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- 1061: College Stress
- ... can be academic, financial, and personal. Academic stress is common for college students. For many students, going to college is more than just attending classes and taking notes. They usually have a hard time understanding school guidelines and deciding what major they want to study. It is very stressful to read and understand all the school policies, especially the transfer instructions. It is even harder for student to make up their mind what major they should concentrate on. Choosing the right courses and making a schedule is another headache job that ... In a similar case to Jack, my friend, Som, who is a good student at City College, always gets nervous and stays up all night to study for his mid-term and final exams. Since, school requires students to maintain their GPA to a certain point in order for them to stay in school, passing the classes and getting good grades are one of the most concerning issues for a ...
- 1062: Steroids and The Big Picture
- ... on steroids. Both females and males use them in all sports and the majority of users are in their late teens. Steroids are being used at ages as young as 13 to increase performances in school sports. Athletes will do anything to achieve their goals no matter how high the risk is. Anabolic steroids, synthetic modifications of the male hormone testosterone, are widely abused. Today more than ever, steroids are being abused. In conjunction with an intensive exercise training program and high protein diet, these drugs can increase muscle bulk, which may improve performance in certain sports. It is estimated that 99% of all professional bodybuilders are using steroids. Teenagers know that steroids will help them ...
- 1063: Muhammed Ali
- ... nice guy. He was polite and always did what he was asked to do. He carried his Bible with him all the time, read when he could, and loved it. Throughout his amateur career and high school, Clay worked at the Nazareth College Library. Clay also was viewed as a kid obsessed with boxing. Clay got bigger and stronger as his talents grew. Sometimes, to keep in shape, Clay would race the city buses to school. Bettie Johnson, a school counselor said Clay wasnt a good student, and if he had not been a boxer, he would not have stood out in any way but he went to school ...
- 1064: The Breakfast Club
- ... Identity Crisis. At the start of the movie, Allison was a person off in a corner by herself. She didn t talk to anyone, she knew that she had a place in the society of school. This society of school, also know as clique groups, takes place at many schools, the one in the movie and most of all Richland High School. Like our school, this one has very many clique groups. In fact in the group of students in Saturday school, each clique group had a representative if you will. Allison knew that in ...
- 1065: George Washington Carver
- ... more knowledge made George more aware of racial prejudice. He was in need for more knowledge because he knew everything the Carvers old blue-back speller could offer. He then enrolled in a public school during the week that met at the church he attended. Thanks to the constitution of 1865 made it mandatory for blacks to get an education under certain circumstances. Since Georges county did not meat the requirements, he had to attend a white school. Whites became angry and soon the church that he went to on Sundays, he was forbidden on weekdays. This rejection taught him about racial prejudice, but also frustrated him with his attempt to get a ... house with Mariah and Andrew Watkins in exchange in helping with the chores. He was more that willing to work hard for a great education. As he stepped through the door of a one room school house to meet his teacher Stephan Frost, it was then that he finally met someone with more knowledge than he. This began to fall apart because he learned so well and fast, he had ...
- 1066: Teenage Suicide
- ... lack peer support and positive role models, and therefore, find it difficult to establish a positive adolescent identity. As a result, a large number of them suffer from psychological dysfunction, running away, droping out of school, prostitution, violence, AIDS or other sexually transmitted diseases. Eventually, these dangerous behaviors sometimes lead them to suicide. Teenagers may also want to commit suicide if they are sexually or physically molested for a certain period ... by national medical and educational associations issued a report in 1993, which painted a dire picture of the state of adolescent health. The analysis of the report presented youth problems, including social and emotional problems, school performance, drug use, drinking and driving, violence in school, pregnancy, crime, etc. as common reasons for and characteristics of a teen's self-destructive nature, which eventually leads him or her to suicide. In Canada, researches were made to figure out the reasons ...
- 1067: A Study Of The Market Reforms In Post-Communist Eastern Europe With A Specific Case Study of Poland
- ... resources. The 1980's marked a change in world markets meant that the communist economies were faced with four challenges that would, if met, have meant the continuation of the USSR. Resource saving miniaturization requiring high technology and skill were demanded (command economies have neither), Flexible production to meet a variety of needs (command economies have large factories to keep production high - they, thus, did not have the funds or ability to affect the necessary changes to their means of production), the "information age" meant that the communist bloc had to deny the new prevalent types of ... in post-communist countries tend to be large. This means that their division or shrinkage poses difficulties for foreign investors, they are however, not worthwhile at current sizes and must be reshaped. Expectations are running high but attitudes ingrained in the workforce will need time to change. None of the structure exists to deal with private firms and must be created along with the labor needed to run it. There ...
- 1068: Safety in our Schools
- ... friends or people you care for such as brother's or sister's even if they don't like them now, they'll miss them when they die. When the kids get out of the school, they should go to a selected place to wait for others and teachers to take authority. The children should then proceed to try to stay clear of the firemen and police officers that might soon ... Lesson," Newsweek, 15 December 1958 4. "Uses A Home Escape Plan," Lesson Plan #4 5. "Helps the Fire Department" Lesson Plan #9 6. "Fire Safety in the Home," 1976 Article #1 - 90 Perish in Chicago School Fire On December 1, something very unexpected happened in Chicago. A fire broke out killing 87 children and three nuns. It was at Our Lady of the Angels Roman Catholic Parochial School. Normally children would use the fire drills to exit a building calmly and quietly, but not this time. Children forgot these drills because of the panic. Some jumped out windows and others trampled over ...
- 1069: Birdhouse
- ... while attending college in San Francisco, California. Beverly had never been to college and was actually being pressured by her mother not to go in the first place. It was supposed to be a good school though, even though it was a Jr. College named Chuffy. When she finally arrived in San Francisco she went straight to her cousin s house. The whole house was painted bright colors, making it seem more fresh and new. Compared to her house, which happened to be all white! Giving the sense that it was boring and plain, which Beverly seemed to think it, was. The school was even worse Each room was painted a dark green, while the desks where in a triangular form as if it were an elementary class. Besides the schools lack of fashion Beverly had a great time getting to know everyone. If you lived close by (which she did) you could just spend the night at home, but if not the school principles were always willing to rent dorms to those in need of them. Each dorm had a twin size bed and a nightstand right beside it. So clearly they were very small! That is ...
- 1070: Boz
- ... Pay Office. It was not until 1821 when Charles received his first formal education. He was able to do so because they moved next to a church in which the minister's son kept a school not far away. After only a year in school, Charles was moved back to London after his father had accumulated a large debt. Charles was not sent back to school. John Dickens was then arrested and sent to the Marshalsea Prison. Having no where to stay, the Dickens family moved into the Prison with John. Charles did not move into the prison because he ...
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