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- 491: Stephen King
- ... Maine. Around his 11th anniversary Stephens mom moved to Durham, Maine, along with Stephen and his brother, to take care of her parents, whom were to old to take care of themselves. Stephens school days were spent in the Durham Grammar School. He then attended Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. He went to college at the University of Maine at Orono, at which, during his spophomore year, he worte a weekly column for THE MAINE CAMPUS. During his years at ...
- 492: Microsoft Corporation
- ... that offered the world its first software manufacturing company was Microsoft Corporation (MSFT on the NASDAQ exchange). At the helm of this young, innovative company are William Gates and Paul Allen, a pair of former high school chums who envisioned a world of home computer technology years before such a dream became even remotely possible. Early Influences Their story begins at Lakeside High, a private high school in Seattle, Washington. The Mothers' Club at Lakeside decided to purchase a computer terminal for the kids with proceeds from bake sales and rummage sales. Students at Lakeside became enthralled ...
- 493: Tourette's Disorder
- ... tics generally are divided into categories according to age of onset, duration of symptoms, and the presence of vocal or phonic tics in addition to motor tics. Transient tic disorders often begin during the early school years and can occur in up to 15% of all children. Common tics include eye blinking, nose puckering, grimacing, and squinting. Transient vocalizations are less common and include various throat sounds, humming, or other noises. Childhood tics may be bizarre, such as licking the palm or poking and pinching the genitals. Transient tics last only weeks or a few months and usually are not associated with specific behavioral or school problems. They are especially noticeable with heightened excitement or fatigue. As with all tic syndromes, boys are three to four times more often afflicted than g! irls. While transient tics by definition do not persist ... tension aefore writing, to even up, or to stand up and push a chair into "just the right position") is compulsive in duality and accompanied by considerable internal discomfort. Complex motor tics may greatly impair school work, e.g., when a child must stab at a workbook with a pencil or must go over the same letter so many times that the paper is worn thin. Self-destructive behaviors, such ...
- 494: History of Adolf Hitler
- ... which resembled the Swastika he later used as the symbol of the Nazi party. He was a pretty good student. He received good marks in most of his classes. However in his last year of school he failed German and Mathematics, and only succeeded in Gym and Drawing. He drooped out of school at the age of 16, spending a total of 10 years in school. From childhood one it was his dream to become an artist or architect. He was not a bad artist, as his surviving paintings and drawings show but he never showed any originality or creative ...
- 495: Answer America's Call
- ... Kennedy and the Vietnam conflict. What is this generation's call? With the Cold War dead and behind us, America is calling from a different line. No longer is America in need of a sophisticated high budget military, but for new minds and ideas. Long gone are the days of fighting in the streets over a lone silver dollar. Instead America is in the race for new technology and the minds ... people now should be as equally concerned. Not that the government will not survive, but rather if it is going to prosper, as it has, with all of this new technology. No longer will a high school education prepare people for the workplace, as it did just ten to twenty years ago. Now people need not only a high school education, but a college degree, and more to prepare themselves. With ...
- 496: Teen Pregnancy
- ... rare thing nowadays, a matter of fact its an everyday thing. It is the third of the major problem in society and is slowly decreasing but the number of girls getting pregnant is still too high. I feel greatly about this topic because I know so many teenage mothers and they didnt get to live their lives they way they wanted to. Instead of getting an education they dropped out of high school and then had to resort to welfare because they did not have the qualifications to get a job. As I was reading an article, I read that 40,000 teenage women drop out of ...
- 497: Jim Thorpe
- ... After that Jim kept to himself. Being only nine years old, he would go out raccoon hunting with his dog. Often making camp and not coming home for days. He was barely inside at all. School was unbearable for Jim. He wanted to be outside. Jim went to Carlisle school. Carlisle school was set up by Lt. Richard Henry Pratt of the U.S. Army as a way to help Indians integrate into the American culture. They hired Glenn S. "Pop" Warner as a football coach. ...
- 498: A Look At A Career In Community Pharmacy
- ... six worked full time on salary pay ("Pharmacists" 168). In 1997 there were 170,000 pharmacists licensed in the United States. 43,000 of those pharmacists worked in community pharmacies (Albrant 18). Pharmacists have very high risks of catching the disease they are treating because they have so much close contact with their customers. A pharmacist also has a high risk a catching many communicable diseases due to the fact that they will be in close contact with patients receiving the medication to treat these diseases. To successfully complete the job requirements of a pharmacist, a student must begin planning their college career early in high school. Education is a big part of a pharmacist's life before, during and after college. A student in high school interested in becoming a pharmacist should be strong in both math and the ...
- 499: Deppression And Teens
- ... all Americans still view depression as a personal weakness or character flaw. Depression, however, is considered a medical disorder and can affect thoughts, feelings, physical health, and behaviors. It interferes with daily life such as school, friends, and family. "Clinical depression is the most incapacitating of all chronic conditions in terms of social functioning." (Salmans 11-12) Teenagers have always been vulnerable to depression for a variety of reasons. It's ... hostile commercialism of society, and the insecurity of relationships." (McCoy 16) This identity is fragile and is threatened by fears of rejection, feelings of failure, and of being different. These young people face stress in school as well with resources dwindling and campus violence and harassment increasing. Their sexual awakening comes in the age of AIDS, when sex can kill. In summary, teens today feel less safe, less empowered and less ... bodies than boys. (Sol! in 157) The reasons for depression are not always clear-cut. Although some depressed, even suicidal teenagers come from extremely troubled backgrounds with a lifetime of difficulties at home and at school, the vast majority of depressed teens are not without resources, support, or love. They simply find, for a variety of reasons, that they're feeling overwhelmed by a sensation of hopelessness and helplessness. It ...
- 500: School Uniforms
- School Uniforms Currently in America an on going debate continues regarding a uniform policy suggested to public and private schools. This develops into a controversial issue because valid argument exist on both sides. Giving this issue much thought has lead me to believe that making school uniforms mandatory would help the school systems. School uniforms would help unruly classrooms, also students would not have to buy expensive clothes and students would not get killed over tennis shoes. Schools that have adopted uniforms have reported several advantages. ...
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