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- 2811: Experimenter Expectancy Effect On Children in a Classroom Setting
- ... Flanagan's Test of General Ability sent to the teachers. They also chose which grades of children would be used and which teachers would be in the experiment. The experimenters maintained a high degree of control, and they told no one else of what they were really studying. The children in the experimental group averaged 12.2 points of improvement in their intellectual growth. The students in the control group averaged 8.2 points of intellectual growth. Reporting the average is not an accurate way of showing the difference in IQ point increases though. The third through sixth grade reported almost no difference in ...
- 2812: Is The Internet Bring A New Era Of American Cultural Imperia
- ... Internet is a vast collection of web pages, databases, and Usergroups. The key for using the Internet is the knowledge of where and how to gain information. Singapore is not alone in its attempts to control the content of the Internet. Germany attempted to prosecute CompuServe for its availability of pornographic Usenet groups. The American government has encouraged self-regulation through U.S. designed filter software (e.g. SurfWatch) which currently ... of the seminal attributes of the Internet is that it is extremely difficult to regulate. As Barber stated, if they cannot effect a total takeover of the digital thoroughfare, they aspire at least to gain control of its gateways and tollbooths. (Barber, 273) U.S. based Internet Service Providers (ISPs), such a AT&T WorldNet, Microsofts MSN, and AOL, are dominating the developing Western European and East Asian markets. Domestic ...
- 2813: Censorship in Public Schools
- ... back on the shelves; (special note: the librarian was told to inform the parents of students who checked out those books) (Berger 60). The advocates of school library book censorship believe that adults must have control over what children read. They feel that unless responsible adults oversee what students are reading, students will be exposed to the worst in literature. This literature can go from simply causing offense, to "resulting in ... sexual content, Shakespeare has enjoyed relative peace even though Othello and his lover made "the beast with two backs" (I.I, 119-120). I, myself, will continue to struggle against the censors who seek to control written expression in our schools while waving the banner of freedom, for it is censorship that we must fear, not words, and hope that in the future, the true obscenities of the world (poverty, hunger ...
- 2814: Comparison Of 1984 And The Cry
- ... to comprehend theories such as the Evolution Theory dispute finding fossils and other evidence that would conflict with Genesis. In 1984 conflicting evidence is rarely available and so it is easier for the Party to control the beliefs of its members. Moments in history are constantly altered and exactly what is fact and what is fiction is never quite understood. In each society conformity is required for survival. Those who do ... an ideal is constantly trying to be met. In Waknuk this ideal is to fight unceasingly against the evils that tribulation loosed upon [Waknuk] while in 1984 it is to have a society totally under control by Big Brother. In both societies there are those who refuse to conform. Uncle Axcel represents this in the Crysalids and Winston represents this in 1984. The Crysalids is set in the future. But society ...
- 2815: American Hawaii
- ... of their former gods and superstitions, Hawaiians were celebrating new freedom. They drank, they partied, they carried firearms and lived like animals. The missionaries saw this anarchy and decided that things must be put under control. Without their religion, the Hawaiians were barbarians. The missionaries built houses and settled in at Hawaii. Then they worked on converting the Hawaiians to Christianity. Most of the Hawaiians were easily converted to Christianity. But ... their own government. They put up the American flag where the Hawaiian flag originally flew. So, in other words, Hawaii was stolen from its original owners. Defenseless, Hawaii couldn t do anything about United States control. Hawaii was then Annexed to the United states in 1898.
- 2816: Mikhail Gorbachev
- ... Smith 38). The Gorbachev family is an example of how alcohol should have been used in Russia. They drank in moderation, as opposed to others who drank simply to get drunk and were unable to control themselves while drinking. Gorbachev wanted others to be able to drink as they did, and he tried to set a good example in order to get his point across. However, his plans didn't work ... Gorbachev saw alcoholism as an offense to the Soviet ideal and a symptom of weak personal morals rather than a failing of the Soviet order" (Galeotti 58). He thought that people should be able to control themselves while drinking, and if they didn't it was their own fault. It is not unusual that he would initiate, as one of his first priorities after taking power in March 1985, an anti ...
- 2817: Should Students in Public Schools Wear Uniforms: Negative
- ... and how will we prepare our young ones for the future if they have to rely on having there wardrobe being chosen for them every day? They need to make their own decisions. Trying to control ones thoughts over uniforms is wrong. American Civel Liberties union of Massachusetts reported that due to the new release of uniforms in Laurence High school, attendance of students has dropped rapidly and 600 students have ... own clothes gives a sense of personal freedom. By trying to put more rules on students they will only be more angered. Everyone grows up some day and adults should know that they can't control adolescents for ever. They will have to learn how to do things on there own and take care of the children of
- 2818: National Constituent Assembly
- ... under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, an act that proclaimed the Clergy had to swear allegiance to the State, rather than the Pope, and therefore all their property and wages were put under State control. It was one of the most successful reforms, as the new currency stabilised the economy for a critical period of time, and released the pressure that was on France, financially. It was also during this ... It only worsened things when the Pope announced that he was against the reform, and asked that loyal churchmen refuse to conform to the new system. With the church's land being taken under State control, there were many reasons for discontent amongst the Clergy. Many of the peasants and workers conditions did not improve over the period of the National Constituent Assembly, and there was no mention in the Declaration ...
- 2819: Of Mice and Men: Lennie and George
- ... about Lennie crushing his hand, so he ordered that all the men go with him to find Lennie and kill him. George was concerned for his friend, so, while he stalled, he stole Carlson's gun so he wouldn't have it to go after Lennie with. Then he ran ahead of the gang to the forest to check on Lennie. Meanwhile, Lennie was seeing strange things. He saw a huge ... that Lennie had done something very wrong this time. While Lennie had George repeat the story of the place that they would one day have, and Lennie's back was turned, he pulled out the gun and shot Lennie, killing him. The rest of the workers then caught up and congratulated him for his doings. Why had George killed his dear friend Lennie? Well, think back to when Candy had to ...
- 2820: Cancer 2
- Introduction to Cancer The individual unruly cell that has escaped the normal regulatory control mechanisms is the basic unit of cancer. Inside the nucleus is a substance called DNA, which contains genetic information for the body, organized in units called genes. These genes contain the complete plans for the ... preventing havoc in the cell. But if these changes persist in a given cell, that altered gene will breed true. Such damage to the chromosome may remove the oncogene from the influence of the genetic control mechanisms that normally govern its actions or an inactive oncogene may remove next to another gene that has an activating affect. This way the DNA in the cell is changed to activate the oncogenes. Instead ...
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