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- 2951: Religious Life In Indonesia
- ... most cover their heads with a scarf. The men do not treat them as second-class citizens but men and women are segregated in houses of worship. Women, such as Megawati Sukarnoputri can hold very high positions in Indonesian society. Despite these advances Indonesian women are still not allowed to vote in any elections. Indonesia is currently in a state of turmoil, protest constantly break out into full-scale riots and ... also widely believed that the violence in instigated and encouraged by people on the verge of power, including members of the Indonesian army. Men who are well out of their teens have been seen wearing school uniforms. Many army uniforms have gone missing and it is suspected that the people wearing these have fired shots at students to prompt a violent reaction from them and reduce their creditability. These people have ... Chinese so the pribumi can take over their business and wealth. One of the strongest cases to show Indonesia’s resentment towards ethnic Chinese occurred after a mayor in Java blocked plans to build a school on an old Chinese cemetery. Mobs ransacked the graveyard, dug up the corpses and stole the valuables that were buried along side the dead and the coffins and marble headstones were stolen and sold. ...
- 2952: The Sport Of Swimming
- The Sport Of Swimming In the sport of swimming the 200 yard Individual medley also known as the Im is one of the most difficult events of competing in the high school level. It takes mental and physical disiplain just to finish the event , yet alone do well in it. the reason why it is so hard is because it requires the swimmer to swim all the ... t get the required oxygen and that will also make you tired. Some ther tips on the butterfly would be to remember basic tips such as to reach far with you arms and to kick high with your legs. The next stroke is the backstroke many people think this is the easiest stroke in the Im tied with breast stroke because you can breath when you need to , well I ...
- 2953: Differences In Education in US and Japan
- ... that rarely happens. In Japan, a student is not promoted until he has mastered his current level. Also in Japan, classes are set up heterogeneously because their belief is that slow learners must work harder -- high expectations tend to show better results. In the US, oftentimes expectations are not high enough and the students do not live up to their real potential. Teaching staff in our schools lack the time provided in Japanese schools to brainstorm or work together on lesson planning and many times ... US schools, as far as I am concerned, such as: more time in math related activities (we spend roughly 4hrs/wk while they spend anywhere from 2 to 3 times that in Japan), a longer school year (ours is 180 days, theirs 240!), more actual class time working and interacting with students (50% in US vs. 80% there), and a more developmental approach to learning itself using more hands-on ...
- 2954: Steinbeck, His Critics, And Of
- ... San Francisco with his family and more frequent trips to the Monterey peninsula (Fontenrose 2). In 1918, he became ill with pneumonia and almost died, but he was able to recover. After graduating from Salinas High School in 1919, Steinbeck enrolled at Stanford University, taking courses in English and Marine Science (Bloom 11). He was always an excellent student, eager to learn both in and out of school, interested in books, music, science, religion, and sports (Fontenrose 3). During this time, he worked as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand, and factory worker, and left Stanford permanently in the fall of ...
- 2955: Odysseus A Hero
- ... that I had know for my whole schooling showed a movie every week. One week we watched Jason and the Argonaughts . Ever since then I could never get enough Greek mythology. In freshman year of high school we read the annotated text book version of The Odyssey. Lucky for me, I transferred English classes at the semester and I was able to read The Odyssey twice. And since then Odysseus has been ... hero you had to have certain advantages then the ordinary citizen. There was a very strict view on who could become a hero in ancient Greece. This stereotype was, a male born to a rich/high class family. Many heroes have come and gone, but Odysseus is one of the few that have remained. The reason that Odysseus is one of the few is that he displays all the characteristics ...
