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- 1801: The Arrival Of The Internet
- ... the only ones benefiting from the Internet. Universities have used it for decades. At first only the major universities used the Internet to access information about books and other media from the other universities. Now high schools as well as grade schools are using the Web. Students can "surf the net", a virtually limitless supply of information. Information that is literally at their fingertips. The Education Department reports that students in ... increases human interaction, because of online chat forums and e-mail. A number of precautions can be taken making the Net Relatively safe. Precautions are good, but nothing is totally safe. Children walk home from school everyday, parents struggle through traffic to get home after work. These everyday actions have a certain amount of risk. A child could be abducted on their way home from school. Parents could get into a car accident coming home. The point is, If we were able to make the net 100% safe it would be the first time we ever made anything totally safe. ...
- 1802: How The Canadian Economy Is De
- ... S are now being traded. The goods that werent being trade before between Canada and the U.S were petrochemicals and woven fabrics; these goods were not traded before because there was such a high tariff on them. Since Canada does a lot of exporting of raw material these materials use to have such a high tariff and were not being as traded to their potential now they are being traded frequently to the U.S because of the FTA. The FTA has allowed Canada and the U.S to reduce ... electronic equipment. With about 70 per cent of these products are being imported from the United States. With imports growing at the same rate as exports. This rate of growth is caused because of the high demand for U.S based goods. Out of all the goods imported from abroad 77 per cent of these goods came from the U.S. Therefore you can see how much Canada needs the ...
- 1803: Full-time Students Vs. Part -t
- ... success one can attain in their life. Students receive their degree at different times in their lives depending on their finances, responsibilities and time restraints. Full-time students are generally younger, and just out of high school. Full-time students must take a minimum number of courses, generally 12 or more semester hours. They normally have a set semester schedule of daytime or nighttime classes to choose from. They are often eligible ... responsibilities. They usually only have a part-time job and still live at home with their parents. The time restraints that full-time students have are homework, studying and fitting their job schedule into their school schedule. These students can complete a full degree program in about 4 - 5 years. Part-time students are generally older, and living on their own. For part-time students it takes a longer time ...
- 1804: The Lords Of Discipline
- The Lords of Discipline Not many of the boys who enter the Carolina Military Institute as freshmen leave the school as graduates. Set in South Carolina, this is a story seen through the eyes of Will McLean, a sensitive, yet rebellious young boy, who aspires to be an "institiute man". He is an intelligent, honest ... caring. Pig and Mark are the "big men" of the group. Will considers them his protectors because of their size and sense of loyality. 0n the surface, the institute apppears to be just another military school engaged in training fine southern men to defend the country during the Vietnam War. But behind the clean walls of the school and the stern faces of the upperclassmen is a horrifying secret. The Lords Of Dicipline is a book about four young men, Will, Pig, Mark and Tradd, who are trying to recieve an education ...
- 1805: The Souls of Black Folk
- ... adopted country at once, it creates division and strife within the collective soul and adds to the problems of their double consciousness. He argues that only through learning can a black man go to heights high enough to see above the sky. But certain knowledge gives leisure for self-examination and a dawning self-consciousness, self-realization and self respect which can act as a double edged sword. Through formal learning ... the two sides of his identity to try to be part of the chase while at the same time serving as the catch. Following in the steps of the Atlanta schools or in the trade school method proposed by Washington will not give the Negro the tools to better himself or to become a true American. Booker T. Washington's idea of education presents a huge dilemma because it accepts the ... his heritage. Instead it completely undermines the identity of his soul and threatens to lose it for the sake of making the Negro a contestant in the 'race.' Du Bois places blame on the public school system in his article Of The Sons of Master and Man for creating this materialistic attitude in the Negro scholar. He states that "for every five dollars spent for public education in the State ...
