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- 1781: Character Change, Illustrated
- ... M. as he eats the yam, "You right, but everything what looks good ain't necessarily good," he said. "But these is." (Ellison 264) For I.M. this is nothing but the absolute truth. The school and the founder and Bledsoe, who all seemed to be nothing but the good were all masks of deception. I.M.'s yam however is good. It reminds him of who he is and where he came from. It also makes him think of the people at the school collectively. Stating how he would like to smear the faces of his school mates with the peel of his yam, he also show how they would react to simply being confronted with a stereotype that was actually true. What a group of people we were, I though. ...
- 1782: Teens and Smoking
- ... s health objectives, particularly a smoking prevalence of no more than 15% by the year 2000. When comparing the use of alcohol, cigarettes, and other drugs, only cigarette use did not decline substantially among high school senior among 1981 to 1991. In contrast studies performed by "household survey" by the NIDA and the CDC, (Centers for Disease Control) in 1991 and 92 respectively, suggested that the strongest influence on teenage smoking ... hope that their offspring get the message. Another good view of smoking among young people can be obtained from the federal government's Annual National Survey of drug use among seniors, and now other high school students. Reports of cigarette use in the past years have declined since the peak of almost 40% in 1975. The 30% mark was crossed in 1981, with a very gradual further decline to 25.7 ... Applied Social Psychology, v4 (3), 215-225. Jessor, R. (1993). Successful adolescent development among high-risk settings, American Psychologist, 48, 117-126. Johnston, L., O'Malley, P., Bachman, J. (1988). Drug use among American high school students, College students and other young adults. National trends through 1991. National Institute on Drug Abuse. Research Monograph Series, (1979). Cigarette Smoking as a dependence Process. National Institute on Drug Abuse. 23
- 1783: Dna Replication
- ... 1928 from the city Chicago. Watsons interest in DNA grew out of desire, first picked up as a seniour in college, to learn about the gene. By the first time he got into graduate school at Indiana University, he decided that if he was going to understand genes, he needed to understand the simplest form of life bacteria. He then headed off to Europe, as a postdoctoral fellow, to learn ... s encyclopedia from his parents, which exposed him to the world of science. His fascination with this world has continued throughout his whole life. He received his college degree in physics and was starting graduate school when the World War II began. During the war, Crick worked on weapons for the British Admiralty. He was in his late 20s by the time the war ended, but he decided to go back to school for a PhD. Around the same time, he read a book that inspired him to begin studying biology. He went to the Cavendish Laboratory of Cambridge University to pursue this interest by studying proteins. ...
- 1784: Alan Turing
- ... in chemistry experiments. Later he went on to other areas of science. Alan became more and more enthralled with science, and his mother worried that he would not be accepted to Sherbourne, an English public school, because he was so much of a scientific specialist. But in 1926, Alan was granted admittance to the public school. However, after a short while the Headmaster reported to his mother that if Alan was solely a scientific specialist, that he was wasting his time. Many other teachers also felt the same was as the ... thesis through work that extended his original ideas, Ordinal Logic. When he returned to England in 1938, he was called on the outbreak of World War II, to serve at the Government Code and Cypher School. It was there that Turing was able to crack the German Enigma code, an effort which was central in the defeat of Nazi Germany. Yet Turing was better known for his Turing Machine . His ...
- 1785: Capital Punishment
- Capital Punishment In 1985, fifteen-year-old Paula Cooper of Gary, Indiana and three of her friends began skipping school and participating in illegal activities. The teenagers needed video game money for entertainment and thought they had a good means of obtaining some. Ruth Pelke, a Bible teacher the girls knew, was seen as an ... take Bible lessons. Once in the house, Paula Cooper stabbed the 78-year-old Pelke thirty-three times with a twelve-inch butcher knife that she had brought along. Mrs. Pelke recited the Lords Prayer as she died while the girls left with thirty dollars to play video games (Guernsey 12.) The debate over capital punishment is fairly recent in comparison to history. Most ancient civilizations agreed that certain crimes ...
