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- 2081: Go Ask Alice 2
- ... doesn t notice her. If she would ever sleep with a boy she would sleep with him. Alice hates her look. She wants to be pretty and slim. Lately she loses fascination about all things. School is boring and she doesn t even go to parties. Her parents want to move. Her Dad is invited to become the Dean of the Political Science at - . Alice is happy and is not hard for her to leave the old school. But she misses her old house and her grandparents who she calls gramp and gran. Alice has a brother called Tim and a sister Alexandria. The two are younger than Alice. At her new school it is horrible for her. Nobody speaks to her the first days. but her brother and sister like the new school. Finally she finds a friend at school. Her name is Gerda, but Alice ...
- 2082: The Study Of Violence In Ernes
- ... first shotgun at age of 10. The happiest day of Ernest s childhood and probably of his life was hunting and fishing in the wilds with his farther. In 1917 he graduated from Oak Park High School, although he was an outstanding student he was considered a rebel and ranaway from school and home twice. He was the editor of his school newspaper, where several of his own articles were printed, he decided not to go to college. He started a volunteer ambulance driver in Italy, ...
- 2083: William Lloyd Garrison
- ... the Garrison home. At one point in William's young life his mother gave him a tin pail and told him to go ask for scraps of food at the back doors of mansions on High Street. (Faber 15) William was humiliated and teased by other children. He didn't feel shamed in being poor but felt a wealth in shame that he did not have a father. He knew that ... a helping hand. Young William would get up before the sun to get all the chores done that were assigned to him. If he got his work done then he was allowed to go to school. He was left-handed and his writing was awful. He was constantly scowled by the school master for the terrible unlegible handwriting. William decided the only way to perfect his skills was to write right-handed. So he practiced and forced himself to learn to be right-handed until his ...
- 2084: Margaret Hilda Thatcher
- ... what she wanted to do with her life. The British education system required young people at that age to choose between two totally separate curriculums which they would follow for the remainder of their secondary school career. One was an arts and humanities course, and the other was science. Margaret had little trouble making up her mind. Though she had always been interested in politics, the idea of a political career ... science specifically, chemistry. At the age of seventeen, a year younger than most candidates, she took the examinations one had to pass to gain admittance to Oxford's Sommerville College. She did well and scored high marks in all categories, she tied for first in the competitive exam. This exam was given to candidates to decide which would win the one scholarship the college had to offer. But Somerville officials decided ... children changed Mrs. Thatcher's life somewhat, but not nearly as much as it did many women of that time. She decided not to seek elective office again until the twins were old enough for school. But, with the help of a nanny, she continued to work, and just four months after they were born, she passed her final and was called to the bar. When her children were at ...
- 2085: Affirmative Action
- ... a business context because there are other discriminatory laws in place to protect outside of work. I can remember from past schooling that there was a Supreme Court case that a white male sued a school institution because he was anti discriminated against because the school had a affirmative action program in place. I would like to know exactly what affirmative action is and then decide a stance on whether I support or oppose the use of affirmative action programs. The ... with workers that already work there. Any idea of discrimination or racism that already exists in the workers may be heightened instead of lessened. The idea that your coworker didn't have to score as high on the test, meet the same requirements, or have as much schooling as you because they received preferential treatment is going to cause some people to feel a bit enraged. In a business where ...
- 2086: Why Al Gore For United States President
- ... think that Al Gore will not make a good United States President, but have they really compared and contrasted his plans for our future? He has a lot of good ideas on how to create high quality universal healthcare for every single American. He is now working with Ted Kennedy, who is in charge of healthcare and Medicare, to help him achieve this goal. Not only does he have a plan ... Medicare program. Many of his opponents want to get rid of Medicare all together. Under this plan, seniors will receive the money to cover the price of their prescriptions and all children will receive affordable, high quality healthcare. He is putting one hundred and forty six dollars toward insuring all children. Gore has come up with a plan for families in need as well. He has noticed that divorce and other ... cant afford childcare and healthcare for their children. In order to reduce these problems, gore has decided that he wants to put care giving, support groups in many small communities. As well as after school childcare that is high quality and low cost. He also has some changes to make on our health insurance benefits. All children and parents will receive health insurance, small businesses will receive the same ...
- 2087: Flag Burning
- ... to violently protest the foundation of the nation. That is what the flag burners are doing. The freedom of expression in article one of the constitution has been abused by allowing flag burning. In Elementary School, Middle School, and High School children have been taught every morning to stand up, place your right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. They then recite facing the flag, I ...
- 2088: Competition Techniques
- ... forward going into the left foot as the pole reaches its level position. The vaulter may have to raise his or her elbows slightly to get the pole to a perfectly level position. For the high school pole-vaulter this position is about hip level. Next, the pole vault speed plant starts on the left foot two strides before the take-off. The pole at this point is level with the runway ... ear when the vaulter is on his/her right foot. The pole tip continues to lower, and the hands continue to rise. The top hand reaches its highest point with the top hand extended as high as possible when the left foot touches the ground. The top arm should stay behind the ear. Do NOT throw the hands forward. The pole-vaulters pole tip must not touch the back of ...
- 2089: Littleton
- It seems for the past week or so, the entire world (yes, world, when I was in Spain they showed news coverage of this 24/7 too) has been shaken up by the school shootings in Littleton, CO (I think thats the name of the town, though don't hold me to that). What amazes me about this story is not the fact that two people went into a school and shot a bunch of people (apparently this is the seventh in-school multiple homicide in teh past 18 months), its the fact that the media has given extensive coverage this, and has exploited it for all its worth. I suppose with the impeachment trial over and ...
- 2090: The Challenges Faced In Jane E
- ... with the betrayal of the people who are supposed to be her family - her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and her children, Eliza, Georgiana, and John. Then there is the issue of Jane s time at Lowood School, and how Jane goes out on her own after her best friend leaves. She takes a position at Thornfield Hall as a tutor, and makes some new friendships and even a romance. Yet her newfound ... of Jane s primary conflict in the novel. She feels unloved and unaccepted by the world, as her own family betrays her. This feeling intensifies when Mr. Brocklehurst arrives to take Jane away to Lowood School. Her aunt is pleased to see her go, but manages to influence Jane s life even after Jane is settled in at the charity school, by informing Mr. Brocklehurst that Jane is a liar and must be watched carefully. The teachers at Lowood are pious and strict and are completely intolerant of someone they consider untrustworthy. However, Jane finds ...
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