- 1806: Respect In Eveline and Teenage Wasteland
- ... that his parents did not respect him or even trust him. He became a disruptive student, his grades dropped, and began drinking at a young age because of these problems. He was moved to another school and his parents were still called to even more meetings with his teachers because he did not change his ways. Donny got sent to a tutor but got too much freedom and his grades dropped. In the end he got kicked out of school because he had some beer in his locker. Within a month of his expulsion he runs away from home never to return. "Eveline" and "Teenage Wasteland" ended very similarly. Neither of the two main characters ... gain anything. Donny ran away in the end of "Teenage Wasteland," and caused nothing but confusion to his parents, instead of gaining the respect that he wanted to gain. He never even finished with his high school education. Both of these stories were very creatively written. They both tackle the issue of growing up, no matter what age the character may be, and the lengths they will go to to ...
- 1807: Catcher In The Rye 9
- ... did not want them reading it. He thought it may corrupt them and said, "It drove me damn near crazy". The title also relates to the theme, which is essentially that Holden Caulfield, a prep-school dropout, seems only to relate to his younger sister, Phoebe. He is an adolescent who finds himself alone, lost and troubled, in addition to being a compulsive liar. He tries to make sense out of ... the innocent guys". What they are really doing said Holden, is making a lot of money, playing golf, drinking, and playing bridge. He was loner and was annoyed by people who were in cliques at school. He called them phonies too, because it was his way of dealing with the fact that he was not a part of any group. Holden was not a part of a group of friends, a ... give her a present, a record, which had already broken in his pocket beforehand. Phoebe said to Holden that his Dad would kill him when he finds out that he has been kicked out of school again. Holden then said, "I don't give a damn if he does". Holden was fed up with having to "bat around the ball" and said that he did not care if he has ...
- 1808: Dsl
- DSL TECHNOLOGY Whether at home or at work, at school or on the move, we all want more speed from every service we choose to use. The theory goes that the greater the speed of service delivery we obtain to meet our daily needs - from ... Digital Subscriber Line). Put simply, DSL gives the humble and ubiquitous copper wires that run throughout the world to provide POTS (plain old telephone service), the capacity to send enormous volumes of data at very high speeds. With DSL, it's not just a phone line, it's a lifestyle. Some DSLs do that in parallel with the standard voice service, all on the same line and at the same time ... DSL. There are even whole countries which are DSL-ed - like Singapore where ADSL on the phone lines have been given the capacity to deliver video on demand. Here are the basic requirements for a high speed internet access technology that makes sense for consumers: · No special equipment to install- and no need for a second phone line. For every home to install a second phone line for internet access ...
- 1809: Education And Class- A Class A
- ... advantage to manipulate society to serve their values and suit their needs. This is no where more evident than in the social institution of education. Education is one of the great dividers amongst classes. The school you go to often determines what sort of qualifications you obtain, what job you get and, thus, how much money you earn and what class you move into. Education is a means in which individuals ... to private schools to give them a better chance of succeeding in the class hierarchy. Other children, typically from working-class backgrounds, are victims of low expectations, both from their parents and internally, and leave school as soon as they can, moving into low-paid jobs near the bottom of the social ladder. Whereas, many upper-class and middle-class pupils regard tertiary education as the natural way to their future ... upper-class ethos tends to alienate working-class children giving way to a feeling of intimidation and eventually it yields resistance to and resignation from schooling. Cultural capital- the knowledge, skills, and beliefs essential for school success- is also an important factor in educational merit. As stated earlier, those at the top of the class hierarchy usually have more wealth and more opportunities. This puts them at a straightaway advantage ...
- 1810: Heilner's "Beneath the Wheel" and Me
- Heilner's "Beneath the Wheel" and Me As it did every school day of my junior year, 11:12 AM had come once more to mark the end of my academic morning, and the beginning of my lunch period. After paying my one dollar for a small ... time was spent playing bass in the band room, or spent engaging myself in conversation with my close friends, I never let schoolwork, tests, or quizzes interfere with this opportunity to let my mind leave school for a few moments. Meanwhile, just a couple of tables away sat Chris. Just as religiously as I relaxed during the period, Chris would be diligently working. Chris and I did not have much in ... time in stimulating conversation. If I had spent those hours with my nose in a book, would it have been worth it? Would going against my will, and submitting my desires to those of the high school, and those of my parents have made me any happier? I tend to think not. I feel that the author Hermann Hesse shares this opinion with me through the character named Hermann Heilner ...
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