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- 1421: Having Our Say
- ... American, black, and negro), who are finally having their say, now that everyone who ever kept them down is long dead. Sadie and "Bessie" tell the stories of their intriguing lives, from their Southern Catholic school upbringing to their involvement in the civil rights movement in New York City. "Sadie" is the older (103 years old) and sweeter of the sisters. The first colored high school teacher in the New York Public School System, "Sadie" considers herself to be the Booker T. Washington of the sisters, always shying away from conflict and looking at both sides of the issue. "Bessie" ...
- 1422: Sportsmanship
- ... rules of a contest and accepts victory or defeat graciously." All those in athletics are not the only ones who need to be good sportsmen. It must also be required by coaches, cheerleaders, fans, and school administrators. I believe that some of the smallest gestures of sportsmanship can be effective. An example may be picking up your opponent when she falls on the ground, or patting them on the back while ... end of a game. Sportsmanship is pleasant to see. It shows that athletes have learned morals, ethics, and integrity from their athletic experiences. Student- athletes, who display good sportsmanship, are positive role models within their school and their community. They know that good competition builds character and shapes attitudes. With good sportsmanship, the spirit of competition thrives and it ends with courteous relations and graceful acceptance of the results. The moral ... mistake. They tried their very best and that's all that counts. Expectations of PARENTS, STUDENTS and OTHER FANS or AUDIENCE MEMBERS § Realize that a ticket is a privilege to observe a contest and support high school activities, not a license to verbally assault others or to be generally obnoxious. § Respect decisions made by contest officials. § Be an exemplary role model by positively supporting teams in every manner possible, including ...
- 1423: Marijuana
- ... most used drug in the U.S. besides tobacco. Marijuana gives people the feeling they like and want but when it is used to much they have to use more of it to get the high in which they desire. It effects your brain by making the THC disrupt the nerve cells in the part of the brain where memories are formed. This makes it harder for the user to recall ... a couple of weeks. Teens are the reason that drugs are a problem in the U.S.. About one in six 10th graders report that they are current marijuana users. Fewer then one in five high school seniors are current users. Some people who use this drug feel nothing but some feel relaxed and high. After smoking it users may get a sudden quenching for a drink and get very hungry. ...
- 1424: Jackie Kennedy Onasis
- ... the birth of Jackie’s sister, Lee. When Lee was born, Jackie was no longer the baby of the family.She spent most of her time tending and riding her horse. Jackie also excelled in school. She was so intelligent that she found all her elementary grade work as boring. Janet had once stated that, "Jackie’s intellectual ambition ran ahead of her chronological age." (Heymann) Soon problems began occurring between ... years after her divorce from Jack, Janet remarried Hugh Auchincloss. Auchincloss was a Scottish man with good values and work ethics. Not only was Auchincloss a hard working man but his family had an equally high social standing as the Bouviers. Auchincloss’s fortune was also greater than the Bouviers. Hugh owned a large estate, Merrywood, in Virginia. At Merrywood he lived with Janet, his three children, Jackie and Lee, and soon the two children that Janet and he would have together, (Lowe) Jackie did not live in Merrywood for long, she soon went away to Miss Porters school in Farmington, Conn. Jackie loved school there, she got to bring her beloved horse Danseuse with her and she graduated with an A average. After graduation, Jackie attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Her ...
- 1425: Charles W. Chesnutt
- ... the great American novelist and short-story writers of the late 19th century. Chesnutt lived most of his childhood in Fayetteville, NC where he worked part time in a family grocery store and attended a school founded by the Freedmen's Bureau. By 14 he had published his first short story in a Fayetteville newspaper. I think I must write a book It has been my cherished dream and I feel an influence that I cannot resist calling me to the task. (1) At 15 Charles dropped out of school to support his family. By the age of 16, he had come to Charlotte to teach the city's black schoolchildren and also to support his family. He had an intense thirst for knowledge. At a time when few educational opportunities existed for black Americans, he studied math, music, literature and languages. He left Charlotte to take a job as assistant principal of the State Normal School. By age 22, he was its principal. There's time enough, but none to spare. (1) Lack of opportunity to advance led him to go to New York City to find work at Dow, ...
- 1426: The Ss
- ... summarizing the book the most effective method of doing so is to analyze the data by the organizational methods within the SS. The political fury of the misunderstood SS, followed different rankings from the general High Command to the training of the children in school. The book included in-depth insights on the subdivisions of the SS within the army core. German terminology flowed constantly from within the titles and ranks. Many graph and charts were also included depicting the ... larger structure of the political Allgemeine-SS, regardless of the fact that the Waffen-SS was a front line combat organization The Reichsfuhrung-SS was the highest and most powerful SS office, essentially the SS high command. This office was run by the second most powerful person in the Third Reich, Heinrich Himmler, and as commander of the RF-SS, Himmler had control of the entire SS. Himmler answered to ...
- 1427: Glass Menagerie
- ... the other and has battled with it her whole life. She is very shy and is different from everyone around herm and because of this she does not have any friends. Laura did not finish school because when she was in school her brace that she wore made noises when she walked. the sound was horrid to her, but to others it did not seem to attract very much attention. Because of this she dropped out of school. Laura was constantly pushed by her mother to take a night coarse in typing so that she could get a job and make money for the family. Laura is much like the unicorn that ...
- 1428: Tattoo Or Not To Tattoo... The
- ... to have a tattoo is of course with needles and ink. There is nothing like the pure and natural adrenaline rush that occurs when you sit in the tattoo artists chair and listen while the high pitched hum of some 1,800 pricks per minute machine makes its mark upon your body. One of the most commonly asked questions is "does it hurt"? This question has been answered by tattoo artist ... hurts; however please remember that there are several deciding factors on exactly how much pain you'll be in. Among these factors are, where the artwork is located, how big the design is, and how high your tolerance for pain is. All of these are determining factors of how bad the pain will be. Large pieces on your back will hurt a lot more than Insert a quarter size tattoo on ... and Safety. The committee would be under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Medical Examiners. Applicant for licenses would have to be 18 years of age, of good moral character, and have obtained a high school diploma, Plus, each applicant would have to complete a tattoo or body-piercing education program and pass an examination administered or approved by the board of medical examiners. The licensing bill has been ...
- 1429: Drinking Hemlock and Other Nutritional Matters
- ... saying is indeed a statement of fact?” (3) Morowitz expresses his view that, “On the surface it seems strange that acquiring skills in assessing the validity of statements is not a core feature of the school curriculum.”(3) He describes Education as the transferring of subject matter from teacher to student with any uncertainty settled by appeal to authority, the teacher, an encyclopedia, etc. How knowledge is methodically obtained is often ... knowledge. The majority of the population just goes with the flow, accepting assertions as facts along the way. I truly believe a change is long overdue. If we can fit “Silent Sustained Reading” into the high school curriculum, we can definitely teach our children how to search for the roots of knowledge.. Until now the only training similar to epistemology has been common sense training. I have always strongly believed that ...
- 1430: IQ Testing
- "The score on an intelligence test does predict one’s ability to handle school subjects, though it foretells little of success later in life."(Gardner) Intelligence by definition is the capacity to understand and apply knowledge. Honestly, how can that be tested? What happens if the test taker is ... are very sick or too confident it will affect their IQ. From personal experience I have learned that the most intelligent people are not the smartest. Two friends of mine Larry and Tony went to high school with me. Larry did his homework the majority of the time and showed up for school; he was considered a good student. Tony, on the other hand, skipped school all the time and never ...
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