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- 1531: The Effects Of Television On A
- ... as a parent. Children between two and eleven years of age watch an average of 25 hours of television a week.(Children s Television) Which means that children spend more time watching television than in school. With that statistic it is no wonder why this is such a huge problem that this nation has to deal with. There are many facts that show how children are effected by television. The most ... on the brain. Television interferes with the development of intelligence, thinking skill and imagination. (LimiTv) A huge element of thinking is taking from what you already know and deciding how it applies in different situation. School makes you do this, but television does not. Michael and Sheila Cole, sociologist, say that Children socialized to learn from television had lower than normal expectations about the amount of mental effort required to learn from written texts, and tended to read less and perform relatively poorly in school. (Development of Children 24) Which means that it takes very little effort to follow a television show and kids are raised on television believe that it takes less effort to learn from television rather ...
- 1532: Life in Victorian England
- ... PM to finish up their stitching. Both boys and girls had to work at a young age because they had the necessity of getting every possible penny into the household. Children that did not attend school or work spent their time on the streets. Children worked many hours for very little pay and in some cases they would become severely ill and have instant deaths. One of the main problems in ... class did not have to work at a young age because their parents could afford to get their children a good education. In the middle class the public schools were a specialized kind of grammar school that provided for the small minority who were considered to need education above the elementary stage. The school education and exhibitions or sizarships to the university were paid for out of the founder’s endowments, so as long as a child’s parents could keep them and forgo their earnings, the child ...
- 1533: The Emergence Of On-line Tradi
- ... information when they use full-service brokers. In response to these prevailing attitudes, Merrill Lynch announced that it might start offering its analysis and research for free. Merrill Lynch has the reputation of catering to high net-worth individuals, but current strategy seems to center on attracting a new customer segment, as its web site becomes more expansive. However, full-service brokerages contend that their commissions are set well when compared ... so most attempts to integrate would be frail. The costs of research and development would most probably outweigh the benefits of integration. Instanex is one of the more popular systems in use. It is a high speed, automated order-processing system and can execute trades as quick as six seconds. Several firms are no longer overlooking the importance in performance within this industry. The on-line brokerage Datek now offers free ... usually relatively small, so capital gains tax is usually not a large concern. Their purpose in trading is to make short term gains and reallocate their assets when necessary. Another type of trader is the high net-worth trader. These individuals have a relatively large value of assets. Most of these individuals are looking for long term investments to avoid huge capital gains taxes. They typically do not keep up ...
- 1534: Bilingual Education...”Si” or No?
- ... common, “public” language, are these children really learning anything? Richard Rodriguez doesn’t think so. As a child of a Spanish-speaking Mexican American family, he experienced the struggles of attending an English-speaking public school. While there, he learned English not only to fit in with his classmates, but also with the rest of society. In doing so, he feels he lost all or most of his Mexican culture and closeness with his parents by giving up Spanish--his native language. Rodriguez feels that bilingual education is wrong because using a family language in school “...misunderstand(s) the public uses of schooling and...trivialize(s) the nature of intimate life” (225). In his essay, “Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood”, Rodriguez applies many rhetorical features to build an effective essay with a strong point: children should learn a “public” language in school, not only to increase their educational prowess but also to gain acceptance in society. Rodriguez builds ethos by describing his childhood experiences. He talks of the trouble he had speaking English in front of ...
- 1535: The Adults Are Always Right?
- ... Stop watching that stupid television, don't you have a book to read? Didn't I tell you to clean your room, do you want to be a slob when you grow up? Go to school, don't you have school today? When I was a kid . . ." Welcome to the lives of almost every teenager in North America. To most parents, when the above words are spoken, they expect to see their teen rush at the ... selfish and useless. Some adults quiver when they hear how we will one day run this world. What makes us lazy, the fact that we watch an hour of television after a hard day at school, before eating dinner and doing our homework? Why are we irresponsible, because we don't have time to walk the dog due to us studying for our upcoming exam? We're selfish because we ...
- 1536: Religion in Schools
- ... are economics, law, and government. To understand all these points you have to under stand the basic beliefs of the society you are studying. In 1996 there was a big debate in a small Seattle school regarding wether the students at this school would be able to hold group prayer. The parents at this small school protested that their children should be allowed to have prayer on school grounds . The school board ruled for the students and allowed the students to pray on school property.The Seperation of Church and ...
- 1537: Layton's "The Role of the Teacher": A Review
- Layton's "The Role of the Teacher": A Review The essay "The Role of the Teacher" written by Irving Layton reviews the current state of our ever criticized school system. The author shows us how we view the problems of the school system and explains how and why we place blame on teachers. He shows how "penny-pinching school boards"(p145) are the real ones to blame and not the teaches whom are the easiest to confront. "A feeling has grown that schools and universities are not achieving that which they were intended: ...
- 1538: Effects of Youth Crime
- Effects of Youth Crime A kid walks down the crowded hallway at school. He is late to his class so he is going as fast as he can. In his hurry, he accidentally bumps into another kid. The other kid backs off and starts yelling at the first ... doing is a crime. They shouldn't be doing it, and have got to stop. A lot of kids complain that they have no freedom, or that there are to many rules and restrictions at school or in society. The reason that there are so many rules and restrictions is because of all the youth crime there is. If kids would learn to stop stealing, doing drugs, being in gangs and all of the other crimes they do, a lot of the rules and restrictions would be lifted and they would have more freedom. At school, kids are not allowed to wear hats or bandannas. They cannot wear these because they are “gang” related. Many gangs have formed, most have their own special colors, almost like school colors. They were ...
- 1539: Orwell's "Such, Such Were the Joys....": Alienation and Other Such Joys
- ... forces him into only one possible direction, failure. This essay is the maturing Orwell's response to childhood subjugation, a subtle exposure to the evolution of Orwell's thought. Orwell's life as a boarding school student at Crossgates occupies his memory of childhood and serves as the platform for his views on life. Repeatedly Orwell describes the society of the school from which he is outcast: That bump on the hard mattress, on the first night of term, used to give me a feeling of abrupt awakening, a feeling of: ‘This is reality, this is what ... mentality of insecurity and inferiority and becomes the fodder of others--the winners of society. Sim and Bingo, the spiritual and emotional guides of Crossgates, feed off of this pitiful mentality and their carefully constructed school environment. By the social standards that prevailed about me, I was no good, and could not be any good. But all the different kinds of virtue seemed to be mysteriously interconnected and to belong ...
- 1540: A Guide To Indoor Air Quality
- ... quality problems in homes. Inadequate ventilation can increase indoor pollutant levels by not bringing in enough outdoor air to dilute emissions from indoor sources and by not carrying indoor air pollutants out of the home. High temperature and humidity levels can also increase concentrations of some pollutants. Pollutant Sources There are many sources of indoor air pollution in any home. These include combustion sources such as oil, gas, kerosene, coal, wood ... unvented or malfunctioning stoves, furnaces, or space heaters, the use of solvents in cleaning and hobby activities, the use of paint strippers in redecorating activities, and the use of cleaning products and pesticides in housekeeping. High pollutant concentrations can remain in the air for long periods after some of these activities. Amount of Ventilation If too little outdoor air enters a home, pollutants can accumulate o levels that can pose health ... fan is located and also increase the outdoor air ventilation rate. It is particularly important to take as many of these steps as possible while you are involved in short-term activities that can generate high levels of pollutants for example, painting, paint stripping, heating with kerosene heaters, cooking, or engaging in maintenance and hobby activities such as welding, soldering, or sanding. You might also choose to do some of ...
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