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- 921: Darwin
- ... and we see a young man (age 22) that is soon to depart on a vessel known as the Beagle set to travel around the world. We are in a time when titles are held high, and the church has nearly the power of that of the crown. The church's power was not of one to be trifled with. Darwinism would later add the clergy to one of its enemies ... His eldest sister, who in turn describes Darwin as being very slow, taught him how to read and write. She taught him the basics of education, leaving him to become a day-boy at the school of the Reverend G. Case, a Unitarian minister. He stayed here at that school for only a year before moving onto much more advanced studies. Now age nine, Charles enters into Dr. Butler's school in his hometown of Shrewsbury. He stayed here for the next seven years ...
- 922: Why Our Grading System Is Impo
- ... or Harvey Mudd, and the farce called grading will be of no encumbrance to the individual. The rest of the students need a system by which academic achievement can be measured. After observing many a high school student, it is apparent that without a system of scholastic comparison very few would strive to learn. What motivation would there be to read that extra page or two the night before the big examination ... a B-plus in college algebra. This idea is altogether untrue. Working as a computer technician, I was informed by my employer that the most advantageous part of my application was my advanced level of high school classes and standardized math test scores. Letters of recommendation were disregarded in his statement. In short, any job that requires high levels of thought and logic can be matched with individuals who present ...
- 923: Heroin A Long Dark Path
- ... You can also sniff the powder form, or smoke it. Because needles are often the most popular way to take the drug, making needle sharing a very common practice. This leaves heroin users with a high risk of catching HIV, hepatitis, or a number of other diseases. The National Institute of Health released data, which said that up to 50 percent of all heroin users eventually contract HIV. These startling numbers ... divorce. Slowly but surely, like an infection, the drug will tear apart almost any family that it encounters. A long dark path to addiction- Heroin is a drug that can reach anyone. From a middle school honor roll student, to a college grad that made the deans list, to a prostitute on the streets of Los Angeles. The path to heroin starts out very innocently. A rebellious teenager gives into ... or others in dangerous situations. One anonymous user of heroin was quoted say this, I am a fifty-nine year old man who first started to use heroin as a student at a Connecticut prep school in 1955. My father planned for me to attend Yale University and Yale Law School, but I always took the easiest way out in those years, becoming addicted to heroin at sixteen and leaving ...
- 924: Legalizing Marijuana
- ... part of this plant is found in its sticky, strong-smelling, golden resin. This resin protects the plant from heat and helps it stay moist during its reproductive cycle. Many users describe intoxication, or getting high, by marijuana in two phases. The first is initial stimulation, when a person becomes giddy and euphoric. The second is sedation, when a person finds mental tranquility. All forms of marijuana are mind-altering. They ... in the marijuana plant, however not all of them cause the same effect. The chemical structure of marijuana is very complex and unique. This is why a number of people smoke this plant to get high. There are a large number of people in the United States who believe that marijuana should not be legalized. There are many reasons that people feel this was, and one is because of marijuana's ... person who smokes marijuana will usually have problems with memory and leaning, trouble with thinking and problem solving, and suffer loss of coordination. All of these effects can affect a person's performance at work, school, or during sports. Another reason people think marijuana should not be legalized is its long-term effects. There are four major long-term effects of marijuana use. The first one is that marijuana smoke ...
- 925: Biography Of Frank Zappa
- ... 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 ...
- 926: College Obstacles
- ... had not prepared me for the challenages ahead. After I made my decision to enter the band of college bound Students in Nevada, I found out that was the easy part. Since my grades in High School were not always the best, I had to take elementary classes first. My english and math needed some upgrading before starting my prereguistites. While I was attending these classes, I had to decide what else I wanted to do with my life. In High School, I had concentrated on Drafting courses. So I wanted to find something that would use this background. I went to a counselor to see where my apptitude was. We discussed Business Management to ...
- 927: Cause and Effect: Students' Grades
- ... curfew suddenly goes up, and "No TV!" A student certainly does not want this to happen, neither do the parents but why does it happen? Why does it happen to the smartest student in the school, or to a student who is not expecting it? Why do the grades drop like flies? There are many answers, but probably the most infamous answer is that the student doesn't try hard enough ... or extra-curricular activities and not realizing that there is studying to do for a test tomorrow. Studying and homework should come before sports and time to spend with friends. What grades you get in school now, will matter in the future. When deciding on accepting you, colleges look at your grades in high school, first. Then, they look at other things; your extra-curricular activities. Students may not realize this until it is too late. Students may think that there will be time later to do things ...
- 928: Why the Legal Driving Age Should be Raised
- ... is?" Sandra Tucker thought, checking her watch. It was nearly 6 p.m., time for John to be home for supper. But her son never made it to the table. Driving home from his after-school job in Hartwell, Georgia, 16-year-old John had been having a little fun with a teenager in another car. "I hate to say racing, but that is what they were doing," Sandra says, when ... into a tree at 85 mph. "I had no idea he'd ever do anything like that." After all, John was in the National Honor Society and was listed in Who's Who Among American High School Students. "When it happened, I was across the street at my neighbor's," Sandra says. I heard the siren's very clearly but didn't think anything of it until my husband ran to ...
- 929: Tocacco And Its Effects
- ... the membranes of the mouth and nose. It triggers the release of powerful chemical messengers in the brain, including epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine. But unlike street drugs, most of which are used to achieve a high, nicotine s primary attraction seems to be the ability to modulate everyday emotions. At low doses, nicotine acts as a stimulant: it increases heart rate and blood pressure and can enhance alertness, concentration, rapid information processing, memory, and learning. People type faster on nicotine, for instance. At high doses, on the other hand, nicotine appears to act as a sedative; it can reduce aggressiveness and alleviate the stress response. Tobacco users may be able to fine-tune nicotine's effects and regulate their ... their usual amount of nicotine. In other studies, heavy smokers were given nicotine without knowing it, and they cut down on their smoking without a conscious effort. Smokeless tobacco users maintain blood nicotine levels as high as those of cigarette smokers. Tolerance and Withdrawal Using tobacco builds up tolerance. Where one cigarette may make a beginning smoker nauseated and dizzy, a long-term smoker may have to chain-smoke a ...
- 930: Juvenile Delinquency
- ... and Wright in 1997, four factors were determined to explain the relationship between single parent families and delinquency. These factors include economic deprivation, reduced supervision, formal controls, social supports, living in poverty neighborhoods characterized by high crime rates and alienation and lastly an increased criminal justice system response to children from single parent families. They also determined the absence of fathers increased these factors. Children from both single parent families, as ... income level except for the very highest (over $50,000 a year), children living with never married mothers were more likely than their counterparts in two parent families to have been expelled or suspended from school, to display emotional problems and to engage in anti-social behavior. The same study revealed that if the family is headed by a teenage African American single mother, the risks are even greater. Children of teenage black single mothers are less able to control their impulses, have a lower tolerance for frustration, are more likely to be hyperactive, have more difficulty adapting to school and, if boys, are likely to be more hostile, assertive and willful than children of older mothers, both black and white. Another factor to consider in the breakdown of families is the increasing number ...
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