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- 1821: A Geological Journey
- A Geological Journey On October 17, 1998, the UST Geology students met in the UST parking lot and around 7:00 a.m. in the morning, we left to start our day long field trip to Central Texas. Right after we left the parking lot, we saw Kirk, one of our classmates, and picked him up. He woke up late and almost missed the trip, fortunately he ... raining anymore, but it was still drizzling. The wind was starting to get cold, and I realized that I didn’t bring a jacket. I started getting worried because I had to work the next day -- I thought that the group was going to get stuck at Austin until the weather gets better. The second location we visited consisted of mostly limestone. The age of these limestones were Pennsylvanian aged and ... arrive at Enchanted Rock. We arrived at 5:00 p.m. and some of us climbed the rock. The climb was a little bit dangerous because the rock was wet from the rain earlier that day. The steep part was a challenge to climb, but we pulled it off and made it to the top in about ten minutes. We stayed at the top for approximately another 10-15 minutes ...
- 1822: The Black Panther Party
- ... it's also common sense. But it must be implemented correctly; otherwise it can prove more detrimental than beneficial. The self-defense policies of the BPP need to be analyzed in this light by present day African organizations. All history has shown that this government will bring its police and military powers to bear on any group, which truly seeks to free African people. Any Black "freedom" organization that ignores self ... the BPP was its policy of "serving the people". This was a policy of going to the masses, living among them, sharing their burdens, and organizing the masses to implement their own solutions to the day to day problems that were of great concern to them. By organizing and implementing the desires of the masses, the BPP organized community programs ranging from free breakfast for children, to free health clinics, to rent ...
- 1823: The Martian Chronicles
- ... man said, "Tom if it's you I will leave the door unlocked." The next morning the man came down, to see the boy there. The boy went as if nothing happened. Later in the day the boy went away for a little bit and came back. He said he almost was trapped. They decided to go into town that night. They got separated and thought that Tom would be back ... was not too enjoyable to read. The Off-Season This story was about a man who opened a hot dog stand with the dream of hitting it big when more people came to Mars. One day a Martian came down and wanted to talk to him. The man, out of fright, killed the Martian. More started to come down from the nearby hills. The man was freaked out so he took ... actually. The Silent Towns This part was about a man Walter Gripp. He is one of the last people left on Mars. He was living large with all the things the people left behind. One day he heard a telephone ringing but he did not get there in time. Therefore, he started to call everyone from different cities. He finally reached someone. He found out where she was and so ...
- 1824: The Adults Are Always Right?
- ... say: "Stop watching television." Kids hear: "nag nag nag nag nag nag nag." They think of us as being lazy, and irresponsible, selfish and useless. Some adults quiver when they hear how we will one day run this world. What makes us lazy, the fact that we watch an hour of television after a hard day at school, before eating dinner and doing our homework? Why are we irresponsible, because we don't have time to walk the dog due to us studying for our upcoming exam? We're selfish because we want peace and quite for when we study? And useless because we can't run any errands for them when we're taking that one hour out of our day to relax. They do, do a lot and I respect them and all, but give us some credit for a change. Is it our fault that almost every house has at least one television ...
- 1825: Justify The Knowledge Or It Wi
- ... designed for vocational students, we read "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. We read during class and each Friday had tests on the material without any discussion of our purpose for learning it. One day when I questioned why we needed to learn it and the class laughed at me. The teacher told me that it was just part of the curriculum required by the state. I can remember that ... like most people, had grown repulsed by learning since the knowledge had been distributed in a way that made it seem like it was a waste of my time. There were seven class periods a day. Each class was less than an hour long and there was little time to go over the things of real importance. When things of real importance were "taught," I had six other classes crowding in ... out of school time since that was mostly what people in my surroundings talked about. Why was it important? It provided for my parents a relief from doing work that they do not enjoy all day. It provided for me and my fellow students an automatic identity and purpose since school had degraded the idea of constructing one from history, science, literature, and philosophy to meaningless syllables that invoked sleep. ...
