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- 1951: Stinky Solution
- ... Many people believe in many different solutions. Experts say the only proven way to reduce smoking is to raise the price of cigarettes, through increased sales taxes. Kenneth Warner, professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health who has studied tobacco for twenty years, says, Price is a significant factor in all products -- as price rises, demand goes down (Tanamachi n.p.). Other experts believe the tobacco industry s ... spending their money (Lang 75). Plus, adults who live below the poverty line are more likely to be smokers that those above the poverty line, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. High school dropouts are also three times more likely to smoke than college graduates (Cooper n.p.). Instead of buying cigarettes, which also come with all sorts of breathing problems, odor problems, and aging boosters, a teen ... is that smoking does not merely hurt their bodies, but it hurts their minds as well. Nicotine not only addicts people, but also it raises levels of certain brain chemicals which cause depression. Therefore, high school students who smoke are eighteen times more likely than nonsmokers to attempt suicide...and...light smokers are five to six times more apt to try suicide (Lang 31). Many young people believe smoking shows ...
- 1952: Is Television Good Or Bad?
- ... a resource that is not used to the full extent that it could be. Television programs that educate are scarce and those that do educate are often on during the day when children are at school. Television stations should organise their programs so that the education shows are shown when children get home from school (3:30 - 4:30) so that the children will be able to learn while enjoying themselves at home. Schools often use television as a way of educating students because on television, they can demonstrate many things that cannot be done in the classroom, and often show things that cannot be experienced in the country or area where the school is located. I think that this is an excellent use of television and more use should be made of it in education, because it offers many advantages to classroom teaching. The drama serials on ...
- 1953: Violence In Our Academic Insit
- ... incidence of violence caused by young people reached unparalleled levels. There is no single explanation for the overall rise in youth violence. Self-esteem and Morale values should be taught at home and reinforced at school, by rewarding children who show positive attitudes. Rational persuasion is thus the foundation of peaceful coexistence. Early education about violence should be also taught in our educational institutes. Schools need to encourage individual, independent judgment and to provide the factual knowledge and reasoning skills. Effective strategies include school based curricula that emphasize the development of problem solving skills, anger management, and other strategies that help kids develop social skills. In addition, parenting programs that promote strong bonding between parents and children and that ... rules and parental involvement should be made mandatory when a child is showing signs of violent behavior. The parents should be forced to take more interest for the well being of the child. Teachers and school faculty should be better trained to notice potential problems developing in students. A support system should be put in place for students so when an individual child feels threatened; they have someone they can ...
- 1954: As A Technology, It Is Called Multimedia
- ... the education arena. From pre-schoolers to college students, learning adapting to this multimedia craze was not hard to do. Teachers and Professors alike share in this technology to plan out their curricular schedules and school calendar. Most will agree that classroom computers seem to have a positive effect on students of the 90's. As schools and universities become more technology driven, there will be an even bigger plea for ... the number of computers used in U.S. elementary and secondary schools increased from under 100,000 to over 2.5 million. A majority of students now use computers and computer software sometime during the school-year, either to learn about computers or as a tool for learning other subjects. By the end of the decade, the typical school had 1 computer per 20 students, a ration that computer educators feel is still not high enough to affect classroom learning as much as books and classroom conversion do.
- 1955: Improving The Literacy Of Amer
- ... 5% of the population” (Castell 38). Perhaps a better way to influence the literacy in America is to examine the classrooms where primary education geared toward literacy takes place. This refers to elementary and middle school classrooms. An examination of what processes in a classroom context help develop literacy in individuals is an important aspect of the literacy of the children in America. Three aspects of a classroom that affect literacy ... in achieving literacy. This type of material makes the methods of learning literacy desirable to the student, which obviously increases learning. The United States has to move toward implementing better literacy-directed learning in our school’s classrooms. In the long-run, this will help the U.S. compete on the national level with other countries. But the advantages to a more literate society are obvious even when viewing the issue ... Cited Bloome, David. Classrooms and Literacy. New Jersey: Ablex , 1989. Castell, Suzanne De, et al., eds. Literacy, Society, and Schooling. New York: Press Syndicate, 1986. Harris, Karen, and Barbara Baskin. “Toward a Culturally Literate Society.” School Library Journal 35.12 (1989): 29-32. Wells, Gordon. “The Zone of Proximal Development and Its Implications for Learning and Teaching.” Sep. 1996. http://cite.ped.gu.se/network/zpddiscussion.html (31 Mar. 1999).
