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- 2011: Greg Graffin
- ... get to see him very much." While his father was in Wisconsin he began work at the university of Wisconsin as a professor. He still works their today. Greg was often picked on in high school because of his "Punkness". "There were three people at my high school who were punkers, I mean I got beat up everyday by long haired people who listened to Rush and would beat me up because I didn't. When he was fifteen he started a band ... he was not an official resident any longer so he was kicked out. (he had recently spent several years as a California resident) He traveled back to California where he was a resident and attended school at UCLA. in 1987 he received his masters degree in geology. He had previously received his Masters degree in Anthropology and a his B.Sc. in geology. This work was very field oriented since ...
- 2012: Brett Farve Bio
- ... Favre. He also grew up in this small town where he was as the second oldest of his family. His parents were Irvin and Bonita Favre. Both his parents worked at Hancock North Central High school. Irvin, being a teacher, baseball coach and football coach, and Bonita was a special education teacher. Brett loved to play football all his life. In fifth grade he decided which position he wanted to play ... with his brother playing football in college and his father being a coach, he loved the game. He has the same posters, and the same dreams and heroes as most kids of today. In high school he played quarterback as he decided he was going to do when he was young. He not only played football, he also played baseball. He earned five letters in baseball (he led team in batting all five seasons) and three in football at Hancock North Central High School. He went on to college at Southern Miss. He holds 16 records for being a quarter back at this college. A car accident held Brett from finishing his senior year of college football. The ...
- 2013: The Biography of Kurt Donald Cobain
- ... deal of stress for Kurt and he became secluded. Kurt expressed his inner thoughts and emotions through music, by listening and empathizing with bands such as Black Sabbath and the Sex Pistols. While in high school Kurt met Buzz Osbourne and Matt Lukin of the Melvins, musical heroes and inspirations to Kurt. Also while in high school he met future band mate with Nirvana, and many other groups, Krist(Chris) Novoselic. Krist was an immigrant from Croatia and he and Kurt became friends instantly. Later Kurt and Krist formed Nirvana with Chad ... Kurt was arrested as a teen for vandalism when he wrote "Homo Sex Rules" on the outside of a bank. Kurt Cobain had something going with his music at the age 18 so he left school a week short of graduation. He also passed down an art scholarship. Kurt had been moving from friend to friend sleeping on their floors and sometimes on the street or shelters and even under ...
- 2014: All Around The Town By Mary Hi
- ... as they could. They knew that if they kept the girl they would eventually get caught so they decided it was time to get rid of her. They dropped her off in front of a school and told her to wait for the kids to come in the morning. They threatened to kill her and made her promise not to tell before they left and then, as she sat and waited all night for the kids to come, drifted off into another personality who floated in the air and made fun of the little girl crying in front of the school. Years passed and Laurie was returned to her parents on that fateful day in front of the school. Ever since she was taken away Laurie was taught to forget whom her parents and family were. She had a lot of rehabilitation to deal with but her parents decided to not go through ...
- 2015: Heilner's "Beneath the Wheel" and Me
- Heilner's "Beneath the Wheel" and Me As it did every school day of my junior year, 11:12 AM had come once more to mark the end of my academic morning, and the beginning of my lunch period. After paying my one dollar for a small ... time was spent playing bass in the band room, or spent engaging myself in conversation with my close friends, I never let schoolwork, tests, or quizzes interfere with this opportunity to let my mind leave school for a few moments. Meanwhile, just a couple of tables away sat Chris. Just as religiously as I relaxed during the period, Chris would be diligently working. Chris and I did not have much in ... in stimulating conversation. If I had spent those hours with my nose in a book, would it have been worth it? Would going against my will, and submitting my desires to those of the high school, and those of my parents have made me any happier? I tend to think not. I feel that the author Hermann Hesse shares this opinion with me through the character named Hermann Heilner in ...
- 2016: The Beginnings of a National Literary Tradition
- ... affectionately known as The Confederation Poets', consisted of four main authors: Charles G.D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, Duncan Campbell Scott, and Archibald Lampman. The Poets ofConfederation "established what can legitimately be called the first distinct "school" of Canadian poetry"(17, Keith). The term The Poets of Confederation' is a misnomer since not one of these poets/authors was more than ten years old when the Dominion of Canada was formed in ... by Charles G.D. Roberts. Lampman describes his over powering emotion when as a youth he came across this published work(in the quote on the title page). The importance of having this distinct literary "school" was a driving inspiration in his art. Lampman is regarded "as the most talented of The Confederation Poets"( W.J. Keith 18). It is amazing that this unspectacular man could have such a profound effect ... to explore the Nature of Canada. As a young adult Lampman was educated first at Trinity College and then he pursued his studies at the University of Toronto. After he had graduated, he taught High School for a few unhappy months before he chose a career as a clerk in the Post Office Department in Ottawa where he remained for the rest of his life. This position allowed for him ...
- 2017: Orphan Trains
- ... world. "In Indian civilization I am a Baptist, because I believe in immersing the Indians in our civilization and when we get them under holding them there until they are thoroughly soaked" ( Carlisle Indian Industrial School History,2). The Children in this school had their entire identity transformed. The boys had their hair cut and both boys and girls were given new names. Richard Pratt knew that the children were the future and if he could change them ... to leather boots, beads to army uniforms, and the only time they would cut their hair normally was in the case of mourning. The children felt like an imitation of a white child. The Carlisle school, forbid the children to speak their native tongue to take away their heritage. Their lives were run as if they were training to be soldiers and had to listen for the commands of the ...
- 2018: Theodore Roosevelt
- ... the country in pursuit of a greatness that the entire nation embraced. Little Teddy Roosevelt was a puny child. Suffering from asthma, there was little the fragile boy could do athletically. When he first entered school, the other children mocked him for his weak stature. This incident molded the future president. He became obsessed with strength and the macho attitude of men. He constantly worked out by lifting weights and boxing ... alien race. With Californian influence, Roosevelt shunned all Chinese from immigrating to the United States in 1893. A vacuum was thus created and soon repeated with the Japanese. Segregation against the Asians arose within the school districts, creating a mutual contempt in return. Roosevelt was only continuing his foreign tendencies to deter other nations quests for greatness. He used every advantage he held in his power to maintain the nation ... he excelled. Anything he was not good at, he told himself it was of no importance. After graduating, Wilson decided that greatness could be found within the legal profession. Attending the University of Virginia law school, Wilson passed the bar within the state of Georgia. After a few boring cases that had come from clients his mother had found, he grew bored and decided political science would be of more ...
- 2019: Architecture 2
- ... thousand dollars a year, depending on such factors like experience and notoriety of the firm and once again closeness to an urban area. To be considered a professional architect, you must attend four years of school and major in architecture, and then attend two more years of post-graduate school. I would like to go to Duke University because their architecture program is one of the best in the world. However, I will accept going to a smaller school if I dont have enough cash or my grades arent up to par. Overall, I think architects have one of the better jobs out there. They get to earn money, be very ...
- 2020: Prejudice
- ... prejudice was an act called Affirmative Action. Not only did it not work, but also it is a form of prejudice all by itself. Affirmative Action is a quota for job employment and also for school acceptance, especially the acceptance in to colleges. It states that a certain amount of people from each race can be allowed into a school. It also states that employers have to hire a certain number of people from different races. Affirmative Action is so prejudice; I don't know how it even was thought of. First of all, Affirmative Action discriminates against people who are smarter than most of the applicants, but don't get the job or acceptance to college because there is a quota for the school acceptance that had to be filled with people from other races. Then there is the fact that your acceptance to a job or college depends primarily on your race. That means right when you ...
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