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- 1241: Richard Lederer: His Works
- ... Richard Lederer Introduction and bibliography Richard Lederer was the kind of child who, almost as soon as he could talk, saw a butterfly and cooed, "Oh, goody. A butterfly will flutter by." Even as a high- school student, Richard knew that Elvis Presley, born three years before him, would become immortal because he recognized that "Elvis Lives" is a two-word anagram. Richard Lederer entered Haverford College as a pre-medical student but soon found that he was reading the chemistry books for their literary value. Mr. Lederer became an English major and then attended Harvard Law School, where he found that he read the law cases for their literary value. So rather than fighting his verbivorous instincts, He switched into a Masters of Arts and Teaching program at Harvard. That led ...
- 1242: Personal Response to Orwell's "Shooting An Elephant"
- Personal Response to Orwell's "Shooting An Elephant" Reading Orwell's "Shooting An Elephant" helped me to remember about many decisions I have made, including a decision I made on a warm senior day of high school during lunch. "Shooting An Elephant" is ingeniously linked to everyday life. Orwell writes about his experiences as a political intruder in a western country, how it affected his life, and how these people influenced him ... Orwell heard when he was marching to keep the peace. More times than not, for good or bad, my decisions are frequently made with the same forces acting upon me. During my last year of high school I had a most interesting and distasteful incident relating to Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant," which started as much as a year before graduation. Every day my friends and I sat at the ...
- 1243: A Separate Peace, Detailed Ana
- ... as Gene wished he was, on one occasion Finny wore a bright pink shirt "symbolizing the first U.S. bombing in Europe. Gene called him a "faerie" but really envied him. Later Finny wore the school tie as a belt and when questioned he claimed that it represented "Devon in the war." Gene was hopeingly awaiting a scolding for Finny, but again, he got in no trouble. Another day the two ... Society, going to the beach and all this "you're my best friend stuff." Other than that, there is little anger between Finny and Gene. One day, Finny wanted Gene to come jump off a high limb into the river with him, as they have been doing for several weeks now, and he claimed that Leper, the school nerd, would be jumping today as well. Gene burst out angrily at the idea because he was studying, and thought Finny was trying to wreak his studies, so he said no. Finny took no ...
- 1244: Gertrude Stein
- ... Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Gertrude was the fifth child, and youngest, to Daniel and Amelia Stein, German-Jewish immigrants. She was a bright girl, but was noted for “her lifelong indifference to rules” (Gombar 41), especially in school. The early death of her mother was the cause of this. Her father was the king of his castle, often acting as a tyrant, and Stein “credited her lifelong aversion to all authorities and father figures” (Gombar 41) to him. Gertrude always had a close relationship to her older brother, Leo. They were fast friends throughout their childhood, and into their adulthood. Though she had completed few years of high school, and did not meet the requirements in Latin, when Leo attended Harvard in 1892, Gertrude followed in 1893, in the women’s Harvard Annex. While at Harvard, she was taken under the wing of ...
- 1245: Adam Smith
- ... From 1764-66 he traveled with his pupil, mostly in France, where he came to know such intellectual leaders as Turgot, D'Alembert, AndréMorellet, Helvétius and, in particular, Francois Quesnay, the head of the Physiocratic school whose work he much respected. On returning home to Kirkcaldy he devoted much of the next ten years to his magnum opus, which appeared in 1776. In 1778 he was appointed to a comfortable post ... be completed. He shares in the produce of their labour, or in the value which it adds to the materials upon which it is bestowed; and in this consists his profit" (second account, chap. viii.) "High or low wages and profit are the causes of high or low price; high or low rent is the effect of it" (first account, chap. xi.) Contradictions like these on the part of such an eminent thinker admit, I think, of only one explanation; -- ...
- 1246: Beauty When The Other Dancer I
- ... Walker lost her self-confidence, she didn't feel that she is that cute little girl anymore who was able to amaze the audience with her long Easter speeches. Furthermore, she started doing poorly at school, her contact with others ended, she did not stare at anyone anymore because she stopped raising her head up, students in her new school made fun of her. Her relatives kept telling that she did not change at all. Although, they knew that Alice changed. Throughout the story the reader sees that Alice felt bad about herself. She had ... that person's personality forms in early childhood and affects him/her throughout the life. If a child was told that he/she is beautiful, in the future this person most likely will have a high self-esteem and would be loved by others. At age fourteen Alice Walker's brother took her to a local hospital, where her glob of whitish scar tissue was removed. This surgery helped Alice ...
- 1247: Babe Ruth
- ... only Ruth had the power in his arms. George Herman Ruth was born in Baltimore in 1894, and grew up around his father's downtown Baltimore bar. He was sent to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, but in 1914 left school to join a minor league baseball team, much to his father's dismay. Ruth started his minor league career with the Baltimore Orioles as a pitcher in the "Golden Age of Sport". With his talent ... created baseball history. He was frustrated, upset with the fans, with two strikes against him, and then he gestured towards the outfield. Ruth was calling his shot. "The Ball disappeared from the premises in a high, sizzling line, carrying an incredible distance in an incredibly short time." Many people did not understand. Was Ruth pointing at Root, the pitcher? Was Ruth pointing to the center field stands or was he ...
- 1248: J.P. Morgan
- ... Morgan was born on April 17, 1837 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was nicknamed "Pip" by his childhood friends. The family prospered in Hartford until Junius moved the family to Boston where Pip began Boston English High. He did well in the prestigious high school and then in his second high school in Vevey, Switzerland. The family moved to London and John transferred to the University of Gottingen in Germany. John continued to excel in his studies and majored ...
- 1249: Social Class Action Research
- ... of this is given in the Jean Anyon article on Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work. The article deals with different social class schools ranging from the working class, middle class, affluent professional school and executive elite. The article is a good example of the types of social classes. I felt the students in the working class schools are not given near the opportunity as the students in the professional and executive elite schools. The teachers seem to be more like drill sergeants in the working class schools, whereas, the teachers in the elite schools gave the students an opportunity to challenge themselves. “School experience in the sample of schools differed qualitatively by social class. These differences may not only contribute to the development in the children in each social class of certain types of economically significant relationships and ... areas. Food Town is a Toledo based grocery store with their main office in Maumee, Ohio. The two Food Town stores I had the opportunity to evaluate are located at 6750 Sylvania Avenue, Sylvania, Ohio (high income neighborhood) and 1703 East Airport Highway, Toledo, Ohio (low income neighborhood). Attached are demographics and average income levels of these two areas. I currently live in Sylvania, and I have the opportunity to ...
- 1250: Appleton Police Department
- ... of their community and the citizens of the town above their own personal concerns while doing their police services. They all go by the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics. The community commitment is maintaining the high quality of life that exists in the community. The commitment to progress, exist in the changing environment. They seek opportunities for changes leading to improved police services. The commitment to employees is they are committed ... a captian who is helped by 3 lieutenants. One of the lieutenants is responsible for the case assignment and supervision of all the investigations. The second lieutenant is responsible for the supervision of the Police School Liaision program which are sensitive crime investigations. The last lieutenant is responsible for the Community Intervention Team and is also the backup supervisor to the Lake Winnebago area. Eight of the Police School Liaison officers are sent to one of the junior or senior high schools for the Appleton district. They are responsible for working closely with the school to overseeing problems, the investigation of the offenses ...
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