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- 1621: Thomas Alva Edison's Life: A Light Goes On
- ... through departure, fulfillment, and return. First, his life starts off as a departure. Thomas was raised in Milan, Ohio, until the age of seven. He then moved to port Huron, Michigan where he went to school. Well, he didn't attend school for very long. After three months of school he just left. He had an oversized head that doctors believe was some sort of brain trouble and his teachers just thought that he was just stupid because he questioned every answer given to ...
- 1622: Depression and Its Effects
- ... youths aged 15 to 19 than cardiovascular disease or cancer (Cited in Blackman, 1995, p51). Despite this increased suicide rate, depression in this age group is greatly under-diagnosed and leads to serious difficulties in school, work and personal adjustment which may often continue into adulthood. Matsumoto (1995) highlights that " like schizophrenia, depression is one of the most common psychological disorders in the United States". In a large-scale study, Myers ... longitudinal study of young women found that; although the risk for new onset of depression occurred across the age range, the highest risk was between 18 and 19 years, when these women graduated from high school and started college. The overall risk was highest in the first 2 years (a time when they began their college education and some moved away from home). After that, there was a trend for diminished ... childbirth, infertility, and/or oral contraceptives. "Women are also more likely than men to underestimate themselves in terms of their relationships with others," Boston-area psychologist Eda Spielman, Psy.D., who teaches at the Massachusetts School of Psychology. "As a result, women tend to experience losses more deeply, which makes them more vulnerable to depression." (Rao, Hammen & Daley, 1999). On the other hand, compared with women who have children, mothers ...
- 1623: Barney The Hitler Of My Genera
- ... of his Nazi-like teachings. Barney & Friends is a show that PBS should definitely remove from its television line-up. Following the film Jurassic Park and TV shows such as Dinosaurs, Sheryl Leach, a Texas school teacher frustrated by the lack of "quality interactive and educational entertainment," created a fat purple dinosaur named Barney, and a dragon sidekick named Baby Bop for her two years old son(Tolentino 2). Thus, the Barney phenomenon was born. Conceived as a show that would help little children celebrate childhood and understand the complex business of growing up in a world where sixth graders carry guns to school, Barney & Friends has achieved a cult-like following among toddlers who swear upon their mother's graves that he is God himself. Barney has become a marketing win-fall. With an international fan club of ... scrutiny from researchers asking whether the overstuffed purple menace makes the grade as a teacher. A study by Yale University suggests that "The show contains many positive educational elements that aid young children preparing for school" (Walsh 1). Barney teaches ideas such as sharing, respect for different cultures, and washing your hands after you go potty. However, other observers argue that the show suffers from unfocused educational goals. Gerald S. ...
- 1624: Religion and Its Effect on Stephen Dedalus
- ... in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Through his experiences with religion, Stephen Dedalus both matures and progressively becomes more individualistic as he grows. Though reared in a Catholic school, several key events lead Stephen to throw off the yoke of conformity and choose his own life, the life of an artist. Religion is central to the life of Stephen Dedalus the child. He was ... to raise him to be a good Catholic man, is evidenced by statements such as, "Pull out his eyes/ Apologise/ Apologise/ Pull out his eyes." This strict conformity shapes Stephen's life early in boarding school. Even as he is following the precepts of his Catholic school, however, a disillusionment becomes evident in his thoughts. The priests, originally above criticism or doubt in Stephen's mind, become symbols of intolerance. Chief to these thoughts is Father Dolan, whose statements such as, " ...
- 1625: Cultural Anthropology
- ... need to be redesigned. My Experience: I am a white female so I was able to place myself in the anthropologists shoes. I grew up in an upper middle class neighborhood went to private school and I was still taught all about the different races. There is an entire month dedicated to Black History in schools. Thus, I experienced reverse discrimination, not a privilege for being white. When applying for ... of seminomadic foraging populations, (Friedl 161). He also believes that another reason are not the dominant sex is because it is difficult to provide resources when one is pregnant. My Experience: I grew up in school learning about how womens roles in society have evolved over time. I realize that women were not and still are not the dominant sex. This is partly because it is still difficult for women ... with Friedl in that the dominant sex is the one that provides the resources. His research was done by past observations and my experience came from personal experience in such areas as dating, work, and school. The times that I was unable to provide resources I was not dominant, but the times that I did provide the resources I had the upper hand. As we continue to grow as a ...
