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- 341: Three Ways to End Racial Discrimination
- Three Ways to End Racial Discrimination English 1301 Arlington Texas' Sam Houston High School student body in 1998 was 67.1% minority and spoke 42 different languages (Smith). A 1991study shows 64% of people 18 to 29 approving of interracial marriages, compared to only 27% of people 50 or older (www.strang). This rise of diversity in the school district and this growing acceptance of miscegenation reveal the slow death of racism, but the fight to end racism must continue. With exposure to other races, giving people time to change their views and ...
- 342: O'Grady's Return With Honor: Summary
- ... Hospital and also a certified pilot. His mother was a house wife which is one of the hardest jobs of all. His family was very patriotic. Scott was an average student throughout his years in school. Even though he was average he had a very strong will to succeed. Being that his father was successful in his career he had very high expectations for his three children, but also spent time entertaining them often times by taking them for rides in his Cessna 150, which is a small two seater plane. This is how Scott's life ... the sky, which overlooks the ocean from an altitude of 1602 feet. By the time he was in the eighth grade he became fixated on the idea he was going to be a pilot In high school he was a kicker on the Long Beach Gators, which was his high school football team. He began as a second string player but a good friend, who was a professional kicker, helped ...
- 343: Egypt 2
- ... tribes still wander. The major non-Arab minority are the Nubians. They originally lived in villages along the Nile in northern Sudan and the very bottom of Egypt, called the Nubian Valley. When the Aswan High Dam was constructed in the 1960s, it forced the Nubians to move higher up on the Nile. Arabic is the official language of Egypt. Regional Arabic dialects have their own variations of sounds and ... or write. Illiteracy is at its most in rural areas. The government is making an effort to improve the quality and availability of education. According to law, all children from 6 to 14 must attend school, but attendance is only demanded of children 6 to 12. About 85 percent of this group actually go to school. About half the children who graduate from elementary school go on to high school, and about 20 percent go past high school. There is a lack of funds for schools, causing there to be ...
- 344: Almost A Woman
- ... caught in the middle of a gang rivalry. Esmeralda thought they portrayed Maria as a whore because of the way she dressed and the way she acted towards men. Her peers and some teachers in school thought that way of her. Esmeralda knew that was not true because most Latin people she had met, including her closest friends, were never allowed to wear a skirt that was above the knee or even have a boyfriend. Towards the end of Junior High School one of her teachers who had always had faith in her said that she should audition for the Performing Arts High School in Manhattan. She liked the idea that she could become a famous ...
- 345: Plight Of The Wingfields (the
- ... era St. Louis, the overbearing Southern ex-charmer, Amanda Wingfield is the de facto head of the household. A former Southern belle, Amanda is a single mother who behaves as though she still is the high school beauty queen. Williams still-resonant study reveals her desperate struggle with the forces of fate against her dysfunctional relationship that looms and grows among her adult children. (Gist) Laura, Amanda, Tom, and Jim resort to ... virtue of her innate inability to walk, is shy and detaches herself from the unfeeling modern world. Amanda tries every means to integrate her into society, but to no avail. She sends her to business school and invites a gentleman caller to dinner. She is both unable to cope with the contemporary world s mechanization represented by the speed test in typing and unable to make new acquaintances or friends ...
- 346: Water Is Wide
- ... liberal. As a teacher, Conroy's views have changed tremendously during his lifetime. When Conroy was a youth, he was a racist. Presently, Conroy is a liberal. Pat came from a conservative background starting at high school. "...when I rode in the back seat of a '57 Chevrolet along a night blackened Carolina road hunting for blacks to hit with rotten watermelons . . . We called this intrepid form of entertainment 'nigger-knocking,' and it was great fun during the carnival of blind hatred I participated joyfully in during my first couple of years in high school." (p. 6) Within a group of other white high school kids, it is very hard to grasp equal freedom for blacks and whites within a racist school. Pat's transformation first started while ...
- 347: Drug And Alcohol Abuse
- ... every day. Programs that are already in place for children, such as the "Mo Says No" and "Take Hugs, Not Drugs" campaigns are great, but I believe that these programs should continue to the junior high and high school levels because most drug use begins here, not in elementary. For junior high students, schools should hold voluntary drug testing (with the parents' consent) every month and those who test negative could receive a ...
- 348: Anxiety And Depression In Afro-Americans
- ... Some definitions: Stress, Depression & Anxiety Stress is everywhere in our lives and it can be found in two forms. The life of Afro-Americans is filled with both eustress and distress, but it is the high rate of distress due to socio-economic circumstances that are responsible for higher rates of depression and anxiety amongst them. Depression is an emotional state characterized by extreme sadness, gloomy ruminations, feelings of worthlessness, loss ... that Afro-Americans have a 36% higher chance of developing depression than do non-blacks (Bell, Dixie-Bell, & Thompson, p.53). It is felt that a portion of these results can be attributed to the high incidence of violence and exposure within the black community. Economic Distress Poverty and unemployment are rampant in Afro-American communities in the United States. Approximately 65% of the black community in the U.S. live ... verdict caused."(Harton, p.89) The reaction to the results of these two cases was caused by distress within the black community. In addition, it is this distress that will cause blacks to suffer from high rates of anxiety. Studies show that Afro-Americans demonstrate higher levels of fear and apprehension. When asked what their anxiety was caused by, Afro-American teens said that their fear comes from fear of ...
- 349: J.P. Morgan
- ... Morgan was born on April 17, 1837 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was nicknamed "Pip" by his childhood friends. The family prospered in Hartford until Junius moved the family to Boston where Pip began Boston English High. He did well in the prestigious high school and then in his second high school in Vevey, Switzerland. The family moved to London and John transferred to the University of Gottingen in Germany. John continued to excel in his studies and majored ...
- 350: Marie Curie and Her Discovery of Radium and Polonium
- Marie Curie and Her Discovery of Radium and Polonium Marie Curie was born Manya Sklodowska on November 7, 1867, in Warsaw, Poland. Her mother was the director of a boarding school for girls. Her father was a professor of physics and math at a high school in Warsaw. Manya was the youngest of her brother and three sisters. Her brothers name was Joseph and her sisters names were Zosia, Hela, and Bronya. In 1871, when Manya was at the ...
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