- 1956: McCarthyism
- ... in 1908 on a family farm in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. His parents were devout Catholics and told their nine children that "you shall live by the sweat of your brow." He went to a country school until grade eight, and at the age of nineteen became the manager of a grocery store in Manawa, a town thirty miles away. He was a popular person and the store was very profitable. Then it was suggested by some friends that he go to high school, and in one year he crammed a full high school education, and he was at the top of the class. He enrolled in Marquette University in Milwaukee, where he graduated as a lawyer. McCarthy then set up a law practice in Waupaca, a nearby ...
- 1957: Oh Boy
- ... duties known as the Five Pillars of Islam. The first is to recite the shahadah at least once during their lifetime. Most Muslims say it everyday. The second is to perform the salat, which is prayer, five times a day. It's done during the morning, noon, mid-afternoon, after sunset and just before sleeping. The third is to donate through the zakat, which is a 2.5 percent charity tax ... have their own translation of the Qur'an which they enforce. The final group is Sufism they took ideas from Christianity and Buddhism but they are more of a different style rather than a different school. The Muslim religion has about 1,126,325,000 members. They represent about 22 percent of the world's population and are the second largest religion. The largest concentrations of Muslims are in Africa and ...
- 1958: Grenada
- ... replied, ¡° The interest of the United States citizens are in no way threatened by the present situation ... which the Ministry hastens to point out is a purely internal affair¡±(Musicant 374). The Chancellor of the school, Charles Modica, was announcing that the students were in no danger, and that the school was expected to continue to have good relations with the ¡°Government¡± (Weinberger 108). This display of good will coincided with the report Margaret Thatcher, Britian¡¯s Prime Minister, received from the Deputy High Commissioner in ... In fact, eight days after the murder of Bishop, no incident involving an American had arisen. The idea doesn¡¯t even make sense considering that one of the island main sources of income was the school and tourism. Tourism, was the answer given by Grenada to the questions of our State Department who asked what the air strip being constructed was to be used for. They did not; however, believe ...
- 1959: Ben Franklin 2
- ... 1700. He was the fifteenth child in a family of seventeen children. His parents, Josiah and Abiah Franklin, were hard working, devout Puritan Calvinists. Since the Franklins were so poor, Benjamin could not go to school for more than two years. He began an apprenticeship in his brother James's printing shop. James was the printer for a Boston newspaper, so Ben not only learned how to print but he read ... a civic leader. He organized Junto, a club of aspiring tradesmen. He led the club in sponsoring civic improvements such as a library, fire insurance, a college, hospitals, and more. He started the first public school system in Philadelphia. This was important because this meant everyone could learn. Perhaps this was his way to give to people what he couldn't have, since he could only afford to go to school for two years. Franklin made effective proposals for a militia. The proposals were for paving, cleaning, and lighting the streets, as well as for a night watch to keep the city safe. His belief ...
- 1960: Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
- ... sivilize me; but it rough living in the house all the time considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways^Ô (Twain 11). 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. In this first chapter, Twain gives us the first direct example of communicating his feelings through Huck ... 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 (Twain 22). Huck is disappointed that the adventures Tom promises are not real and so, along with the other members, he resigns from the ... only wants Huck for his money. I used to be scared of him all the time, he taned me so much, I reckoned I was scared now too (Twain 18). Pap 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 ...
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