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- 1701: Verification of Employable Skills
- Verification of Employable Skills Interpersonal skills are a necessary and beneficial part of the working world. The ability to work with others successfully is very important in most careers. While playing on my High School Freshmen Soccer Team, I have been a witness to the necessity of being able to work with my fellow peers. If we did not work well together we would not have had a winning season. As well as playing soccer, I played saxophone in my eighth grade band. We all had to work together to be able to perform efficiently in the many concerts we consummated. Coming in after school for practices and smaller practices during the school day all helped us to unite and play music. This skill will enable me to work with other people, no matter what my personal feelings for them may be. Being able to use technology ...
- 1702: The Crucible: A Review
- ... the cold, dark, depths of human existence. Anyone who is willing to put forth the time to read and truly understand is in for quite a shock, the truth. As for recommending this to my school's reading list, I cry out, Yes!, let them read it. However, the content of the book would probably be questionable, for it deals with the ugly truth, something not very popular in school. The Crucible would probably be acceptable because it does not portray the Salem witch trials in a particularly graphic way. (However, I still stand by my proposition that the truth is disliked in school) I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, although as always I found all the different characters hard to follow in play form. I think it's because I have a tendency to skip over the ...
- 1703: Engineering
- ... engineering today, but without the introduction of analog computers PC s would not be what they are today. Digital computers are referred to as PC s. PC s are used everyday in the workplace, at school, and at home. Many programs can be accessed and loaded into a digital computer. Most technical jobs, including engineering, require experience and understanding of PC s and the programs that are related to the field ... blueprints, estimate production costs, and simulate certain situations that will help in production. There are many different programs that correspond to each field of engineering. In today s society computers are taught starting in elementary school. Computerized instruction continues all the way through high school. Now, many engineering degrees require certain computer classes. Today s students are going to have an advantage over the engineers of the past. Design and planning will become easier even though the designs may ...
- 1704: Civil Rights
- ... Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, a local civil rights leader, who believed that the Birmingham police commissioner would meet protesters with violence. In May the SCLC staff stepped up the anti-segregation marches by persuading teenagers and school children to join. The singing and chanting adolescents who filled the streets of Birmingham caused Connor to lose his temper. The belligerent commissioner ordered police to attack demonstrators with dogs and firefighters to turn high ... of the civil rights movement, criticizing his interracial strategy and his appeals to moral idealism; they no longer believed that appeals to idealism would cause whites to renounce racism. In 1965 King joined protests against school discrimination in Chicago. The next year he led marches against housing discrimination in the same city. King's Chicago efforts resulted in little positive change and were widely criticized. After 1965 King also focused on ... Urban poverty represented a worsening problem and remained very high among blacks. A major controversy in the 1970s was desegregation of public education, where achieving a racial balance often required busing students outside of their school districts. A broader question concerned equal opportunity for blacks, an issue which affirmative-action programs attempted to address. These programs, which emerged in the 1970s, supported the hiring and promotion of minorities and women. ...
- 1705: William Henry Gates III
- ... up in Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney. Their late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent and chairwoman of United Way International. Gates attended public elementary school and the private Lakeside School. There, he began his career in personal computer software, programming computers at age 13. In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, now Microsoft's ... Ahead" won't satisfy readers curious for insights into Chairman Bill's psyche; it mostly has the bland, confident air of an annual report. But in its very first chapter -- next to a cute high-school picture of Gates and Paul Allen scrunched over an old teletype terminal -- Gates does give one clue to his mindset. He was attracted to computers as a kid, he explains, because "we could give ...
- 1706: Moore's "Roger and Me"
- ... paved street. He left his home at age fourteen to go to the seminary. At age fifteen, he decided that he no longer wanted to be a Catholic priest, and he quit. Later, in high school, he started a very successful life. He became an eagle scout and was elected to the school board (this was not done without a fight; he had to sue the school board because they did not want to accept a long-haired eighteen-year-old). When he was twenty-two, he founded and became the editor of the Flint Voice, one of the nation's ...
- 1707: Eva Peron
- ... her family seeking for a better fortune. Evita had this dream of someday becoming an actress and she believed in herself saying that she indeed has vocation. She participated in some recitals and plays from school. By 1935 Eva had made up her mind of becoming a great actress. Just after her fifteen birthday Eva met a tango singer: Agustin Magaldi, who had come to Junin to give some presentations. Eva ... as a commander in chief. The social work, which Evita began in 1946, began to acquire far-reaching influence and importance. The social Help crusade worked specifically to create neighborhoods of affordable housing, Temporary homes, school food programs, and to provide jobs to unemployed workers, instruments for hospitals, donations to the needy and distribution of toys to poor children. She would create many notorious changes in the country, she would make great donations to hospitals, and the foundation also constructed polyclinics. There was even a school for nurses the foundation had constructed. Evita was by now the most important figure in the country and the people just loved her. She would look after the poor with great hope for them, ...
- 1708: Landscape Architecture as a Career
- ... harmonious relationships between the land and the objects on it by proper combination of open space and planting, and by wise use of land formation (Concise 151). They may work on parks, gardens, housing projects, school campuses, golf courses, or airports. They begin a project by reviewing the needs and desires of the client. They study the site, mapping such features as the slope of the land, existing structures and the ... groves were preserved as the habitats of divinities. Greek houses included a walled court or garden usually surrounded by a colonnade. In 5th-Century BC, Athens public gardens and colonnaded walks attached to the Academy (school) and the Lyceum (gymnasium) were much frequented by philosophers and their disciples (2). Domestic architecture in the first half of the 20th Century attempted to achieve a closer integration of the house with it^าs ... architects to be licensed (Discover 3). Licensing is based on the Landscape Architecture Registration Examination, sponsored by the Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards. Admission to the examination usually requires a degree from an accredited school, plus one to four years of work experience. Applicants are tested on all aspects of landscape architecture (3). Landscape architecture is a very diverse and rewarding profession. Although extensive schooling is required, the advantages ...
- 1709: Computer Engineering
- ... B. Good job outlook C. Shortage of workers D. Universities work with businesses VII. Training A. Associates degree or certification B.Areas of good training centers 1. Boston 2. Silicon Valley C. Careful selection of school VIII. Pay scale A. 50 percent more than other engineers B. Talent and pay C. Average salary D. Area and pay IX. Pros A. Advancement B. Money C. Cutting edge of techology D. Change X ... of pages of detailed information. Chat rooms and news groups attract many people with opinions that they want to share (Marcus, 54-55). Schools are even online. Homework assignments are posted over the Internet. High-school students fill out college applications and submit them with a click of a mouse. There are chat rooms and news groups for everything imaginable. Books, watches, recordings, clothes, shoes, crafts and vacations are sold over ... west coast that offer the very best education (Johnson, Interview). However, there are many other schools throughout the country that have excellent training centers for computer-related occupations (Blair, Interview). Be careful when selecting a school, as computer engineer labels many workers in the computer industry. Be sure to read the course descriptions of whatever university that you choose (OCIS). Anyone working in computer engineering can look forward to a ...
- 1710: Benjamin Franklin Was A Man of Many Accomplishments
- ... have bought for the money, and while they laughed, he cried. It was a lesson he never forgot (Meltzer 23). Franklin's education started at home. At the age of eight he went to Latin school. George Brownell taught him soon after he was finished with Latin school. He went there regularly until his teacher stopped teaching the boys to go teach the young women of the school. After this took place he ended his schooling at the age of ten (McMaster 3). After schooling Franklin had many jobs. His jobs were to cut wicks, mold candles, and tended the shop. His ...
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