for such organizations as SNCC, COFO, NAACP, and CORE. She participated in sit-ins, marches, and went to jail several times. She often speaks of singing freedom songs; especially We shall overcome. After college, Anne continues her work with CORE and the other organizations. She works to get the blacks in Canton to register to vote. Many are uninterested and others are scared of losing their jobs. The whole ...
- 832: Comparison of Kafka's "Metamorphosis" and Dali's "The Metamorphosis of Narcissus"
- ... first half of the century, when the modernist movement began to progress, and both are symbolic of surrealism because they make the audience develop their own interpretation of the work. According to the Random House College Dictionary, Surrealism is a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects... I find ... a much easier depiction of Dali's mood, as well as the narcissist portrayed. Footnotes: 1.) Tansey, Richard G. and Kleiner, Fred S. Gardner's Art Through The Ages, Book 2, Tenth Edition; Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996, New York. P. 1076
- 833: Why Sex Education Should Be Taught In Schools
- ... the median age for boys is around fifteen and a half years old (15.7) or 10th grade. Kids who live in poor and or broken homes do poorly at school, have no interest in college, and whose parents have low education; are one to three years younger the first time they engaged in sexual intercourse(Berne .4). Harriet Pilpel and Laurie Rockett have found in a study of parents that ... Comprehensive Sexuality Education And The Answers From Scientific Literature. class handout. 1994.pgs.1-9, 155. --- Dealing with the Reality of Teen Sexual Behavior, class handout, 1994. pg.4. Greaves, Norman. J. Sex education in College and Department of Education; Health Education Journal, . 1965. pg.171-177. Harris, Alan. Sex Education, Rationale and Reaction , What does Sex Education' Mean? Cambridge University Press, Ed. Rogers, 1974. pg.19. Huberman, Barbara and Douglas ...
- 834: Utopian Societies-The Impossible Dream
- ... utopia is a place of ideal perfection for all people especially in laws, government, and social conditions. A utopian society is an impossible goal because "it is an impractical scheme for social improvement."(Langenscheidt, "New College English dictionary 1302) It would fail in many areas due to different ideas and beliefs by people that would live in this society. These areas could be government, religion, economy, as well as personal freedoms ... World Wide Web. 3-22-99 http://www.d-hoiday.com/tmore/utopia005.htm More, Thomas. "from Utopia, "A Day in Utopia." "Current Issues and Enduring Questions" Sylvan Barnet, Hugo Bedau. Langenscheidt Publishers, Inc. "New College Merriam-Webster English Dictionary." 1998. Pg. 1302 "Utopia"
- 835: Ted Bundy
- ... as many as seven female students went missing from the states of Utah, Oregon, and Washington. A pattern emerged from these mysterious disappearances; all the victims were white, thin, and single. The police interviewed various college students and some had stated that they had seen a strange man in the parking lot on campus that was wearing a cast and asking for assistance with starting his Volkswagen (VW) Bug. In August ... campus in Florida. On January 14th, after 3A.M. two sorority sisters were dead and three severely injured at the hands of Ted Bundy. The police were called and Bundy was eventually arrested again, "a college student pointed to Ted Bundy as the man who fled the Chi Omega House the night two women were killed and three others clubbed senseless." Bundy faced three trials, all spaced in three years, but ...
- 836: Louis Leakey
- ... time Leakey s work at caught the attention of the archaeological community and he began to receive much acclaim. In November 1929 he returned to England with a two-year fellowship at St. John s College, and a wife, Frida, as well, whom he had married in 1928. However, excavating the site at Olduvai Gorge was on his mind, and he made plans to return to Africa. With the publish of his first book, The Stone Age Cultures of Kenya Colony, his extensive fieldwork, and his position at St. John s College, Leakey obtained a grant to go to the Olduvai Gorge site in 1931. Along with Reck at the site, Leakey excavated five different beds, finding an amazing number of hand tools. In addition, Leakey analyzed ...
- 837: The Woman Warrior
- ... Orchid does not understand why her sister wants so much. Moon Orchid was satisfied with the money her husband sent her. She could live comfortably off it and was able to send her daughter to college. He didn t abandon me. He s given me so much money. I ve had all the food and clothes and servants I ve ever wanted. And he s supported our daughter too, even though she s only a girl. He sent her to college. I can t bother him. Moon Orchid is completely content with what she has been given. Brave Orchid wants more for her sister. She wants her sister to live luxuriously, the way some people only ...
- 838: Affirmative Action
- ... the Civil Rights Act of 1968. It is difficult for me to choose a position here. Because of affirmative action being present, the government has introduced quotas and criteria in considering job applicants and on college applications. In a sense, that lowers the standards for all the other qualified non-minorities who apply. However, without affirmative action, I feel that by some subliminal discriminations, the number of minorities may significantly decline ... cannot do the work that is offered. But when there are no prominent disabilities, one does wonder why people act the way they do toward anyone whose appearance looks different. Since being introduced to the college life, I've become more accustomed to diversity. Growing up in a small town, I had only heard about "isms". Racism is not something I was brought up to seriously think about; it had never ...
- 839: Lyndon B. Johnson
- ... so he hitchhiked back to Johnson City and took a job doing road construction. Soon he realized that a higher education would be needed if he wanted to have a better life. Johnson went to college at Southwest Texas State Teachers College. Johnson got his degree in 1930. Then he taught public speaking and debate at a Houston high school for two years. Politics and Family Johnson entered politics at the age of 24, when he became ...
- 840: Alexander Hamilton
- ... gain his education was provided by family friends. Seizing this, Hamilton arrived the grammar school in Elizabethtown, New Jersey in the autumn of 1772. One year later, in 1774, Hamilton graduated and entered King's College in New York City. There, Hamilton obtained a bachelor's of arts degree in just one year. As the War of Independence began, Hamilton took a trip to Boston, which seems to have solidified his ... an Anglican clergyman, Samuel Seabury, denounced the first Continental Congress in several Westchester Farmer letters, Hamilton replied with two powerful pamphlets. His military aspirations also flowered with a series on early accomplishments. At King's College he joined a patriot volunteer band known as the "Corsicans" and drilled every morning before classes. In August of 1775, the "Corsicans" participated in a raid to seize the cannon from the Battery. On March ...
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