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- 831: The Aztec Nation
- ... rain and thus the region is very dry. The Mesa del Norte area makes up for more then half of the plateau and has an average elevation of 9,000 feet. Since it is so high crops are always in danger of freezing. The Sierra Madre Occidental is a long mountain range that forms the western ridge of the plateau. It remained a barrier for the Aztecs and their enemies. Some ... of the gods, this impersonator of Tezcatlipoca would stroll the streets smoking fine tobacco from gilded reed pipes carrying a bouquet of flowers. Any citizens who met him on the street held him in as high of an esteem as the king himself. Twenty days before the celebration of the festival, his dress was changed to that of a great captain. He was married to four young maidens, incarnations of the ... priests and stripped of his remaining finery. Each of his arms and legs was seized by a priest, and the young man was stretched atop an altar resembling a flattened cylinder, with his chest thrust high in the air. A fifth priest, in a plunging motion, thrust an obsidian knife into the young man's chest. The priest then reached in through the wound and tore out the young man' ...
- 832: Catcher In The Rye 4
- ... is a widespread belief that much of Holden Caulfield's candid outlook on life reflects issues relevant to the youth of today, and thus the novel continues to be used as an educational resource in high schools throughout the nation (Davis 317-18).The first step in reviewing criticism of The Catcher in the Rye is to study the author himself. Before his novel, J.D. Salinger was of basic non ... symbolism, and his idiomatic style, which helped to re-introduce the common idiom to American literature. While the young protagonists of Salinger's stories (such as Holden Caulfield) have made him a longtime favorite of high school and university audiences, establishing Salinger as "the spokesman for the goals and values for a generation of youth during the 1950's" (qtd. in Davis 317), The Catcher in the Rye has been banned ...
- 833: Playing with the Younger: Emotional Development of Children in Playgrounds
- ... into peer group, usually at the age of 6 to 12, they start learning valuable emotions through various relationships different from parents-and-child relationship. Interaction with younger children also brings positive human emotions in school children [6-12 year olds] such as tenderness to the younger and inner self-esteem. Therefore, New Westminster should provide playgrounds available to all age groups since mixing with younger children is useful experience for emotional development of school children. Because preschool children [under 6 years old] are less skilled and need more help in play, they are usually associated with adults who take care of them. Thereby older children who now play by ... Henry L. Lennard, “children who have observed others take responsibility and care for each other, learn to experience positive emotions towards their fellow human beings” (99). Thus when both young and old children occupy playgrounds, school children have opportunity to learn how to express tenderness to the younger by seeing the relationship between smaller children and adults. Not only by observing but also by direct interaction with younger children do ...
- 834: The Beliefs of Martin Luther King Jr.
- ... him”. King’s followers felt this way about him because they had never before been treated with such fairness, they had never had anything to equal this in their whole lifetime. He lifted them so high that they could not help but think that he was an act sent to them from God. It is obvious that King’s character was strongly influenced by his caring and compassion for all human ... is one that is key to any great leader. It shapes the character of the individual, and the drive for achievement maps out the plan of success and leadership excellence. His remarkable achievement started in school. He was not motivated by fame and fortune, but by the personal satisfaction knowing that he was making a positive impact in the life of others. He graduated with a bachelor of divinity degree, as ... Luther King Jr., is a man to admire for his true leadership excellence and also for the content of his character. The virtuous character of, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has been shown by the high moral values he lived by. Other aspects of the excellence of his character and leadership are evident in the following: his personality, goals, attitudes, perception, self-esteem, habits, managerial style, identity, vision, choice, and ...
- 835: Harry Shippe Truman
- ... saw a whole new world when he first got the glasses. He would stare for hours just looking at the bright stars. But, Harry's fun with the glasses soon ended when he went to school. The other kids would tease him about the glasses because he was the only one in the class with glasses. The teasing didn't bother him much because the other kids grew up learning not ... mostly adult books. Another one of his favorite books were biographies of the U.S. presidents. Harry read most of the three- thousand books that were in a nearby library. Harry was very good in school because of reading all the books. His mom wanted Harry, his brother Vivian, and Their little sister Mary Jane to enrich their lives so she bought them a piano. She gave the children lessons and ... teacher brought him to the concert and introduced Harry to Ignacy. Ignacy showed Harry how to play his own famous composition Minuet in G. It was a moment Harry never forgot. The kids at his school really started to make fun of him when they saw him going to school with music roles because they thought piano playing was for sissies. But he kept on going and still ignored them. ...