- 1626: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Themes Related to Society Today
- ... decades to come. Why? The novel by Mark Twain, or Samuel Clemens, has many themes that relate to society today. Even today society continues to talk about whether the novel should be read amongst high- school curriculums. Society is also continuing to deal with racism, and its effects on the lives of African-Americans. Another theme that is prevalent in society is lying among American children. Huck Finn is a self ... lives. There are still many individual racists but for the most part this disease has been cured. As in the book, most people described as racists are not, for they are just mistaken. There are school districts across the nation that are debating whether to ban their children from reading Huckleberry Finn. If this book is taught, the novel can open student's eyes to the racial tension that ignorance causes ... years before Martin Luther King Jr. was born. During those times it was acceptable to lynch an African American man, and acceptable to use the "N" word. If this book is taken out of high-school curriculums where would students learn about the history of racism? In conclusion, the many themes present in Huck Finn will always be relevant to modern society. I believe that Huckleberry Finn will forever be ...
- 1627: The Catcher In The Rye Is Hold
- ... visible. Looking at his normal side, Holden is rebellious against the world, and despises the fakeness of it. Mainly he hates people. He thinks that rich people are crooks, and that the more expensive the school is that he's attending, the more crooks there are. He says when he goes to visit Mr. Spencer that he's not too crazy about sick people. He doesn't like how Catholics stick ... they are supposed to commit suicide or something when they lose. And as if thinking these things aren't bad enough, he goes off and rambles about all of this to Sally. "Well I hate school. Boy, do I hate it. But it isn't just that. I hate living in New York and all. Taxicabs, and Madison Avenue buses, with the drivers and all always yelling at you to get ... ve got the atomic bomb invented because if there's ever another war, he's going to sit right on top of it. He'll volunteer for it. When he's walking to Phoebe's school, he kept feeling like he was going to die every time he crossed the street. He then started talking to Allie and planning it out so that he could move out west and become ...
- 1628: Judges
- ... them had a Law degree. 60 percent said that they hadn't planned on being a judge The first step to becoming a judge is work. You have to work hard to graduate from law school. Many judges said that they hadn't planned on being a judge, and almost all of them said that it was the right job for their abilities. Many say that emotion during a trial can ... really become a judge of a high court on just a law degree, so anything else which will help. One judge surveyed has his law degree, MBA, a degree in economics, and has gone to school for over half his life. He is seventy three years old. He is now retired, after being on the bench at Provincial Court for over 20 years. Provincial Court is where street level cases are heard. To get into law school, you must have an average score of 94 percent or better, (1987 figures) and to graduate you must have 95 percent or better (again 1987 figures.) The first step is very tough. There are ...
- 1629: Movie: Dead Poet's Society - The Dead Poet That Killed Himself
- Movie: Dead Poet's Society - The Dead Poet That Killed Himself The movie Dead Poet's Society raises an interesting question: When educating teen-agers, is it better to use the school's policy of Tradition, Honor, Discipline, and Excellence or Mr. Keating's philosophy of carpe diam (seize the day)? Mr. Keating believed that people should "suck the marrow out of life" and live like a ... rapped on the knuckles" by a nun with a ruler can attest to this fact. The one thing that a student needs in life is structure. Without this, he or she cannot function in a school environment. When a bell rings, you must go to class. When a teacher assigns homework, you do it. No questions asked. No individual thought. The only marrow that should be sucked out of a students life is that of education. That, after all, is why they are in school. To learn and no other reason. In the end, it should be noted that although Mr. Keating's teaching philosophy was debunked, he made one good point. Neil should have spoken to his parents. ...
- 1630: Social Research
- ... including variable analysis and questionnaires, Hirschi set out to find links between social phenomena and thus explain the causes of delinquency. He concluded in his findings, The casual chain runs from academic incompetence to poor school performance to disliking school to rejection of the schools authority to the commission of delinquent acts. (p.132) This is a classical piece of positivist research, relying on a social scientific hypothetico-deductive approach. Critical and standpoint theory This ... as reflected by the dominant groups in society. That is to say, predominantly white middle class males. During the 1970 s critical theories of Marxism and Feminism gained prominence. Hirschi linked academic incompetence to poor school performance. Marxist theory might approach this from an alternative perspective perhaps concentrating on class inequalities and teacher pupil interaction . Did the teacher have lower expectations of working class children? There followed attempts to reform ...
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