- 1786: Edgar Allan Poe - Life And Works
- ... given to the care of John and Francis Allen in Baltimore. Poe was a bright and very intelligent young boy who impressed his teachers and made John Allen a proud foster father. He went to school in Richmond where he received praises from his master. His parents spoiled him and this is what supposedly ruined him. His parents allowed him to carry extravagant amounts of money, which enabled him to get ... according to his masters. John Allan took his family and moved to Great Britain to set up business in 1815. The Allan family stayed in Britain for five years where Poe did not excel in school but his performance did not drop either. The stay in Britain was a complete failure, not surprisingly considering the lack of happiness in the family, in almost every way. Francis became very sick and never ... Spanish, Italian, and Latin. He had an excellent scholastic record but he faced financial problems, and accumulated a gambling debt of over $2000. John Allan would not pay for Poe's gambling debts or his school either. The months at the university marked the beginning of the long feud between Poe and his foster father. The battles were between money and behavior. Poe was spending money extravagantly, and John Allan ...
- 1787: Early Influences On Huckleberr
- ... boy like Huck Finn. Nevertheless, they attempt to make Huck into what they believe will be a better boy. Specifically, they attempt, as Huck says, to "sivilize" him. This process includes making Huck go to school, teaching him various religious facts, and making him act in a way that the women find socially acceptable. Huck, who has never had to follow many rules in his life, finds the demands the women ... beautiful women-but none of this comes to pass. Huck finds out too late that Tom's adventures are imaginary: that raiding a caravan of "A-rabs" really means terrorizing young children on a Sunday school picnic, that stolen "joolry" is nothing more than turnips or rocks. Huck is disappointed that the adventures Tom promises are not real and so, along with the other members, he resigns from the gang. Another ... in front of his face; his skin, Huck says, is white like a fish's belly or like a tree toad's. Pap's savage appearance reflects his feelings as he demands that Huck quit school, stop reading, and avoid church. Huck is able to stay away from Pap for a while, but Pap kidnaps Huck three or four months after Huck starts to live with the Widow and takes ...
- 1788: Animal Farm As Animal Satire
- ... Empire. A few years after Eric was born, he retired on a low pension and moved back to England. Though their income was not much enough, the Blair family sent their son away to boarding school which was an exclusive preparatory school, to prepare him for Eton Collage. Eric then won a scholarship to Eton Collage. During his education from the age of eight to eighteen, as he wrote in his essay about his school experiences titled "Such, Such Were the Joys," he experienced many things about the "world where the prime necessities were money, titled relatives, athleticism, tailor-made clothes", inequality, oppression and class distinctions in the schools ...
- 1789: Steroids
- ... take steroids as an easy way to bulk up. Steroids amongst athletes is not the only problem. Other reasons for taking steroids may be to heal injury, improve appearance, or for various social factors. High School is definitely tough on self-esteem for teenagers who look to fit in. Many simply desire to improve their physical appearance, but they are too lazy, or do not have enough time to work out ... and athletes obtained steroids legally from their team doctors. When state laws against steroid use were passed in the 1960s, a black market for the artificial testosterone quickly developed. Steroids eventually found their way into school athletics, at both the college and high school levels. During the 1980s, steroid use spread outside the athletic world. Recently the use of steroids has been increasing amongst non-athletes for various reasons. (See Chart) Due to the harmful effects of anabolic ...
- 1790: Hiroshima (book Report)
- ... working in their hearts. Reverend Mr. Kiyoshi Tanimoto Mr. Tanimoto saw a woman holding her head and on her back, a small boy 3 or 4 years of age. He transported them to a grammar school not far away that had been previously been designated for use as a temporary hospital in case of an emergency. He arrived to the school, surprised to see about 60 injured people in there already. Everything around him was in ruins, the houses especially. Mr. Tanimoto turned away from the sight when he heard Mr. Matsuo call out to ask ... bank in Hiroshima, and a clerk told here that after checking her numbers against the records the bank would give her money. She got the money and rented a shack. She sent the children to school. She raised enough money to fix her sewing machine. Father Kleinsorge Father Kleinsorge arrived at the hospital, very much sick with the very high temperature of 104 and a low blood-count of 3, ...
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