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- 6341: Afluenza
- ... Jordan or Disney a required part of life." (STWD, 1997). I was infected with affluenza at an early age around the time I was 12 or 13. I was looking around at basketball practice one day and noticed I was the only guy without one of those $100 a pair Nike basketball shoes, and at that age fitting in was important to me. After practice that day I promptly returned home and began begging my mother for a pair of these shoes, but she explained to me that we couldn't afford them. But, I was unrelenting and I finally got her ...
- 6342: Taming Of The Shrew
- ... with her father about his love for her sister. "What, will you not suffer me? Nay, now I see/ She is your treasure, she must have a husband. / I must dance barefoot on her wedding day, / and for your love to her lead apes in hell. / Talk not to me. I will go sit and weep/ Till I can find an occasion of revenge" (Act 2 Scene 1, Lines 31-36 ... thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labor both by sea and land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love, fair looks and true obedience; Too little payment for so great a debt. (5 ...
- 6343: African-Americans In The South
- ... of children to slave parents, and means of punishment. Enslaved Africans represented many different peoples, each with distinct cultures, religions, and languages. Most originated from the coast or the interior of West Africa, between present-day Senegal and Angola. Other enslaved peoples originally came from Madagascar and Tanzania in East Africa. Slavery became of major economic importance after the sixteenth century with the European conquest of South and Central America. These ... occurrence of racial hate. It is obvious that racism still exists in many forms throughout our nation and throughout the world. Example of this racism is present in almost every aspect of society to this day. Although slavery was outlawed in our country following the Civil War, African-Americans have never been able to enjoy the freedom that Caucasians have, and probably never will. Years and years of oppression have led ...
- 6344: Real Meaning Of LIfe
- ... or that people have to act "rationally"? Certainly, not natural selection, which has allowed all kinds of delusions to persist (with "nothing bad'll ever happen to me" being the most common- because otherwise, there'd be no new ventures! :-) I mean, existence really is all arbitrary and deranged: our lives and everything else that goes on in this universe are just the universe's way of killing time, so anything ... In fact, the Old Testament and the Koran at times even seem like grotesque parodies of evolutionary psychology to me (e.g., Numbers 31). As far as I'm concerned, if god exists, then it'd be like Olaf Stapledon's "Star Maker" (1937)- incredibly remote and totally indifferent (and irrelevant) to our existence. It wouldn't care about us as a species let alone as individuals. Technically then, I'm ...
- 6345: An Overview Of Student Acceler
- ... de. (1991). Early entry and advanced placement of talented students in primary and secondary schools. Gifted Education International. 7, 140-144. Harrison, C. (1995). Giftedness in early childhood. Sydney: KU Childrens Services. Pollins, L.D. (1983). The effects of acceleration on the social and emotional development of gifted students. In Benbow, C.P. and Stanley, J.C. (Ed.). Academic precocity: Aspects of its development. (pp. 160-177). Baltimore: John Hopkins ... and Brookshire, W.K. (1993). Social, emotional and behavioural adjustment of accelerated students, students in gifted classes, and regular students in eighth grade. Gifted Child Quarterly. 37 (4), 150-154. Southern, W.T. & Jones, E.D. (1992). The problems with academic acceleration. Gifted Child Today. March/April, 35-38. Tannenbaum, A.J. (1997). The meaning and making of giftedness. In Colangelo, N. & Davis, G.A. (Ed.), Handbook of Gifted Education (2nd ...
- 6346: Multicultural Education
- ... culture they are learning about. By surrounding children in the ideas and customs of other cultures, they can better understand what it is like to be removed from our society altogether, if only for a day. Having kids dress up in foreign clothing, sample foods and sing songs from abroad makes educating easier on the teacher by making it fun for the students. A simple idea that helps teachers is to ... and Curriculum Reform." The Education Digest 13 Dec. 1991: 10-13. Cleveland, Harlan. "The Limits To Cultural Diversity." The Futurist March -April 1995 : 23-6. Duignan, Peter. "The Dangers of Multiculturalism." Vital Speeches of the Day 22 Mar. 1995 : 492-493. Gagnon, Paul. "Balancing Multicultural and Civic Education Will Take More Than "Social Stew"." The Education Digest Dec. 1991 : 7-9. Gould, Ketayun H. "The Misconstruing of Multiculturalism : The Stanford Debate ...
- 6347: Resolving Family Conflict
- ... She was afraid of what might happen if he found out that she knew that he was emotionally unstable. Psychologically, she was powerless to talk him out of the state he was in, so each day she tried to sweep the problem under the rug, hoping that it would magically go away. Unfortunately, there came the day when she could no longer sweep the problem under the rug and Willy succeeded in killing himself because there was no one with whom he could openly discuss his problems. Willy buried many of his ...
- 6348: The Presidency and Inexperience
- ... of ceremonial duties such as holding state dinners and bestowing the Medal of Honor. (Neustadt 84) In fact the Presidents activities as head of state are not limited to the White House and Washington, D.C. He is expected to travel within the country and also travel extensively abroad and appear before the people of many countries. As head of state, the president symbolizes the sovereignty and power of the ... chief executive may extend even further. The president may find it necessary to establish wide-ranging controls on the economy, as in World War II. A president may even interfere with civil liberties, as Franklin D. Roosevelt did in approving the forced relocation of thousands of Japanese-Americans on the Pacific coast in World War II. (Barnett) Additionally, The president is the single most potent policy maker in economic and social ...
- 6349: Aristotle And Virtue
- ... know that moderation is the key to virtue, we know that happiness isn't found in the accumulation of goods or money or contacts. We know that pleasure is not the same as happiness. Yet, day after day we are inundated with messages from the world that tell us the key to inner peace is found in the right car or the perfect body or the hefty bank account. We are told that ...
- 6350: The Odyssey - Gender Roles
- ... to three thousand years, a woman s role in society has only begun to emerge. Homer s society, however so well developed it may have seemed, came much too early for anyone of his one day to appreciate its significance. The role of women in Homer s society and in modern day society closely resemble each other, even though three thousand years later, there is still much women have yet to accomplish. Homer saw a ray of light for women in society. One that would not be ...
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