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- 1851: Senseless Lawsuits
- Senseless Lawsuits I am pursuing my bachelor’s degree in pre-law and then will be attending law school to continue my quest towards a law degree leading me to a lustrous career as an attorney. The one thing I will not do as a lawyer is take on cases that are senseless. In ... was filed against a college for a computer course that was too hard. Twelve students failed the course and decided to sue the college because the corse was not as easy as perceived by the school. If I were the judge on this case I would throw it out of court on the basis of the Senseless Lawsuit Act. Is this going to be a way for college students too pay for their education by failing a course or two and then suing the school for the money or even a diploma? Finally there was some justice done on a case involving a restaurant serving an intoxicated male a roast beef sandwich where he choked and died from it. ...
- 1852: Jeffrey Dahmer
- ... a dread of others that was combined with a general lack of self-confidence. He was developing a reluctance to change, a need to feel the assurance of familiar places. The prospect of going to school frightened him. The little boy who'd once seemed so happy and self-assured had been replaced by a different person, now deeply shy, distant, nearly uncommunicative." Lionel suspected that the move from Iowa to ... teenager would show some outer signs of mental illness. But Jeff just became more isolated and uncommunicative. Far from rebelling, he never argued with his parents because nothing seemed to matter to him. In high school, Jeff had average grades and participated in a few activities: he played tennis and worked on the school newspaper. However, his classmates considered him a loner and an alcoholic, who brought liquor into the classroom. He actually had a prom date, who he later invited to his parents' house for a seance. ...
- 1853: Teenagers and Alcohol Do Not Mix
- ... teenager wanting to follow a role models lead and do just like they do. Peer pressure is another huge reason why teens decide to drink. I conducted an interview with a fifteen year old intermediate school student who happens to be my brother. I asked him if he had ever drank before to which he responded yes. I than asked him why he choose to drink. He said that he and ... Some of the symptoms of a hangover include: headache, thirst, fatigue, irritability or any combination there of. Hangovers can hurt you professionally also, they cause a lack of production at work or slacking off at school. They are just all around trouble. All of these symptoms are well known, while the causes are less known. Some experts attribute these symptoms to low blood sugar, while many others say that it is ... you. Another responsibility that teens need to assume when choosing to drink is what the long-term effects of alcohol use. Addiction is a long-term problem. If you find yourself wanting a drink after school or in the morning when you wake up this is one of the tell tale signs of addiction. Drs. Robert Morse and Daniel Flavin who wrote for the Joint Committee of the National Council ...
- 1854: The Renaissance
- ... Florentine official named Ludovico Buonarroti with connections to the ruling Medici family, placed his 13-year-old son in the workshop of the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio. After about two years, Michelangelo studied at the sculpture school in the Medici gardens and shortly thereafter was invited into the household of Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent. There he had an opportunity to converse with the younger Medici. Michelangelo produced at least two relief ... with the noted Florentine painter Alesso Baldovinetti. Except for a period spent in Rome working for Pope Sixtus IV, Domenico Ghirlandaio lived in Florence, where he became one of the greatest masters of the Florentine school. Ghirlandaio's keen observation, solid painting, and old-fashioned style appealed to the conservative Florentine businessmen who became patrons of Ghirlandaio's workshop. Although not an innovator, Ghirlandaio brought to its height in the 15th century the realism that is one of the dominating characteristics of that school. He executed frescoes and paintings with religious themes but often introduced recognisable Florentine scenery and portraits of contemporary personages attired in the costumes of the time. Andrea del Verrocchio, (1435-1488), one of the ...
- 1855: Omar Khayyam The Enigma
- ... of written the Rubaiyat . The story of Omar’s death is said to be that Omar was studying a work on metaphysics when he marked his page with a gold toothpick and prayed his last prayer and then died. His tomb is still standing in Naishapur6. THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, OR EDWARD FITZGERALD? Omar Khayyam’s most famous work, and only work in poetry is the Rubaiyat. Yet it only ... This very brief encyclopedia article gave me some specific dates I needed and informed me of the controversy over translations. Literature World Masterpieces(New York:Prentice Hall, 1991)98. This is our literature book in school. It helped me about as much as the encyclopedia article. Poetry Criticism: Khayyam(London: Cassell and Company)142-145. This is where I obtained my literary criticisms and discovered of the other translations of the ...