- 1826: Teen Workers
- ... m delivering newspapers and 8p.m to 6a.m. for babysitting. Most other jobs are scheduled 3pm till 10pm during the week while weekend jobs tend to have schedules of 7 to 8 hours per day. The Higher Education Board says that working more than 15 hours a week is bad for the academic career . As the work hours increase the study time decreases. Current research finds that a work schedule ... the student activities and by doing so help the student to lose interest in what is going on at school. This also gives the teen reason to look for other amusements, including work. A typical day of the working teenager would start with a 5 :30 am wake up call, after having had five hours sleep. In the next hour and a half this teen must prepare him or her self for school which may include doing some homework that's due this very day. After all the preparations are done and our typical working teen arrives at school the struggles of staying awake begin. As first period ends the awaking of the working teenager begins. As lunch begins ...
- 1827: Creative Writing: Stanley
- Creative Writing: Stanley Damn it, was about all that Stanley could think. It was his first day at work at Holiday Lanes Family Recreation Center, and he was so stoned that he forgot to take his shower. He was running fifteen minutes late and hell, nothing but red traffic lights. Stanley was ... He was praying that he would win the lottery, be offered a better job somewhere, just anything that would improve his social and economic standing. Fate only indicated that nothing would happen very soon. One day while working at Butchered Prices, Stan felt lucky and bought a lottery ticket, one of those scratch off ones. Stan almost pissed himself when he saw that he won twenty dollars, and immediately called his ... the operations made him loose none of his physique. He was usually seen with no shirt on, mostly on a roller under the frame of a car, performing repairs. He always had pot though. This day, Stan needed a large amount, more than usual, since he was getting some for a friend. A quarter pound to be exact. The street price for that is quite high, usually around $300.00, ...
- 1828: Mother Teresa
- ... to because the Loreto order of nuns had a rule that the nuns couldn’t leave the convent unless they were seriously ill. In August, 1946, Sister Teresa could stand it no longer. A four-day riot broke out in Calcutta between the Muslims and the Hindus. Because of this, food delivery was stopped. Sister Teresa went out to find food for her hundreds of students. In the riot, 5000 Calcuttans ... place Sister Teresa decided to go was the slum that she could see from outside her window while teaching in the Loreto convent called Motijhil. She decided to start a school there. On the first day, five children showed up for class. There were no desks, books, or chalkboards, but Sister Teresa still managed to teach. She started by teaching the alphabet. Soon, the number of students was almost forty. With ... Teresa knew she had to do something more. Since she did not have any money, Sister Teresa gave herself and all of her attention and energy to the poor. She walked around the streets each day looking for places she could help. The work would exhaust her, but each day she kept on going. Sister Teresa had such a love and a compassion for God, people, and her work that ...
- 1829: To Kill A Mockingbird
- ... of her class, as well as an on and off companion, called Cecil Jacobs. He accused Atticus of defending niggers, for as I have already mentioned he decided to defend Tom Robinson in court. The day after the inculpation, Scout faced Cecil in the schoolyard, threatening to attack him. She then remembered what her father had said about grappling, and therefore, she left the scene of the quarrel. It was the ... around. Though she was abhorred by everybody, she had developed a slightly larger grudge with Jem and Scout, whom she was eminently intolerant and unrelenting with. This is what caused Jem¹s misbehaviour one spring day. He destroyed her garden, accompanied by Scout, cutting the tops of every camellia bush she owned, paying her back for implying that his father is no better than the niggers he works for. (p102) In order to express his forgiveness to Mrs. Dubose, he was told that he had to read to her every day for two hours, during a period of a month. Awkward he thought, but little did he know that he was in fact helping Miss Dubose kick a morphine addiction that had lasted for several ...
- 1830: A Meeting in the Dark: A Loss of Priorities
- ... becomes nervous, fearing his parents, others, losing his education. John avoids the situation facing him. It seems as though he falls asleep to escape Wahumu. When he wakes she is gone. She gave him another day. The next day, would be the "day of trial" (106). He was afraid. Now, he was considering marriage. His father would never consent. John’s religious father would greatly disapprove, she was circumcised. His selfishness intervense again. "Marrying her would probably ...
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