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- 291: Personal Writing: Our Trip to See the Band "Last One Standing"
- ... This past Friday I traveled down to Burlington with my friends Justin, Jamie, and Steve. The purpose of our trip was to see Justin and his band, Last One Standing, play at his old high school in Colchester. We all met around three o'clock, then piled into Justin's black, Volkswagen GTI, behind the Senators dorm. His car being a little used, it took fifteen minutes to actually be on ... thirty we had three or four inches. Kristie lives in Shelburne, which is south of Burlington, and realizing the long drive in front of her, we decided to take off. We headed towards Colchester High School hoping that her car would make it there, and back to her house. It wasn't a problem, it only took us longer than we had expected. Kristie gave my a hug, a few kisses, some cigarettes, and we said our good-byes. She drove off into the snowy night, and already I missed her. There seemed to be hundreds of people at the high school that night, but I soon learned that there was a basketball game that had just ended. It took me a few to realize that I had gone in the wrong entrance, and the music ...
- 292: To Kill A Mockingbird
- ... children, because it was a popular subject of gossip and superstition in Maycomb. Arthur Radley had gotten into trouble with the law when he was a boy. Instead of being sent to the state industrial school, his father took custody of him within their house. He was not seen again for fifteen years. Many legends grew up about the Radley house and about what went on inside. Miss Stephanie Crawford, a ... goes the meanest man ever God blew breath into." Finally, there are the themes relating to family and the Maycomb setting. They increase in importance from chapter to chapter. Chapters 2 and 3 Scout At School Dill returned to Mississippi at the end of the summer. Although she was looking forward to school more than anything in her life, Scout's first day at school was a disappointment. When Miss Caroline tried to teach reading, Scout was bored. Much to Miss Caroline's dismay, Scout was already ...
- 293: Public School Finance: Prospectus Paper
- Public School Finance: Prospectus Paper Oklahoma utility companies are currently protesting the amount of taxes that they must pay. The dispute came about because of the difference between what utility companies and other commercial properties and other ... will end up on the legislature in February and that it will be one of the first items discussed. It is advantageous to the schools to have this matter settled as quickly as possible. Some school districts who rely on the taxes from local utilities for the majority of their funding are concerned as to whether they can keep their school going past February of 1995 without the revenue derived from utility taxes. In most districts, money from local utility companies accounts for as least 40% of their fixed expenses. Schools who have to pay ...
- 294: The American Education System; Cause for Rebellion
- ... are to meet the needs of the twenty first century, they must be reinvented. It is not enough to try to fix the schools; they must be reconstructed in both fundamental and radical ways. The school system must be restructured. The future of the American public school system is significant because the maintenance of an informed and productive citizenry is vital to the future of this country. Historically Americans have strongly asserted the importance of public schools in a democracy and despite growing disdain for the perceived value of the school system, public schools remain central to democracy in the United States. For more than a century, America's public schools have been an indispensable source of the country's strength. Public education has allowed ...
- 295: Uniforms Will Make Schools a Better Place
- ... Better Place Nine out of ten teachers think that uniforms will end up saving schools from all the violence that is taking place there these days. Due to such violence acts such as the Columbine School shootings, schools have been forcing themselves to make their students wear uniforms. Many have said that it will cause less violence, help the students stay on task more, and eliminate certain clothes that are inspired ... such as that. However, many students disagree with the uniforms and say that it is a violation of their freedom to dress the way they want to, this causes many legal problems. Uniforms in our school system will, indeed, solve some of the toughest problems with schools today. Uniforms will solve some of the toughest problems because; its the uniforms that effect the students perspective of the school climate. For example, Schools have found that uniforms could solve some of the many difficult problems dealing with students. This shows that, there could be actually be a solution to school violence. This also ...
- 296: Mentoring
- ... family. Sometimes they have no siblings, or maybe their siblings or parents are busy. Perhaps they have no grandparents to do things with. These children are the ones that spend their afternoons in crowded after school programs where they may not get the attention the crave. This may lead to isolation and oppositely over hyperactive children starved for attention. In other cases, some children who are not so fortunate as to be offered after-school programs are subject to the world outside all on their own. In too many cases, these are the children that become statistics. These are the children who turn to drugs or crime, be it out ... big sisters of America. In todays society, there are a lot of things for a child to face each day. These things can include anything from illegal drugs to simply being harassed by the school bully. No matter how trivial the obstacle, children should not have to live in fear or feel as if they are alone and have no one to talk to. This happens in too many ...
- 297: History of the Far East
- ... Nara period which went from 708 to 781, there was a huge Chinese influence not only in establishing Buddhism but also in the culture and the development of arts and sciences in Japan. The Mahayana school laid the ground for the teaching of Buddhism as it emphasized the use of faith and intuition, but the Dharma Character school was the first to introduce Japan to the concept of structuring the levels of consciousness ( de Bary, 266 ). The Flower Garland school ( Kegan ) was the dominant school of the Nara period, it preached a cosmic harmony presided over by Lochana Buddha, who sits on a lotus of 1000 petals, each of which is a universe containing ...
- 298: The Reform Of Schools
- The Reform of Schools The government of Ontario proposes there is a need to make universally accepted rules in the school system. For students to be more disciplined, the government needs to achieve new province wide standards. If the new school standards will not discipline the students, and if each school entails its guidelines, then the government s province wide code of conduct will fail. Moreover, the intervention of the government will not enforce the students to become more disciplined. While the arguments for producing ...
- 299: College Stress
- ... can be academic, financial, and personal. Academic stress is common for college students. For many students, going to college is more than just attending classes and taking notes. They usually have a hard time understanding school guidelines and deciding what major they want to study. It is very stressful to read and understand all the school policies, especially the transfer instructions. It is even harder for student to make up their mind what major they should concentrate on. Choosing the right courses and making a schedule is another headache job that ... In a similar case to Jack, my friend, Som, who is a good student at City College, always gets nervous and stays up all night to study for his mid-term and final exams. Since, school requires students to maintain their GPA to a certain point in order for them to stay in school, passing the classes and getting good grades are one of the most concerning issues for a ...
- 300: George Orwell
- George Orwell OUTLINE I. Early Childhood A. He knew he wanted to be a writer B. His first poem age 4 or 5 C. He is the middle child of three II. Prep School A. His school looked down on him for being poor. B. He wrote a few poems in Gregorian style 1. A few patriotic poems a. He is printed in local paper 2. A few nature poems C. His ... his head but every day the stories got more and more descriptive, as if his great descriptive sense came almost against his will. In 1911 at the age of eight Orwell entered a prep-boarding school. Right from the start of school Orwell knew that the next few years would have a great impact on his life. In this boarding school Orwell was treated like trash, the headmasters wife ...
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