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- 2751: Comparisons of “Report of the French Commission on American Education, 1879” to Mike Rose’s “I Just Wanna Be Average”
- ... few dedicated professionals. They could see the errors of the future and grasp to what made the system work in the past. Focusing on actual knowledge to better society at the basic level. The present day of education still draws from the past in the aspect that a school is only as good as a system will allow. The emphasis is on education regardless of pre-set notions. Society today wants ... side of personal enrichment. Students now are faced with the feeling of being inadequate upon entering the system. In 1879, everyone wanted to succeed. The only pre-requisite was to achieve an education. In this day and age education barely opens doors for the “average” person. The emphasis should be based on equal opportunities for every student. In this day and age educators are faced with financial constraints and overcrowding. Constant one-up manship of school systems place these perimeter’s on both educator’s and students. The equal school system of 1879 is ...
- 2752: Gangs
- ... or another been around for hundreds of years. For example pirates were in some way or another a form of an organized gang. The groups that traditionally come to mind when one thinks of modern day gangs are the Crips and the Bloods from California, and the people Folk originating from Chicargo. The origins of the Crips and Bloods can be traced to the late 60's, and the gang culture ... Leaders tend to be emotionally unstable — have a need to control and direct others, Both leaders and followers tend to overestimate the importance, size and power of their group, Structure is constantly changing. Allies one day can become enemies the next day, Identified by inner-group violence. Youth involvement with gangs Can begin as early as elementary school starting at 7-8 years of age. Leadership roles in street gangs are usually not formally recognized positions. ...
- 2753: The Repulsive Effects of Smoking
- ... 000 people have died due to tobacco related illnesses. Study has shown that a single cigarette contributes to the loss of seven minutes of a person’s life. As Lawrence C. An, MD, documents, “Each day nearly 3000 young people begin smoking, one in three of whom may die prematurely.” Doctor An tries to convince people that chronic smokers have a good chance of dying at an early age. One reason ... and hopefully, would help adults to stop their bad habit. Ranging from two to three dollars a pack, smoking can become relatively expensive after a while. That is if you only smoke a pack a day. However, most smokers work their way up to two or even three packs a day which can become a serious financial problem. Other tobacco products cost even more than cigarettes. The face value of a cigarette is not the real and important issue. After years of tobacco use and ...
- 2754: Pragmatics Deixis And Conversa
- ... is written. One could even say that the deictic centre is the unmarked “anchorage point” from which the utterance is made. To decode the meaning of a sentence we use a “navigation system”. In our day-to-day conversational exchanges, the speaker does not consciously use deictic expressions, as well as the adressee usually understands the utterance immediately (meaning that the adressee does not need much time to think about an utterance before ... 2 Introduction: The notion of implicature How is it that we can convey meanings which we do not actually state? To solve this problem - which we are not aware of as a problem in our day-to-day conversational exchanges – pragmatics uses the notion of implicature. The concept of implicature is so salient because it explains how it is possible to mean more than what is actually said by the ...
- 2755: Adamantane
- ... M. Shen, H.F. Schaeffer III, C. Liang, J. Lii, N.L. Allinger, and P.v.R. Schleyer. J. Am. Chem., 114, 497 (1992) 2. B. J. Mair, M. Shainenger, N.C. Krouskov, and F.D. Rossini, Anal. Chem., 31, 2082 (1959) 3. P. von Rague Schleyer, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 79, 3292 (1957) 4. R.M. Roberts, J.C. Gilbert, S.F. Martin. Experimental Organic Chemistry. Harcourt Brace College Publishers ... 6. R. C. Fort, and P. von Rogue Schleyer, Chem. Rev., 64, 277 (1964) 7. S. Coffey, ed. Rodd’s Chemistry of Carbon Compounds. Vol 2. Part C. Elsevier Publishing Co.: New York. 1969. 8. D.A. McQuarrie, J.D. Simon. Phhysical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach. University Science Books: Sausalito, CA. 1997. 9. “Adamantane.” Dictionary of Organic Compounds. Vol 1. 5th ed., Buckingham, J. ed. Chapman and Hall: New York. 1982. 10. Ege, Seyhan. ...