- 836: Why Were the Japanese so Successful After World War II
- ... of intelligence. In Japan's case their is no lack of brilliant reforms. Japan had an ever growing education level. It influences Japanese society tremendously. It will reach a point in time were almost all high school graduates will attend college. As a result there will be an enormous amount of skilled workers, but it also means a lack of low skilled workers.3 Due to this fact Japan had invest money ... Japan has the highest technology of the world. Higher technology brings a better way of life also economic strength. Technology is the playing role in the rise of nations therefore a successful nation must have high technology. The Japanese sudden surge in technology can be said due to their defeat in the Pacific War. Japan's military research was banned, forcing the nation's brightest to manufacture civilian products.4 ...
- 837: Go Ask Alice
- ... five days apart from mine, that is a weird coincidence. From September 19 through September 25 she goes on about how nothing every happens in her life. She does not enjoy her teachers, subjects and school. She thinks everything is losing interest and everything's dull. I think she just is going through the "teenager blues". Julie Brown had a party but she didn't go because she gained seven whole ... Christmas. Alice felt wanted. She wishes that she could always feel that way. They finally got moved in there new house on January fourth. There she goes again crying about how her first day of school was miserable and how she gained 15 pounds. She made no friends, nobody talked to her, and everybody stared at her and made her uncomfortable. Both of her siblings made friends there own age. She finally made a friend named Beth. They have a lot of things in common. There is only about two months of school left. Gerta is going to a Jewish camp for the summer and Alice is not having much fun so she decided that she wants to go to her grandparents for the summer. She went ...
- 838: Life And Legend Of Howard Hugh
- ... get stories on Hughes. Howard was also associated with what has been called one of the greatest publishing hoaxes in history. Howard Hughes Sr., commonly known as Big Howard, was a graduate of the Harvard School of Law, yet never once appeared before a court of law. Big Howard spent the first 36 years of his life chasing money across the Texas plains, as a wildcatter and a speculator in oil ... motorcycle, Hughes built one for himself, taking parts from his father’s steam car. As a graduate of Harvard, Big Howard sought his son to have the same education, and sent his son to boarding school in Massachusetts in fall of 1919. After one year had passed it became apparent that Sonny was not going to succeed in grooming school. Big Howard traveled across the country to collect his son, and they attended a boat race on the way home. After losing a bet to his son on the outcome of the race, Big ...
- 839: History 2
- ... history is. I wish when I was younger that I could have appreciated history more. I also believe that history is repeats itself many times but people just do not realize that. Especially throughout my high school years I always thought that history was tiresome. Throughout high school I always considered history as just a subject that was required to graduate. One summer I took world history at a junior college. I didn't want to take it but I needed ...
- 840: Jeffrey Dahmer
- ... book called A Father's Story which explores the very common phenomenon of a parents trying desperately to give their child a good upbringing and discovering to their horror that their child has built a high wall around himself from which their influence is progressively shut out. While fortunately, most parents do not have a Jeffrey Dahmer to raise, too many have seen their children succumb to drugs, alcohol, crime despite ... the maelstrom, lost, lost, lost." Lionel seems to be fairly straightforward in recognising the negative influences in Jeff's life. No family is perfect. Jeff's mother had various physical ailments and appeared to be high strung, coming from a background in which her father's alcoholism deeply affected her life. Lionel, a chemist who went on to get his Ph.D., stayed at work more often than he should to ... a dread of others that was combined with a general lack of self-confidence. He was developing a reluctance to change, a need to feel the assurance of familiar places. The prospect of going to school frightened him. The little boy who'd once seemed so happy and self-assured had been replaced by a different person, now deeply shy, distant, nearly uncommunicative." Lionel suspected that the move from Iowa ...
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