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- 1081: Adult Students And The Right To Learn
- ... formally announced that funds for adult education were going to be significantly reduced through bill 160. This meant that adult education programs were going to be cancelled. Adults would not be able to go to high school for the coming September 1999. Consequently, several adult students, including myself, decided to take action and do something about it at our school, Western Tech., in order to protect the adult education program. Our first goal was to inform and educate other adult students and to get them involved in our cause. In order to achieve this, ...
- 1082: Asthma in a Fitness/School Setting
- Asthma in a Fitness/School Setting For some, the agony of asthma may be an affliction only during childhood; for others, the illness persists throughout adulthood. The least fortunate are those who fall mortal victims. Asthma can kill. Medical science ... Ron Simon of Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in La Jolla, CA, stated, "sulfites in or added to food can cause potentially life-threatening reactions for asthmatics ("Medical Information", 1998)." Further research by Harvard Medical School have found that instead of being a by-product of asthma, extra pounds could make people more vulnerable to developing the disease ("Tufts Diet," 1998). Even though physical activity has been found to be beneficial ... in the degree of bronchial responsiveness with various aerobic conditioning programs, the potential benefits are valuable and include: 1) improved fitness, 2) decreased frequency and severity of acute attacks, 3) decreased medication usage, 4) decreased school absenteeism, 5) improved self image. Recommendations for evaluation of level of physical activity: 1) Educate the patients about exercise induced asthma, the prophylactic use of drugs, the overall value of exercise, 2) Prescribe drugs ...
- 1083: Autobiography of Debrina L. Frazier
- ... Frazier my family is very small, consisting of my mother 43, my father 45, and myself 17. My parents both being college graduates have always stressed the importance of a good education. Mother is a school teacher and father is a contractor, so we are an upper middle class family. Mother is the strong willed “doer” in our family, while father is the silent “supporter. Section II: Life-Line Activities When I was younger, eight months to seven years old, I participated in beauty pageants and won seventy-two titles. I started dance lessons when I was two years old. I began public school at the age of six which was the biggest mistake of my young life. The children in school, especially the girls, didn’t like me and still don’t like me to this day because of all of the activities that I have been involved in. Through grade school I won state ...
- 1084: Tennis A Sociological Perspect
- ... tennis court. This is surprising for the reason that tennis is a popular sport in many countries. Despite its popularity, there are many perceivable barriers in terms of age, race and gender. Because of the high speed and power of the game, tennis has a great demand on physical strength. Most people who engage in tennis are in their adolescence or early adulthood. While a number of seniors find it hard ... racket five years ago. I had no interest in the game. I did so simply to support my friend's tennis club. They needed enough people to get funding. Furthermore, most of my friends in high school were tennis players. If I do not play tennis, I was afraid that I might be isolated. Playing tennis was certainly a need for socialization with fellow students before I finally developed my interest ...
- 1085: Bouchards View Of Canadian His
- ... not their own. "What happened in the rest of confederation, we didn't know." The teachers impressed upon their students that Great Britain was a land to be despised whereas the USA was held in high regard because it successfully rebelled against the British. (Simpson, 1993) While the past was revered in class and at home, present day politics were not discussed much. The teachers at school did not criticize Duplessis or the Union Nationale because it was paying the freight. His parents were devout supporters of the Duplessis regime and accepted their Anglo ruled economy as a fact of life. Phillipe ... building of a big and great Canada."(Bouchard, 1957) This article would indicate clearly that sovereignty was not on the mind of this student, yet. At the age of twenty, Lucien decided to go to school at Laval in Quebec city. This would be only his second trip out of the Saguenay. His days in the big city made him see how backwards the Duplessis government really were. Lucien was ...
- 1086: 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 wasn’t 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 ...
- 1087: Personal Freedom In the United States of America
- ... effective means for people to use their freedoms effectively to bring about change from the government. Freedom of speech is constantly being challenged as is evidenced in a recent court case where a Gloucester County school district censored reviews of two R-rated movies from a school newspaper. Superior Court Judge, Robert E. Francis ruled that the student's rights were violated under the state Constitution. I feel this is a major break through for students' rights because it limits editorial control of school newspapers by educators and allows students to print what they feel is important. A newly proposed bill (A-557) would prevent school officials from controlling the content of student publications. Critics of the bill ...
- 1088: Napoleon Bonaparte
- ... in France, and he didn t want his Italian-sounding name to stop his progress. In 1796, he changed it permanently to Napoleon Bonaparte. When Napoleon was nine, his father decided he should go to school in France to get an education befitting their birth. But he didn t have the money to pay for his schooling. He petitioned the king, Louis XIV, for a scholarship for Napoleon. The king had set up a special fund for the sons of French nobles, granting them money to attend military school. Now that Corsica belonged to France, the Bonapartes were French citizens and were eligible for this scholarship. Napoleon was excited about his future. Still, he was apprehensive. He had never left the island before, and he didn t know how to speak French. So before he could further his training, he would have to learn the language. To do this his parents were sending him first to a school in Autun in southern France. There the students were mean, they had laughed at his Corsican accent and mocked his poor clothes and rough manners. When Napoleon had learned to speak French fluently, he ...
- 1089: Adolf Hitler
- ... people use the normal excuse that his childhood was the cause of all of his troubles. However, the information in this report should prove that theory wrong. He was a good student in his early school years and had dreams of becoming an artist. Adolf actually had a pretty normal childhood. On April 20, 1889, Adolf Hitler was born in the small Austrian city of Branau. His father, Alois, worked as ... the world. This freedom continued for over a year while his family was separated. (Rubenstein; pg 6) Even as a child Adolf had the making of a leader. He was a good student in elementary school and was always a leader during games being played. He especially enjoyed battle-type games the most and often organized his classmates into "battles." In his book, Mein Kampf, he wrote: "I believe that even ... while others were doing their work. Although his secret dream was to become an artist, his father wanted him to be a civil servant. Because of his father's wishes, Adolf attended Realschule, a secondary school which focused on a more scientific and technical curriculum. (Toland; pgs 3-4) In his first year at Realschule, Adolf felt very out of place and did poorly here. Students there also looked down ...
- 1090: In Flanders Fields
- ... felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved, and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields.Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders fields. John McCrae’s "In Flanders Fields" as a Canadian Cultural Artifact The poem, "In Flanders Fields" written by Canadian ... military values in his two sons. John McCrae was offered a scholarship from the University of Toronto in 1888 where he went on to study physiology and pathology as well, McCrae wrote poetry for the school paper The Varsity. From there he graduated from medical school with a gold medal for his outstanding academic performance. In 1899 he moved to Montreal to accept a fellowship in pathology and to study at the McGill University School of Medicine. Although McCrae was ...
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