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- 2471: Road Rage
- ... score for the females was 31, where as the males scored 31.5. I have several theories to why the results were as described. Beginning with the females, the low score was 12 and the high score was 73, followed by a 72. Both of these high scores were reported by two females who were also roomates. I am not sure whether or not the answers were honest. Some sarcasm was detected in the answers. Most of the other surveys seemed to be honest. When the female average is done excluding both high scores, the result is 32.75. This still isn't much lower than the males. The high score for the males was 81, followed by a 57. The low score was 0, followed by ...
- 2472: Hitler's Ambitions
- ... ran away from home because of the constant beatings he had received from his father. Now Hitler’s father’s abuse was put upon Hitler (Flood, p6-7). When the time to choose a secondary school came, Hitler wanted to go to a classical school but was forced to go to a technical school by his father. In secondary school Hitler’s grades dropped dramatically (Heyes p21). Hitler was however very interested in German Nationalism and figures such as, Bismarck and Frederick despite his low grades (History place). ...
- 2473: Greek and Roman Architecture
- ... were built as the gods' earthly homes. The basic design of temples developed from the royal halls of the Maycenaean Age. A Mycenaean palace consisted of a number of buildings often more than one story high, grouped around a central courtyard. It was brightly painted, both inside and out. In each palace there was a large hall called a megaron, where the king held court and conducted state business. Little remains ... the Greek Gods and renamed them. They also took the styles of Greek temples, but they changed them some. The temple was rectangular, with a gabled roof, with a frontal staircase giving access to its high platform. They used mainly the Corinthian style, but they also made combinations, for instance the Corinthian-Ionic style. The Romans also added a lot of details and decorations to their temples. The Romans also made ... and on half times the diameter at the base of the shaft. The oldest Doric columns to survive intact, seven of them, are from the temple of Apollo at Corinth. Each shaft, over twenty feet high, is cut from a solid limestone block which was surfaced with a stucco made of marble dust. While the columns seem simple and stumpy, the sharp ridged fluting is evidence of a high degree ...
- 2474: The Ambitions of Napoleon
- ... he went from victory to victory, but in the end of his reign he was destroyed by his own restless ambition to take over Europe. Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15th, 1769. He started school at the age of ten at the College d'Autun. But that didn't last too long. Four months later he entered the Brienne Military School. Napoleon excelled in this school and he was later recommended to the Military School at Paris. Napoleon as a boy was hot tempered, combative, and aggressive. He was made out to be a military leader. At the Academy of ...
- 2475: The Atomic Bomb
- ... Many geniuses went to work to make great advancements in nuclear technology. It is a shame we could not have used these findings for a good cause. Brett Skyllingstad An Eyewitness Account by a Middle School Student The following is from an eyewitness account by a middle school student who was in a classroom during the bombing. The student managed to escape the collapsed school building but suffered injuries. "I'll never forget that day. After we finished our morning greetings in the schoolyard, we were waiting in the classroom for our building demolition work to begin. Suddenly a ...
- 2476: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt
- ... c.2686-2613 BC), when much larger royal tombs, now dominated by step pyramids in stone, were built at Saqqara. The best preserved is Zoser's (Djoser's); the pyramid was 62 m (190 ft) high and surrounded by a complex of buildings, representing both a funerary cult place and eternal palace, the whole protected by a towered stone wall. Even more dramatic were the pyramids of the 4th dynasty at ... central bureaucracy, directly under the pharaoh's supervision, and more than 30 provincial bureaucracies reporting to the center. Periodically, kings restructured aspects of the system; royal sons were first used, then excluded to avoid rivalries; high central officials were reduced in power if they threatened royal control, but restrengthened if the lower ranks and provinces became too independent. Throughout the Old Kingdom, revenues were collected, labor and resources exploited, and justice ... decorated first in awkward but striking styles reflecting the breakdown in centralized norms, but later returning to more sophisticated, traditional modes. Second Intermediate Period Decline and invasion marked the Second Intermediate period (1786-1567 BC). High officials became so powerful in the 13th dynasty that they manipulated and fought over the royal succession. Much shorter reigns imply depositions, assassinations, and possible short-term "elections" of kings. As a result, Egypt' ...
- 2477: Hamlet: Second Grave Digger
- ... another reason for her death. Yet my partner kept going on and on about something-called se offendendo. Now I know that I’m not as educated as she is because I never went to school and wasn’t as well off as her, but I would like to be on the same level as her. She also has been digging graves longer than me and has gone through more burials ... I should learn to read. I hadn’t ever even written my own name down on paper. Bye this time I had saved up a little bit of money to be able to go to school. Still I can recall how it felt that very day walking into my very first day of class. Such grace and ease I underwent, walking through the doors of the school, but then realizing they made a mistake by thinking I was younger than I was. When they turned me down by saying I was too old to be going to school, at the level ...
- 2478: The History of Stonehenge
- ... Europe today is Stonehenge. Stonehenge is in a part of the Western Downs called the Salisbury Plains in Wiltshire England. Encircled by a discontinuous ditch, Stonehenge's vast array of smooth, gray colored, 30-foot high stones are spread over 320 feet in diameter. It took over 1200 years to build Stonehenge, a life span of 50 generations. This magnificent monument was built in three main stages during this time frame ... phase have puzzled researchers such as; the Heel Stone and several irregular lines of wooden posts that sit outside the entrance to the northeast. The Heel Stone is a leaning stone that is 20 feet high with four feet concealed underground. This stone weighs an estimated 35 tons and stands within the Avenue leading to Stonehenge. The Heel Stone, when viewed from the center of the sarsen circle, aligns with the ... a horseshoe within the sarsen circle. The name "trilithon" is derived from the Greek word "three stones" (Unsolved Mysteries of the Past). Each of the trilithons weighs average of 26 tons and about 13 feet high. Of the five trilithons only three remain standing. The other two trilithons lay crumbled where they once stood (Unsolved Mysteries of the Past). The western part of the ring in Stonehenge II was never ...
- 2479: The Catcher in the Rye Summary and Analysis
- ... the Rye is narrated by Holden Caulfield, a sixteen year-old boy recuperating in a rest home from a nervous breakdown, some time in 1950. Holden tells the story of his last day at a school called Pencey Prep, and of the situations leading to his psychological meltdown. As the story starts we find that Holden has been expelled from Pencey for academic failure, and is on his way to say ... story by refusing to talk about what happened after that, but he fills in the most important parts by telling that he went home, was sent to the rest home, and will attend a new school next year. He regrets telling his story to so many people saying that the more he tells it the more he misses everyone. Character analysis Holden is The Narrator, and main character. Allie is Holden ... New York City on January 1, 1919. Jerome’s father Sol Salinger was a Jewish importer of hams and cheeses. Jerome was the second of two children. He was an average student at the public school he attended on the Upper West side of Manhattan. Sallinger went on to be voted as “most popular actor” at Camp Wigwam in Main. At the age of 13 he was enrolled at the ...
- 2480: Dress Codes
- By: Mikey D. E-mail: Five1sicks@aol.com During the 1980's, some schools began to impose "dress codes" in order to obtain a proper school environment. The "dress codes" stated that students should be dressed decently and clothing or hair fashions should not distract other students. I believe that "dress codes" should be imposed in order to eliminate problems in ... few times were I turned on the news and heard this. Problems like this are exactly the reason why "dress codes" should be placed in public schools. Wearing extravagant clothing can cause problems while in school. For instance a few years back, a student in a Long Island school was nearly killed because another student wanted to steal his $150 sneakers. If a "dress code" was in place, all the students would be wearing the same shoes and this situation would not have ...
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