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- 6411: CULTURALPLURALISM
- ... child rearing responsibilities. The family grew to a total of eight, with the birth of four girls. All children learned to speak Spanish. Family interactions with one another were in Spanish. As children entered grammar school they had to enter as non-English speakers, fully immersed in English. At the time there was not an opportunity for bilingual education or ESL programs since these children were the only non-English speakers ... of her husband acquiring American ways. He was regularly encouraged and influenced by business. The mother was influenced indirectly by her husband and to a certain degree by her children, who were constantly influenced at school. The mother who possessed the richest part of their native culture was being left behind from her evolving family.
- 6412: Stephen Crane's "The Open Book": Determinism, Objectivity, and Pessimism
- Stephen Crane's "The Open Book": Determinism, Objectivity, and Pessimism In Stephen Crane's short story The Open Boat, the American literary school of naturalism is used and three of the eight features are most apparent, making this work, in my opinion, a good example of the school of naturalism. These three of the eight features are determinism, objectivity, and pessimism. They show, some more than others, how Stephen Crane viewed the world and the environment around him. Determinism is of course the ...
- 6413: Acid Rain, Effects And Causes
- ... atmosphere, SO2 and NOx react with water vapor to form weak solutions of nitric and sulfuric acid. The areas of greatest acidity (lowest pH values) are located in the Northeastern United State. This pattern of high acidity is caused by the large number of cities, the dense population, and the concentration of power and industrial plants in the Northeast. In some regions of New York State, rain with a pH of ... and they decrease the overall operating efficiency of a power plant. The decreased efficiency results in increased emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. The other alternative to reduce acid rain is to burn less high sulfur fossil fuel. This can be accomplished by switching to alternative sources of energy, or improving the efficiency of our energy consuming technologies. Coal fired power plants can reduce their SO2 emissions by burning coal ...
- 6414: Procrastination
- ... we all do it, after all. Yet a newly reported survey of students at a large urban university in the U. S. is probably typical in that a majority (52%) of the students claimed a high or moderate need for assistance with regard to procrastination which is more than any other area of concern (www.info.wlu.ca). There are a great many causes to the addiction to this thing called procrastination. There are many underlying issues and causes of procrastination. Lack of relevance and interest are two of the most common causes. While perfectionism (having extremely high standards which are almost unreachable) is another. Evaluation anxiety, ambiguity, fear of failure and self-doubt, fear of success, inability to handle the task, lack of information needed to complete the task, environmental conditions, physical ...
- 6415: Schools Should Prepare Children For Life in Society
- ... movie a teacher tries to let his students be creative and critical towards everything they see and hear while neglecting values like punctuality and obedience. At first he is successful, but as soon as the school board notices his ambitions, he gets suspended for some odd reason. If a teacher in Germany tries to influence students in the way that they are more creative that is generally seen as positive, but ... going to hear all the different opinions of all the students. If we accept that there do exist problems in society that need to get fixed, we also have to see that it is not school's job to do this alone. Schools just cannot make decisions for society, but they should work on "producing" individual, critical and creative thinkers with a strong social conscience. However other institutions need to support ...
- 6416: Discuss The Representation Of
- Men dominated Elizabethan times. It was a patriarchal society. Women needed to conform to the social expectations. They were not supposed to show off their bodies. Their dresses had high, choking necklines, a plate that flattened their bosom, and layers of cloth that made them appear larger than they really were on the hips. The ideal picture of beauty was fair-skinned, red hair, high foreheads and very thin eyebrows. They spoke softly and did not express their opinions openly. Women were expected to be good wives and mothers, and they had to obey their fathers or husbands, because in ...
- 6417: Principle of Management Course: My Experiences
- ... that I was inclined to give orders and that I was highly competitive and goal oriented. I was also oriented towards the producer role. A producer is supposed to accept responsibly, complete assignments and maintain high personal productivity. By identifying the roles towards which I was inclined, it made it easier to track and remedy my negative tendencies. For instance, the my most negative tendency emanating from the director/producer role ... a kayak race. "At any time your canoe can capsize and leave you to drown," said CEO Michael Cooper of METCECH Incorporated. This is further emphasized by the increased competition present in the marketplace. The high levels of competition are making it so that only the companies which are most in tune with their customer's needs and are most efficient survive. In conclusion, after identifying and integrating the first and ...
- 6418: Studying Humanities
- ... a better understanding of the world in which I live in and how it came to be. Beyond the classroom, many life experiences have prepared me for this course. In my seventh year of grade school I moved to Dallas, Texas. This was one of the most difficult periods of my lifetime as of yet. I had to learn how to start all over again and still be everything that I had been and could be. Eventually, I was triumphant in overcoming the obstacle of being in a different school, state, and frame of mind. I learned from this experience to always look towards the future, and not dwell upon something that is beyond my control. Overall, advanced placement Humanities will further my development in ...
- 6419: Gullivers Travels By Jonathan
- ... It was either he was shipwrecked or his boat was taken over by pirates. In Lilliput, he fell asleep ashore and woke up tied down by the barbaric Lilliputians. These natives are only three inches high and look exactly like humans but smaller. Swift satirizes our bestial selves and use them as these Lilllputians. These Lilliputians are pure evil and very corrupt. Their government system is similar to ours. Their leader ... then fled to Blefescu, which was an enemy of the Lilliputians. They soon rejected him and he started on his journey home. The second place Gulliver arrives is Brobdingnag. These natives are about ten stories high and looked like humans because of their facial features. The farmer that found Gulliver brought him to the queen. The Brobdingnagian government is similar to the communistic government. In this society, there is no currency ...
- 6420: Socrates
- ... One of the reasons I began teaching was to make money. Also, I had to deal with many peoples constant hatred of me, mainly due to my victories in debates against them. Some, with high political positions, even wanted me dead at points of my life. And one even succeeded. So, you see, no matter how simple and easy going my life may seem, there are quite a few difficulties ... I realized that there was no way out. True I could have argued with the court and won. I could have escaped using the plan devised by my dear friends. But since there was a high-ranking leader who wanted me dead, it was going to happen no matter what. Furthermore, my governmental beliefs stand true in all situations; the law should be followed and that is all. There was not ...
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