- 2756: The Communications Decency Act
- ... to drop the CDA from the Telecommunications Reform Bill. On Thursday, February 1, 1996, Congress passed (House 414-9, Senate 91- 5) the Telecommunications Reform Bill, and attached to it the Communications Decency Act. This day was known as "Black Thursday" by the Internet community. One week later, it was signed into law by President Clinton on Thursday, February 8, 1996, also known as the "Day of Protest." The punishment for breaking any of the provisions of the bill is punishable with up to 2 years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine. On the "Day of Protest," thousands of home-pages went black as Internet citizens expressed their disapproval of the Communications Decency Act. Presently there are numerous organizations that have formed in protest of the Act. The groups ...
- 2757: Racial Discrimination and its Effect on Our Society
- ... and actions of the majority of these people frustrate them. “When I was younger, I can remember defending blacks when someone would badmouth them. Everyone who was more mature than I told me that one day I would feel the same way. In many ways this is true. Working as a waitress in a restaurant, my job requires me to interact with a variety of guests. However, my experiences with each ... was so terrible, why did he leave them a ten-dollar tip? Racism may be wrong, but the truth is that many people in the world posses very negative feelings towards other cultures. Maybe one day we won't hear about this hatred from groups like the Ku Klux Klan. Peace between all races is what a lot of Americans fight for everyday. They hope that one-day, neighborhoods mixed with different races may be problem free and happy. Is there an excuse for racism? According to one respondent,” There are no excuses for racism". But other respondents gave poor excuses. One ...
- 2758: Insights on De Tocqueville's Democracy In America
- ... Alexis de Tocqueville, who visited the United States in the 1830's, "understood us" in a way that few observers (foreign and domestic) have. Furthermore, Tocqueville's Democracy in America is often cited by present-day critics because so many of the observations in it seem extraordinarily suitable even more than one hundred and fifty years later. Alexis de Tocqueville was born 1805 into a minor noble family, in which his ... view would be that Alexis de Tocqueville many have been right about America in the past and for a fact some of the observations, the ones stated above for example, are still true to this day and might be true in the future. Tocqueville's Democracy in America, some people would say, is often cited that many of the observations in it seem extraordinarily suitable even from one hundred and fifty to the present-day. Tocqueville's Democracy in America was often cited by present day critics because of his observations and most people think this will continue to be true in the future.
- 2759: Child Abuse
- Child Abuse It was a typical day at work, or so I thought. I was the opening shift at the before-after school program that I work at. We were expecting a new child to start this morning, a kindergartner, Sean. Around ... know what that word means. The woman left for work acting as if nothing major had occurred and I was left with a little boy with a huge bruise on his face for his first day at a new school. I immediately reported the incident to my chain of command, wrote up my observations, then had to wait patiently to see what would happen. The result - nothing. Child Protective Services said ... neglect 49%, emotional maltreatment 3%, and other forms of maltreatment 16%. An estimated 1,271 children died due to child abuse and neglect in 1994. Based on that statistic more than three children die each day as a result of child abuse or neglect. The most horrifying statistic is that approximately 45% of these deaths occurred to children known to child protective service agencies as current or prior clients. (Wiese & ...
- 2760: Sociological Perspectives
- ... view. Conflict is a totally different type of perspective than functionalist view. Unlike the functionalist conflict sociologists believe that society is constantly in conflict with each other. The constant conflicts change and shape society every day. The social order is only kept by people’s willingness to compromise and cooperate with one another. One example of society being in conflicts is the conflict between economic classes. Karl Marx, a conflict sociologist ... another. Another example of the conflict theory is the constant clash of different racial backgrounds. Whites and blacks have been in conflict ever since the beginning of time. From the days of slavery, to present day some people are racist towards one another. People will always be prejudice toward some type of race whether it is blacks, whites, Hispanics or any other type people. One major conflict perspective is the feminist ... in sports tend to be healthier. The physical activity involved in sports help people stay in shape. People who stay in shape tend to feel better about themselves, and they tend to be more pleasurable day to day. Also healthy people tend to live longer, making their life long and enjoyable. All these healthy people help to keep social order of society. Although sports provide many positive attributes for society ...
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