|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 391 - 400 of 12257 matching essays
- 391: Glass Menagerie
- ... the world outside of their apartment. She collects tiny glass animals and she treasures them more than actually participating in daily contact with the public. It comes to where Amanda enrolls her in a business school so that Laura will have some sort of trade which she will be able to support herself in the future. But Laura is so shy that she does not attend classes and is eventually dropped ... into inviting a nice young man from the shoe warehouse over for dinner at the apartment. When Jim O'Connor comes to dinner, Laura recognizes him as the boy that she had a crush in high school. After dinner, Amanda tells Jim to keep Laura accompanied in the parlor. Initially Laura is petrified but she begins to feel more comfortable around him as they reminisce over high school days. Jim dances ...
- 392: Ernest Hemingway
- ... quiet and was a doctor. Ernest got along well with him because of their shared interest in hunting and fishing. These activities would later come up in his books. He was educated at Oak Park High School, where his first writings where in the school's magazine. His mom liked to spend money and spent too much, creating problems between her and her husband. Then, the Great Depression worsened their financial problems. By 1928 Dr. Hemingway was in a ...
- 393: Personal Writing: Working Experiences From School and Community Service Projects
- Personal Writing: Working Experiences From School and Community Service Projects Throughout my high school education I have participated in many school and community service projects. My participation in school and community service activities has helped me grow and develop skills I will need in the real world. By ...
- 394: Social Heirarchy
- ... even given the idea that these problems of society are not needed to be worried about because of the way that they are treated as minor problems. The television show Popular takes place at Kennedy High School in Los Angeles, California. The plot centers around two cliques of teens, the "in" crowd and the "out" crowd, led by Brooke McQueen and Sam McPherson, respectively. Although the show consists of conflicts regarding members ... herself to see that the "in" crowd pays for the way that they treat anyone that is not of their status. Sam struggles to gain equality with those of the more popular crowd within the school. By showing both types of crowds, it expands the viewing audience because everyone can relate to either on of the two crowds. Walking down the hallway of Kennedy High School, one can easily spot ...
- 395: Teenage Parenthood
- ... plant. It is one of the most strictly classified illegal drugs in the United States. Under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is listed as a Schedule I substance, which defines it as having a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical use. Marijuana is therefore classified more severely than cocaine and morphine, which as Schedule II drugs are also banned for general use, but can be prescribed by ... as Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE), in which local police officers visit schools to teach young people to refrain from trying marijuana and other drugs. However, public controversy has been growing over the two assumptions-high abuse potential and no legitimate medical use-that underlie marijuana s status as a Schedule I drug. In turn, disputes over the abuse and medical potential have shaped differences of opinion over public policy. Many ... to NIDA-include increased risk of lung cancer for chronic marijuana smokers and possible damage to the immune and reproductive systems. In addition, marijuana opponents argue that many users attain a psychological dependence on the high that marijuana can create. Such dependence can result in stunned emotional and social maturity as these users lose interest in school, job, and social activities. About 100,000 people each year resort to drug ...
- 396: A Separate Peace - The War
- ... Gene appears to omnisciently understand the reality of war and how it effects people. Throughout the entire story Gene is used to bring in the destructive reality of war into the everyday life at Devon High School where there is an attempt to create, and exist in, a separate peace. There is however quite an opposition to this reality-known by Gene-that is headed by Gene’s best friend Finny. Finny ... a force that is indomitable. The first game Finny invents is "The Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session." This game consists of jumping of the limb of a tree into the river by Devon High School. As the game is invented both Finny and Gene agree to get it started they must jump out of the tree and in to the river first. Finny allows Gene to jump first. ...
- 397: The Breakfest Club
- ... Theresa Puchta is very accurate in her description of the merits and limitations of John Hughes’ films. Almost all of the characteristics and themes she has described in the article: suburban setting, vague social concerns, high school cliques, uncaring parents, characters wearing the latest fashions and top 40 soundtrack music have been proven true in The Breakfast Club. The movie has a suburban setting inside a high school, and the characters each belong to one of the high school cliques: freak, princess, bully, jock and geek. At the very beginning of the movie when the characters are introduced, each of them ...
- 398: How Sociological Factors Affec
- ... an independent lifestyle. Particularly during his youth, Klippel had little interest in any sort of education and with little direction from his parents, he preferred to work on the mill, spent little time doing his school work and became used to fail many examinations. At one time, Klippel even thought that his life was doomed to be a ‘failure’. Klippel’s family was quite financially stable and all the three sons attended secondary school including Klippel himself, who had a careless approach towards education and found that it was not for him. In fact he did not receive any art education or learn much of what he later became interested in. He describes his school years being: ‘uneventful and a waste of time’(Gleeson 1983 :4). However it was during his early schoo years that Klipple developed a passion for sculpture. Robert Klippel’s early life was mostly spent ...
- 399: The Graffiti Exposure in Wynnum
- ... surface? Ladies and Gentlemen, should Wynnum be exposed to Graffiti? Firstly, I would like to ask you. What is the cost to the government to ‘cover up' this unwanted advertisement? One recent attack placed a school approximately $4000 out of pocket. Further more, over the last twelve months, my school has experienced nine attempts at destroying the asthetic appeal of the buildings within. I could also safely say that most of the other schools in the Wynnum Manly district, both public and private, received similar ... the graffiti vandal's attempt to ‘make his point.' The targets are not necessarily towards formal authority, such as the police, but also informal authorities such as social morals; for example, the principle of a school. If we removed authority from our society, the social control would be lost, making it impractical and impossible for our or any society to operate successfully. So what can be done? It is sad ...
- 400: Cannabis Sativa
- ... contained 0.4 percent of THC, in 1979 the content was about 4 percent and in the 80's about 7 percent, "today the THC content goes up to about 40 percent" (Woodard 42). This high potency marijuana is grown using hydroponics. Hydroponics is a process that exposes the plant to extreme heat and light (1000 watt projectors with aluminum foil all around the plant), sparse water (practically forcing the roots ... heart and pulse rate, reddening of the eyes, dryness of the mouth, a mild decrease in body temperature , and on occasion a sudden appetite (The Munchies). There is no such thing as a marijuana overdose, high doses may result in image distortions, extreme paranoia, extreme anxiety, loss of concentration, slower movements and reflexes as well as time distortions. The drug also impairs short term memory which makes it as dangerous as alcohol as far as motor skills are concerned. The effect of the drug lasts from 2-4 hours, once the high is gone, a person feels drowsy, tired and unmotivated, headaches have also been reported. Long term users of marijuana risk cancer and other smoking diseases because marijuana smoke has a high tar content which ...
Search results 391 - 400 of 12257 matching essays
|