- 1856: The Darling
- ... being something that he could not be—a pure being of her creation. One time she was upset just because he couldn’t memorize a fable. In addition to that, everyday as he left for school it was, “as if she was seeing him off on a long journey (Chekov, 52).” Being alone was nearly impossible for her. She would follow him all the way to school, which was surely embarrassing to him. Even as he slept, she would either watch him, think about him, or occasionally dream of him. This poor boy, hardly yet a man, was a prime example of ... his. She meant no harm in doing this, just help, as she did all that she could in order to save him from becoming a failure in life. Her harsh actions taken to enhance his school work, such as the fable memorization, was merely a helpful gesture in guiding him through a good education in order to be something in life. A life of his own was what she was ...
- 1857: Review of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography
- ... Ecton Village, Northamptonshire for over 300 years. However, Franklin was born in Boston, New England. As a young lad, his parents started him off in the right direction in life by putting him through grammar school. His father intended for the knowledge learned in grammar school to be used in his future life of services for the church. Franklin progressed quickly and was transferred to a school for writing and arithmetic. Due to his progress in writing but failure in arithmetic, Franklin was withdrawn and engaged in his father's business as a tallow chandler and soap boiler. Disliking the business ...
- 1858: Personal Writing: Non-Conformity
- ... when I was about twelve years old. I had really grown up around the people of my church and they had become a second family. For many years, I would walk into the same Sunday School classroom and see the bright smiling faces of Jennifer, Angie, David, James, Elsa, Gretchen, Ryan, Jay, and Amy. We were a small group, but we had fun. As our little group got older, many people dropped out. One became a drug addict and dropped out of school. Nice. Our group was led by the mother of two of the students. James, the son, would constantly make fun of his mother. It seemed as if our group only talked about service projects, which ... that knowledge at that church. I met some really great people last year who went to Redeemer's. I was invited to one of their youth group meetings, and I was amazed that thirty high-school kids were there. We talked in-depth about Jesus and chapters of the Bible. I really enjoyed it. I talked to my parents about switching churches. They knew that Redeemer's was right for ...
- 1859: How Affirmative Action Effects
- ... not punish the youth for the crimes of their white male forefathers. Thomas Sowell gave an interesting story in his article "Free Markets vs. Discrimination" about Albert Greuner. He had graduated from Pensacola Naval photography school and was refused a job he was more than qualified for. The reason Albert was denied the position was based on the conduct of the other cadets graduating from Pensacola(Sowell 69). These are the ... action went overwhelmingly to people who were already better off., while the poorer members of the same groups either did not gain ground or actually fell further behind" (Richardson 4C). The wealthier neighborhoods have better school systems, which in turn offer greater resources. If we bring equality to our school systems, a rise in minorities in the work force will soon follow. Some universities here in the United States have based enrollment on College Board's and SAT's or ACT's, none of ...
- 1860: Beloved: Sethe's Motivation For Killing Her Baby
- ... that her show of mercy is also murder. Throughout Beloved, Sethe's character consistently displays the stubburn nature of her actions. Not long after Sethe's reunion with Paul D. she describes her reaction to School Teacher's arrival: "Oh, no. I wasn't going back there[Sweet Home]. I went to jail instead"(Morrison 42). Sethe's words suggest that she has made a stand by her refusal to allow ... saying is that's a selfish pleasure I never had before. I couldn't let all that go back to where it was, and I couldn't let her or any of em live under School Teacher. That was out"(163). Sethe's love for her children is apparent, yet she still shifts the burden of responsibility away from herself. She acknowledges that it was a "selfish pleasure" to make something ... was clean.”(251) Sethe's words suggest that the only part of herself that she cares for is her children. Indeed, the only reason that she killed her daughter is because Sethe refused to let School Teacher or any other white person "dirty" her children as Sethe herself had been dirtied. Sethe's nobility, however irrationally predicated, is apparent. She loves her children to much to let them be tarnished ...
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