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- 231: Rosa Parks
- ... crining. You didn't have to wait for a lynching. You died each time you found yourself face to face with this kind of discrimination." Rosa Parks didn't like attending a poor, one-room school, with few books or supplies, not being able to stop on her way home from school to get a soda or a candybar. She hated how they were parts for blacks like restaurants, trains, and bus and even being forced to give up her seat for a white person. Rosa's mother, Leona McCauley, worked as a teacher, and the whole family knew the value of education. Rosa attended the local black elementary school, where her mother was the only teacher. When she graduated, the family worked hard to save enough money to send her to a private school for black girls. At the age of 11 she ...
- 232: An Introduction To Greekdom
- ... express purpose of catering to and providing support for black college students who had no actual support system of their own at their institution. The fact that this organization was founded at an Ivy League school should not be overlooked, rather emphasized. Within the next 18 years, seven other black greek organizations would begin, forming what is now known as the "Elite Eight." They are (in order of founding date): Alpha ... publicity of the activities of our organizations, we have been overly criticized and in some cases, convicted without benefit of judge or jury, just the media as the executioners. Teenagers are creating clubs in their high schools and calling them fraternities in an attempt to get to that point all the sooner. Even when I was in high school, I was in a club called the Nasty Boys, and we had a mock pledge process. I even remember during that process willing to go through with what we did because I knew ...
- 233: Teen Smoking
- ... am a smoker. I am 17 years old and I am a smoker. In the late 1990’s, the statistics showed that approximately 25% of teens smoke. That’s one out of every four teenagers. High school is a tough time for teens. These years are critical to a teens future. This explains why a vast majority of smokers start at 16 years or younger with the most common age being 14 years old(freshman). It has also been proven also that teens who score lower in school smoke more than higher scoring students do. It seems that everyone smokes in our school. Our school is overrun with smokers. It is right now at least 50% smokers and 65% if you count ...
- 234: College Costs
- ... financing a college education is getting tougher. College costs have skyrocketed over the past decade or so, and there's no relief in sight. Average tuition at four-year colleges will increase 7 percent this school year, double the rate of inflation. Student aid is not increasing fast enough to plug the growing gap between tuition and family finances. In addition, there is a growing number of older students entering college today. These students have families that they need to support. I know, because I am a family man who has returned to school. I wish to finish my degree at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The only problems I face are financial in nature. It is with this in mind that I set about this research. The not ... pay the costs. The total amount of funds needed are $17700 the first year. If you increase that number by 4.8% each year thereafter you can come up with the projected amount for each school year.The $17700 figure remains the obstacle to overcome. This cost has to be covered by Financial Aid. If this cost cannot be covered by the available system, the student will not be able ...
- 235: Homeschooling
- ... do not stop and think about their child’s education. Perhaps, they should. It is one of the most important decisions a parent will make for their child. There are many choices of schooling: public school, private school, on-line school, satellite school, and homeschooling. In our family, we have decided that homeschooling was the best of all the options. For the last several years, homeschooling has been the fastest growing educational alternative in this ...
- 236: Sons And Lovers
- ... Moynahan, p. xiii). At that time, one of the few ways for a poor person to better himself was through education. Lawrence’s mother Lydia recognized this, and encouraged it in young Lawrence. Lawrence started school at the early age of four, but it proved too much for the child. He was withdrawn from school and did not return until he was seven years old. The fact that he was older than the other children when he reentered school set him apart socially. He had few friends, and instead sought out the company of his younger sister, Ada. Despite Lawrence’s late start, he did well in school, and became the first pupil ...
- 237: Linking Media with Fitness Perceptions: A Study on the Affect of Media on Fitness and Body Image
- ... of Media on Fitness and Body Image Abstract This research examined the media and how it affects fitness and body image. This was assessed by collecting data from surveys taken by three groups of ten high school students, five of each sex. Two of the three groups were exposed to different media packages, one depicted images of unnaturally thin individuals, the other depicted athletic figures, while the third group was exposed to ... in regards to themselves and others. Also concern for how a response will reflect upon his/herself may negate an individual expressing his or her true attitudes. This research sought to assess the attitudes of high school students towards fitness and body image in the presence of different physical media icons. By monitoring the individuals response to both a third person scale and a personal scale, true attitudes can be ...
- 238: Savage Inequalities: Conditions of Poor Schools
- ... City, and San Antonio. Kozol describes horrifying conditions in these schools. He spends a chapter on each area, and provides a description of the city and a historical basis for the impoverished state of its school. These schools, usually in high crime areas, lack the most basic needs. Kozol creates a scene of rooms without heat, few supplies or text, labs with no equipment, sewer backups, and toxic fumes. Schools from New York to California where not only are books rationed, but also toilet paper and crayons. Many school buildings turn into swamps when it rains and must be closed because sewage often backs up into kitchens and cafeterias. Kozol’s descriptions of the schools help to instill the feeling of hopelessness and ...
- 239: Ebonics Is Not The Answer
- By: kamila E-mail: kamila@yahoo.com EBONICS IS NOT THE ANSWER Over the pass few months, a controversial subject regarding the education of African American students in the Oakland School District has made its way to the top of discussions across America. “Ebonics” or African American Vernacular English (AAVE), or Vernacular Black English (VBE) has been erroneously called “slang,” “broken English,” instead the full-fledged ... shows there are several important reasons such as lowering the English standards, wasting the taxpayers dollars and finally lowering the students’ self-esteem and confidence are equally significant in the fight against Ebonics. Oakland Unified School District strongly disagrees with the linguists and the Board of Education opinion of lowering student’s academic standards and proposes its ambitious professional development goal: ensuring that teachers understand the structural details of AAVE so ... in the trial in Ann Arbor1,” said Jim Boulet, Jr., Executive Director of Standard English Proficiency Program. “The marketplace is demanding excellent communications skills. These children are being denied that opportunity,” Boulet said. Ann Arbor High School is not the only failure in the history of African American Vernacular English. Twenty-six years ago, Brooklyn College offered a course, which taught "Black English" as the alleged native language of African- ...
- 240: Terrorism
- ... t always come with the stereotypical Russians or Middle Eastern rebels that want to attack the US. Terror can come from all ages, races, political beliefs, and countries. An example of each can be: ages-school shootings, races- KKK, political beliefs-Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing or (anti) abortionist supporters, and countries-Iraq. Terrorism can come in all shapes and sizes of bombs, people, and verbal threats. I will try to ... and his entourage. The part I don't understand is how important national security is to the US. I take the military and government for granted and thank them very much for doing their job. School shooting are another form of terrorism. We send our kids to school thinking that they are in a safe environment. We send them there to learn and grow up to be responsible adults. We try to teach our kids to the best of our abilities, but ...
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