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- 891: Rocky Marciano
- ... American Legion team, he blasted a towering home run over the left field fence at James Edgar Playground. It landed on the front porch of a slightly irate neighbor. At age 15, Rocky entered Brockton High School - an institution with a nationally prestigious football tradition. Error! Bookmark not defined. Rocky's favorite subjects were Italian and Manual Training. And, except for a rather erratic scholastic record, all went reasonably well for him ... arm out." An unusually slow runner, Rocky was now relegated to occasionally playing right field and pinch hitting. During this time, he was chastised on a number of occasions for consistently violating a long standing school policy that prohibited dual involvement in a local church league. Finally, he was cut from the team. This upset him so much, he began cutting classes. That summer, Rocky spent a good deal of ...
- 892: Frank Sinatra
- Many people in show business are viewed as role models in our society. Many of these people are just regular men and women that are placed high on a pedestal simply because they can sing or act, hence, becoming all the more famous. Although he was famous and popular in the entertainment world for almost four decades, Frank Sinatra was a singer ... his comedic wit. He was extremely popular with his classmates. Though all the students adored him, the teachers did not; his grades were less than satisfactory, causing him to drop out of A.J. Demarest High School in the middle of his senior year. By his mother s request, he finished his education with one year at Drake Business School (Sinatra 21). According to Sinatra, school was very uninteresting, and homework ...
- 893: Booker T. Washington 3
- ... a curious child and learned about music at a young age. At this moment Frank's talent began to build. He first started his interest in drums at the age of 12. Going to summer school in Monterey to learn orchestral percussion. At the age of 13 he made his first song called "Ionisation" which consisted of nothing but drums and sirens. During this time he started a collection of r ... he got from an auction. From there Frank concentrated on guitar solo records so he bought lots of records like Howlin' Wolf with Hubert Sumlin and Muddy Waters. On June 13th, 1958 Frank graduated from high school, but the thing was that when he graduated he left with 20 units less than the rest of the students. They let him graduate because the teachers said they didn't want to see ...
- 894: Steve Jobs
- Steve Jobs was born on February 25, 1955. He was soon adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs of Mountain View, CA. Steve wasn’t happy at school in Mountain View so the family moved to Palo Alto, CA. Steve attended Homestead High School. His electronics teacher recalled that he was "something of a loner" and "always had a different way of looking at things". [www.apple-history.com] After school, Steve attended lectures at Hewlett Packard Electronics ...
- 895: Steve Jobs
- ... reasonable price, but found that software was a better seller than hardware. Steven Paul, was an orphan adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs of Mountain View, California in February 1955. Jobs was not happy at school in Mountain View so the family moved to Los Altos, California, where Steven attended Homestead High School. His electronics teacher at Homestead High, Hohn McCollum, recalled he was "something of a loner" and "always had a different way of looking at things." Going to work for Atari after leaving Reed College, ...
- 896: Herman Melville
- ... City on August 1st of 1819. He is the third child and second son of his father, Allan Melville, and mother, Maria Gansevoot. At age five or six he began attending the New-York Male High School. Upon competition of the New-York Male High School he attended the Columbia Grammar School in New York. At this time his father’s business is starting to fail so the family moves up state to Albany in October of 1930. Melville ...
- 897: James Bryant Conant
- ... favor of science and mathematics, and too many able girls were avoiding science, math, and foreign languages." His philosophy can be reflected in today's society and it has both negative and positive aspects. Many high schools today separate the so called "academically gifted" from the "academically challenged". They have developed special classes for both groups of students. At our high school, Crystal Lake Central High School, there were classes called E.C. classes, or extra curricular classes, for the honors students. On the other hand, there were remedial classes for the students who were a ...
- 898: Marijuana
- ... short-term effects. In addition, the repeated use of marijuana has been linked to a number of long-term effects short- Term Effects of marijuana include both psychological and physical reactions, known a s a high, consists of changes in the user's feelings and thoughts. Such changes are caused mainly by THC, a chemical in marijuana that impairs brain function. The effects of a marijuana high vary from person to person and from one time to another in the same individual. In most cases, the high consists of a dreamy, relaxed state in which users seem more aware of their senses and feel that time is moving slowly. Sometimes, however, marijuana produces a feeling of panic and dread. The different ...
- 899: How The Scales Of Inequality A
- ... in the past is still present in a huge way. It has been suggested that society in general, and schools in particular, have led girls to lower their aspirations for no good reason. In primary school it is often found that the Physical Education lessons involved either no provision whatsoever for ¡¥girl orientated¡¦ sports (for instance Netball), or the girls were encouraged (or forced) to get involved in ¡¥male orientated¡¦ sports ... sports teachers are male and so they have more interest in such sports and so are biased. In 1996 for example, the average number of women in athletic administrative structures was less than 1% per school . Ideals about suitable jobs for men and women have reflected prevailing notions of man and womanhood. Hence, familial ideology is one of the critical factors in exploring the deep seated and taken for granted nature ... the qualities that they can bring to the workforce and workplace. They need to be encouraged to aim for the top. However, the problem is that ¡§whilst women are increasingly gaining entry to jobs demanding high levels of expertise, they are only rarely translating these into jobs with high levels of authority and organisational power¡¨ . High occupational achievement accompanied by a high salary has traditionally been reflected by the masculine ...
- 900: Paradise Lost The Devil Compar
- ... John Milton portray Satan in his poem, “Paradise Lost”? In this epic poem, Satan’s traits include pride, treachery, and persistent spitefulness. I believe that these character traits compare to the leadership of Howe Military School. Satan commits many prideful acts throughout the poem. This shows when Milton writes, “what time his pride / Had cast him out of Heaven, with all his host / of rebel angels, by whose aid aspiring / To ... pride in trying to set himself above his peers. The actions of certain Howe Cadet leaders compare to the pride of Satan when they over extend their power beyond the boundaries set forth by the school. His pride caused him to over extend his power, and commit his next error. Milton writes, “He trusted to have equaled the Most High, / If he opposed; and with ambitious aim / Against the throne and monarchy of God / Raised impious war in Heaven and battle proud / With vain attempt”(40-43). This line shows that Satan’s pride ...
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