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- 1141: A Separate Peace
- ... Peace: Friendship, Conformity, and War We have all experienced friendship in our lives; some of these bonds were lasting and others were not. A Separate Peace is a book that deals with the friendship of high school boys. These boys attend an all-boy s school called Devon School. It is said that: "Devon is sometimes considered the most beautiful school in New England." "Devon was both scholarly and very athletic." Devon is where Gene Forrester, Phineas (Finny) and Elwin ( ...
- 1142: Education vs. Corrections
- ... s education.” Clinton said the republican bill could mean layoffs for some five thousand teacher that were hired to reduce class sizes. However, Gray Davis’ notes the availability of $6.7 billion for k-12 school constructions. Up to $700 million of this may be used to produce grants of $40,000 each to reduce elementary class sizes. Davis’ proposition funds show that $52.2 million has been set aside for special high schools, and $5 million has been aside for California student information system. The governor proposes a $75 million for intensive reading instruction academies. The program would provide six weeks of instruction for four hours a ... show that there is money that can easily be put into the education system. Another reason why our education system needs to be in improved is because there are many problems with the nation’s school facilities and technology that are being ignored. According to a profile of school conditions by the state of California 71% of California’s schools have at least one inadequate building feature. Some examples are ...
- 1143: Uniforms Will Make Schools a Better Place
- ... Better Place Nine out of ten teachers think that uniforms will end up saving schools from all the violence that is taking place there these days. Due to such violence acts such as the Columbine School shootings, schools have been forcing themselves to make their students wear uniforms. Many have said that it will cause less violence, help the students stay on task more, and eliminate certain clothes that are inspired ... such as that. However, many students disagree with the uniforms and say that it is a violation of their freedom to dress the way they want to, this causes many legal problems. Uniforms in our school system will, indeed, solve some of the toughest problems with schools today. Uniforms will solve some of the toughest problems because; it’s the uniforms that effect the student’s perspective of the school climate. For example, Schools have found that uniforms could solve some of the many difficult problems dealing with students. This shows that, there could be actually be a solution to school violence. This also ...
- 1144: Margaret Sanger
- ... and, consequently, the stone cutting commissions that kept the family fed were often lacking. The children did not fair much better than their father in terms of public ridicule. The Higgins children would arrive to school to chants of "Children of the Devil". One day, her teacher saw to it that Margaret was made the brunt of the torment in class, at which point she simply picked up her things and left the schoolhouse vowing never to return. Margaret was exceptionally bright in school and her father pleaded with her to go back. Margaret refused. Margaret's two older sisters, Mary and Nan, offered to pay for the cost of a private school out of their paychecks if Margaret agreed to wait tables for her room and board. So, in 1896 Margaret ended up at Claverack, one of the first coeducational schools in the East. It was ...
- 1145: The Touch of Magic by Lorena Hickok
- ... know I am a big dreamer and can get lost in my thoughts sometimes, but her dreams weren't like mine. Annie dreamt of being able to see, but most often dreamt of going to school. Annie wanted to learn but had no one to teach her. One day, about a year after Jimmie's death, the State Board of Charities came by to look around. Annie was so excited because she heard they might be able to send her to school. When they were leaving she jumped in front of them and yelled out that she wanted to go to school. The men asked her what was wrong with her and she explained to them that she was nearly blind. A few days later, after Annie thought she had blown her chance of ever going ...
- 1146: England
- ... commonwealth immigrants are coming from southern Asia. Since there are so many different kinds of people there has been a lot of fighting between them. England s economy is very strong because of an excellent school system. Their school system is much like ours except they only have to attend school from ages 5 through 16. Although they don t go to school as long as us they learn things at a faster rate and school involves harder work. The English also play sports. They ...
- 1147: High And Low Displacement Engines
- High & Low Displacement Engines People often think bigger is better, but that’s not always true. Cars that have bigger engines are said to be faster than those with small engine are, but an Acura Integra ... to move it forward. In a speed competition, the Integra would accelerate faster than the Mustang but the Mustang has a larger and stronger engine, which makes it possible for the car to maintain a high speed. In other words, the Integra would win in a 1/4-mile drag race but the Mustang would win in a race that’s longer than a 1/4 of a mile. They can ... reduced. The larger displacement is stronger and it can handle more modification but it still cannot accelerate as fast as a smaller engine and it consumes a larger amount of fuel. Both low displacement and high displacement engine has its advantages. An analogy that demonstrates this is a long distance runner and a sprinter. When racing a short distance the long distance runner will lose to the sprinter but in ...
- 1148: Public School Finance: Prospectus Paper
- Public School Finance: Prospectus Paper Oklahoma utility companies are currently protesting the amount of taxes that they must pay. The dispute came about because of the difference between what utility companies and other commercial properties and other ... will end up on the legislature in February and that it will be one of the first items discussed. It is advantageous to the schools to have this matter settled as quickly as possible. Some school districts who rely on the taxes from local utilities for the majority of their funding are concerned as to whether they can keep their school going past February of 1995 without the revenue derived from utility taxes. In most districts, money from local utility companies accounts for as least 40% of their fixed expenses. Schools who have to pay ...
- 1149: Compaq
- ... center will benefit our company. Kanata has over 750 businesses with the advanced technology industry serving as the foundation. Configuration center will manufacture and ship personal computers directly to our customers. With the cluster of high technology businesses, we are able to complement our manufacturing operations in that kind of environment. Ottawa is known as Silicon Valley North because of its emergence as a high-tech center. By locating in the Ottawa region, Compaq is able to feed of this high-tech sector. The success of the Ottawa area as a high-technology center may be attributed to several locational advantages. These advantages are accessibility to the federal government: a well-developed science and technology ...
- 1150: Soft Drink Industry Case Study
- ... fragmented bottling side of the industry, operating expenses may be spread over a larger sales base, which reduces the per case cost of production. In addition, larger corporate coffers allow for capital investment in automated high speed bottling lines that increase efficiency (Industry Surveys, 1995). This trend is supported by the decline in the number of production workers employed by the industry at higher wages and fewer hours. This in conjunction ... 1588000 1752000 1606000 Sales/Income 1.70% 6.35% 6.15% 5.28% Income/Assets 1.79% 6.70% 7.07% 6.31% Source: Compact Disclosure Capital Requirements The requirements within this industry are very high. Production and distribution systems are extensive and necessary to compete with the industry leaders. Table 4 shows the average capital expenditures by the three industry leaders. Table 4 Dec-95 Dec-94 Jan-94 Jan ... 1077912 Inventories 867666.7 803666.7 777366.7 716673.7 Plant & Equip 5986333 5795367 5246600 4642058 Total Assets 15022667 14055500 12997900 11655411 Source: Compact Disclosure The magnitude of these expenditures causes this to be a high barrier to entry. Proprietary Product Differences Each firm has brands that are unique in packaging and image, however any of the product differences that may develop are easily duplicated. However, secret formulas do create ...
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