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- 2541: Cannabis Sativa
- ... in the past year rose to 18% of 8th graders, 34% of 10th graders, and 36% of 12th graders. Use of marijuana on a daily bases has also increased and mearly one in twenty high school seniors and one in thirty tenth graders was a daily user. In 1975, 47% of high school students smoked marijuana and in 1980 it went up to 60%, and now use of the drug has decreased to 45%, but is slowly rising. In conclusion, more than 400,000 Americans are arrested each ...
- 2542: Literary Analysis Of The Woman
- ... you anyway? Noisy. Talking like a duck. Disobedient. Messy. And I know about college. What makes you think you re the first one to think about college? I was a doctor. I went to medical school... I don t see why you can t be a doctor like me. (p.202) Brave Orchid hints to her daughter that getting married is a tradition which is to be taught but not necessarily ... struggles to overcome, and her silence initially causes her to flunk kindergarten. The difference in languages causes Kingston to experience difficulties in learning English. It was when I found out I had to talk that school became misery, that the silence became misery (p.166). As a child, Kingston s efforts to be heard within her home and family were ignored by the difficulty she experienced communicating out loud in English ...
- 2543: My Apartment
- My Apartment I was well acquainted with the noise of the bell ringing from the school opposite my apartment and the sound of the radio from the living room in which my mom turns on every morning. Like a habit, my clock alarm wakes me up everyday, sometimes I think I ... noises. Living in the apartment is somehow very amazing to me. I love watching people walk by my apartment with different manners, these are stemmed from their various lifestyles. A mother takes her children to school. Her face reveals the weariness after her late shift, the kids are about six or seven years old seem to not pay attention to what their mother says but to the old toy which somebody ...
- 2544: Television Violence Related To Children
- ... aggressive behavior among those children who watch it. A study was also performed by the Fleming County FCH Chapter, which surveyed one hundred second grade students on what type of television programs they watch after school. Most of the children watched the more violent programs than they did the more subtle, non-violent programs (see attached graphic). Today, there is a tendency for parents to use the television as a “babysitter ... easier for them to learn and repeat unwanted behaviors. What type of unwanted behaviors are children learning from television? Children view about five acts of violence pre hour, and by the time they finish elementary school they will have viewed 8,000 murders (Walsh). By viewing these programs children are exposed to violent activities. As you can now see, television is and can be used as an educational device for children ...
- 2545: Stereotyping and Racism
- ... of work and good pay, luring families (like mine) from the overworked “dust bowl” farms. Many native Californians were angry that the “Okies” were arriving in such large numbers. As my brother entered his new school, he experienced stereotyping, by teachers and classmates. They teased him because he had an accent and wore “Okie” overalls. He worked hard at trying to fit in, even changing his accent. Though my brother made good grades and was a great athlete, the name calling continued and he remained the subject of many “Okie” jokes. As he entered high school, the stereotyping became prejudice. The hatred felt for him and others from Oklahoma became evident in the game, “Get the Okie”, where captured victims were thrown into garbage cans (where they belonged). My brother, who ...
- 2546: Autobiography of Marina Pitkowski
- ... ship was a huge change. It was really scary at first, and will take some getting used to. I grew up with my father, Vladimir, my mother Celeste, and my sister, Antonia. I went to school, but focused mostly on music. My family sacrificed a great deal to support my singing. My sister died when I was six of yellow fever, but I was much too young to know what was ... scar on my left ankle from cutting myself while gardening. I have six years of education, and extensive vocal lessons. Music is the only area that I have extensive learning in. I went to grade school in Warkis, about ten minutes from my home. At the moment I have no vocation. I wish to avoid marriage in order to peruse my musical career. One day, it is my biggest hope, I ...
- 2547: Huck Fin 2
- ... simply the observer. Often, Twain uses the book and Huck¹s character to voice his own ideas about society. For example, he denounces organized religion in the opening chapters with the raid on the Sunday school picnic. He exposes slavery and an evil and show blacks to have feelings just like others, especially in the episode where Jim tells Huck about his daughter. Twain also shows an aversion to royalty with ... Tone Twain¹s tone in the story gives a humorous and informal mood but in much of the observations he makes on society, he is often critical. For example, during the raid on the Sunday school picnic, he shows a distaste for organized religion. He also shows a slight disrespect to the government during the incidents were Pap gets arrested. During the conversation with Jim and Huck, Twain also reveals his ...
- 2548: Cults
- ... as "holding tanks" for young people rebelling against overprotective parents.7 Other experts believe that certain classes, races, and ages are particularly susceptible to the allure of cults. A survey performed at the Bethany Hills School found that when asked 'Would you join a cult if it would offer you what you believed to be a better life?', 7 out of 24 respondents said that they would. Of these 7 respondents ... The reason for cult membership is obviously not entirely due to social class. Different people are drawn to different cults, just as different cults prey on different individuals. The research done at the Bethany Hills School is also not entirely accurate because the population is so small that 24 surveys cannot accurately represent most cult members. Although Dr. Melton's research provides an interesting viewpoint, his claims are still being experimented ...
- 2549: To Kill A Mockingbird: A Hero Among Them
- ... Scout by spanking her. Scout explains to Uncle Jack that Atticus would have listened to her side of the story before punishing her. As they are growing, he teaches them to read before they enter school. After Scout enters school and the teacher, Miss Caroline, tells Scout to inform her father that it is wrong for him to teach her to read, he continues teaching her. Throughout the novel Atticus advises his children to be ...
- 2550: Technology Affects Educations
- ... the classroom. Computers have made a fundamental impact in most industries, providing a competitive advantage that has come to be essential to many businesses. Therefore, schools must also use technology to improve the educational process. School systems often consider purchasing a computer network, and justify its purchase by applying it to routine administrative tasks, such as attendance records and grading. While these tasks are very important, they only show a small part of what technology can do for a school. Technology must go further than simply keeping attendance; it must focus on keeping students interested and productive. Since computers and the Internet have expanded in such a way in which education can be delivered to ...
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