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- 521: A Critical Look At The Foster
- ... They are often defined by the system whose door they happen to enter: a welfare child if he comes through that door; a juvenile justice child if he happens to come through that system; a school system child; or a mental health child." Once that label is attached, however, the funding stream may continue to flow, even after a child leaves one system for another. The former Governor testified that when ... of floor space; children hogtied in State juvenile training schools in Florida -- wrists handcuffed, ankles handcuffed, then placed stomach down on the floor, and wrists and ankles joined together behind their backs. In the training school in Oregon children were put in filthy, roach-infested isolation cells for weeks at a time. In the Idaho training school, children were punished by being put in strait jackets, and being hung, upside down, by their ankles.[2] Children continue to be assigned labels arbitrarily, and often on a bed-available basis. A recent ...
- 522: 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 ...
- 523: Substance Abuse Increasing in Inner-City Minorities
- ... amongst the upper class teenagers is nitris-oxide better known as laughing gas 17. Teenagers is fill a balloon with the laughing gas and inhale 18. Laughing gas gives it's victims a ten second high by denying the brain oxygen 19. To get an accurate perceptive of substance abuse in an inner city environment, I conducted an interview with T.J, an 18 year old black crack addict from uptown Manhattan. Here are some excerpts from our conversion. Me: How did you start using drugs? T.J: It started when I was about 11 smokin' weed. After a while weed wasn't getting me high enough. So I searched for a new thing then I found the big boy (crack). My first time smokin' crack, I bought a five dollar rock off this nigga on 115th and Saint Nicks. I went back to my rest and smoked that shit up. I loved the high. It took me to another planet and shit. The next day I went back and bought a ten dollar rock and it hasn't stopped since. Me: How long ago was that? T.J: ...
- 524: Creative Writing: The Missed Fly Ball
- ... A new club every month. As I got older I gained more responsibility in the clubs and organization I was involved with. This ended up in undue stress and work. In my senior year in high school I was able to edit my school yearbook, be president of the junior academy of science and treasurer of the stu-dent congress. Since learning just to do it, and not to worry about the consequences I have had an easier ...
- 525: How Can I End Violence In My S
- By: Anonymous E-mail: HollyJacks@hotmail.com How Can I Help To End Violence In My School? Being from High School, I have not had the disadvantage of growing up in a violent school system. Although the school systems are quite calm, there is an occasional fight or argument. I believe that there are ways ...
- 526: Ritalin and Its Uses
- ... legs and tapping their pencils. They tend to be forgetful, have problems following directions, and lose things easily, as well as their tempers. This behavior occurs constantly. This may be a reason why teachers and school psychologists are adament in their beliefs; these kids are disrupting their classrooms, so they want the problem solved immeditately, and take the "quick fix" approach. Experts believe that more than two million children (3-5 ... as easy as you think. There is no blood test, no x-ray, or no cat scan to determine a biological cause for the disorder. Teachers, even in preschool strongly advocate the drug(negative reinforcement???). School psychologists are even prescribing the drug before giving an evaluation because there are so many referrals and a lack of school psychologists (1:2100 students). Many times, it has been shown, that psychiatrists who often diagnose for ADHD in children, are disdiagnosing disorders similar to ADHD such as learning disabilities, depression or anxiety disorders; disorders ...
- 527: Being A Doctor
- ... to handle these kinds of situations every day. A person wanting to become a doctor has many responsibilities, including being devoted to many hours of schooling. Hard labor in a hospital and tension in medical school may lead a person to a conclusion that he does not want to become a doctor. In response he would still have time to change his mind about medicine. Through all this he comes out ... opportunity of teaching for this doctor. He would be acknowledged as a professor for he has obtained a medical degree. The individual could decide to teach at a university or even at a distinguished medical school, it depends on the individual’s preference. Good portions of physicians do in the end decide to become a teacher. Nearly one hundred years ago, it only took a medical student around a year to ... who went through the schooling even if the student had poor grades. In those days the student only had to be twenty-one to become a doctor. Teachers would teach in small rooms at the school just lecturing. The teachers that would lecture sometimes actually owned the school. Now in America, medical school can be a stressful and a lengthy process through which to go. As people gained more knowledge ...
- 528: School Uniforms and Discipline
- School Uniforms and Discipline Since the recent outbreak of enraged teenagers, an overabundance of profesionals are giving their opinions on different ways society can overcome and lessen such instances. Robert Coles, a proffesor of psychiatry and ... Center, offers his opinion to readers how uniforms are a representations of ourselves which can in turn, teach us morals and values. Richard W. Riley, U.S. Secretary of Education, sent out manuals to every school district in America in an effort to mandate school uniforms. The manuals offered clear cut reasons to why we they should be mandated and answered the most commonly asked questions. Both articles argue that in order for people to be taught obedience and ...
- 529: Why Exercise is Important
- ... do,” he said. “The things that matter are the intensity and duration.” Just don’t overdo it. Moderate exercise in any form for 30-60 minutes is ideal, says Nieman. Anything hitting 90 minutes at high intensity releases stress hormones that can have adverse effects on your health. Second, a University of Richmond study* of 39 men and women demonstrated that exercising can sweeten a foal mood. The subjects rated their ... women at Indiana University were given questionnaires to gauge their anxiety levels. Researchers found a significant decline in anxiety 2 hours after the test was administered. Moreover, the test reflected that it’s not only high intensity workouts that help; benefits are similar with moderate exercising. “You can reap the calming benefits of exercise without running yourself ragged,” says Jack Raglin, Ph.D.*, an associate professor of kinesiology. Fifth and contrary ... t be caught off guard: Research also suggests that exercise can make you feel so good that the next time you go for the fridge, you’ll be more tempted to grab something that’s high in fat. Sixth, exercising apparently can act as a suppresser when dealing with pain. In a research study conducted by Kelli F. Koltyn, Ph.D.*, assistant professor of kinesiology at the University of Wisconsin, ...
- 530: The Life of Jack London
- ... lungs were damaged. Since John could not walk very much to make a living, John moved his family across California to Oakland where he tried his hand in farming. Oakland is where Jack first attended school. When Jack first attended school the first thing he did was learn to read. From then on Jack read a lot. At the age of seven Jack had his first encounter with alcohol. While taking a pail of beer to ... thought he was a vagrant, Jack was immediately sent to prison. Jack wrote about his experience in prison in his book “The Road.” Shortly after being released from prison he returned home and entered Oakland High School enrolling in the winter class of 1897. As Jack entered high school he had the determination to become a very educated student. Jack London started studying nineteen hours a day. Jack continued to ...
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