- 2956: Shadow And Custodial President
- ... Hayes. A man who spoke well, presented himself properly, and made moderate changes in America. Hayes was born in the state of Ohio in 1822. Later, he was educated at Kenyon College and Harvard Law School. Afterward he fought in the Civil War, where he was wounded in action. Hayes was elected into Congress in 1865, and served three terms as the Governor of Ohio between1867 and 1876. Hayes ran for ... politicians should be based upon the merit and importance of each issue, rather than political considerations of the person. He also chose men to be part of his cabinet that he believed to of a high caliber. Much to the disgruntlement of many Republicans, this cabinet included an ex-Confederate and a man who bolted from the Republican Party. Hayes promised to try and protect the rights of former slaves in ... Chester A. Arthur 1881-1884 Chester A. Arthur was known for having the “look” of a President. He was born in Fairfield, Vermont to a Baptist preacher. Arthur graduated from Union College, proceeded to teach school, and was later accepted into the bar. In 1871, President Grant appointed Arthur as Collector of the port of New York. Arthur, like Grant, was a follower of the Spoils System. He served as ...
- 2957: Amateur Wrestling VS. Professional Wrestling
- ... Wrestling Federation (WWF) or World Championship Wrestling (WCW) while some people might actually know that wrestling (amateur) is a real sport, not a skit. There are three huge differences between professional wrestling and amateur wrestling (High School and Collegiate), are the actual wrestlers, followed by technique, then promotion. A person that wrestles is called a wrestler or a grappler and in professional wrestling they are either not in shape or just have ... biggest difference between these two is promotion, which real wrestling does not see very much of even though professional wrestling is one of the most publicized events in America. A professional wrestler due to the high promotion factors always seems to have a name that everyone knows, like “Hulk” Hogan. On the other hand, a real wrestler will have a normal name like yours or mine and eventually will probably ...
- 2958: Dubliners
- ... Allen is pointing to the reason behind Jimmy's freedom of choice about his life. He says the reason he does what he wants to do is that he just wants to fit in at school. He makes friends with rich people and gets along with them relatively well. However, later on in the story he is robbed of a lot of money by his friends during a poker game. In the end it might seem that even though Jimmy used his friends to gain status at school, his friends used him for his money. The final bit of freedom besides the final sentence of the story happens at the start of their party aboard Farley's yacht. Joyce writes, "Villona played a ... was entrapping Villona and this was not the only time in the story. One of the final issues of entrapment comes from the card game. Joyce tells of this when he writes, "Play ran very high and paper began to pass. Jimmy did not know exactly who was winning but he knew that he was losing. But it was his own fault for he frequently mistook his cards and the ...
- 2959: Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
- ... with a white picket fence, a garden, a place for Travis to play outside and a bathroom that is not shared by other tenants. Walter’s sister, Beneatha has a dream of going to medical school and being able to help others. And Walter wants it all! Walter wants the money, the house, a business, and an overall good life for him and his family. Walter, like many other Americans, measures ... business venture and Walter loses the money that the family had so many hopes for! Desperate and destitute, Walter has dashed the family’s dreams of owning a home, of Beneatha’s chance at medical school and the dream of living among the hegemony. Walter’s lust for instant wealth and status has taken his family to the brink, forcing Walter to devise a scheme to extract a high price from the homeowners association in exchange for keeping the Younger’s out of the neighborhood. Mama drawing upon her pride and dignity insists that Walter sign his fate in front of Walter’s ...
- 2960: Fahrenheit 451 - Similarities To Our Society
- ... White blurs are houses. Brown blurs are cows. My uncle drove slowly on a highway once. He drove forty miles an hour and they jailed him for two days'"(9). Their speed limit is so high that everything that they see seems like blurs. They never see objects; they only see colors. Our speed limit isn’t as high as theirs is, but people usually go much faster than the speed limit is. Another reason their society reflects the one we live in is that the people there are becoming more and more violent ... or windows of people in the city. In our society, one can’t turn on the television without hearing about a teenager shooting another teenager or teenagers going on a rampage and shooting in local school. Kids in your society are just as dangerous as the kids in Clarisse’s society. The society we live in now is a reflection of the society in which Bradbury wrote about in Fahrenheit ...
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