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- 3121: Albert Einstein
- ... nine even led some teachersto believe he was disabled. Einstein's post-basic education began at the Luitpold Gymnasium when he was ten. It was here that he first encountered the German spirit through the school's strict disciplinary policy. His disapproval of this method of teaching led to his reputation as a rebel. It was probably these differences that caused Einstein to search for knowledge at home. He began not ... he continued his education. At sixteen he attempted to enroll at the Federal Institute of Technology but failed the entrance exam. This forced him to study locally for one year until he finally passed the school's evaluation. The Institute allowed Einstein to meet many other students that shared his curiosity, and It was here that his studies turned mainly to Physics. He quickly learned that while physicists had generally agreed ...
- 3122: Basketball
- ... play for P.A.L in the winter. I think I am a pretty good player and dream of playing for the NBA one day. Next year I'm going to play varsity for our school instead of wrestling and try my best to help the team win. If I try really hard and practice everyday I could be an extremely good player. I usually play with my friends after school for fun or just to play around and have a good time, practice on my own to practice things I need work on, or practice with my dad and let him give me some pointers ...
- 3123: The Lost Generation
- ... teenager, and able just to kick back and enjoy life at its prime. This is the lost generation. As tensions grew in Europe during the early twentieth century young teenagers throughout were going to grade school and enjoying life to its fullest. Little do these children know that in a matter of years they will be fighting in one of the most gruesome wars in history. While they were in school the leaders of Europe were contemplating the thought of war and forming alliances. Many people thought that if they went to war, it would be over and done with before they knew it. The people ...
- 3124: The Question of an Answer: What It Is To Be Human
- ... would it be like if the physical were valued as much as the mental? Well thankfully there is a system of viewing the body that allows this mutual, equal importance to occur. Holism is a school of thought that views the mental and the physical on the same level. Holism actually incorporates four basic ideas, two stemming from the body, two stemming from the mind, all linking together. (Sverduk lecture 1996 ... ethics, and their beliefs. To be human, in my mind, is much more than merely the mind and the body. It seems strange to me that such a complex being could be explained by a school of thought such as dualism. Dualism seems a bit too vague. I believe that I would take a more holist approach to this question. Perhaps this is due to the fact that I can relate ...
- 3125: What is Piety
- ... his cattle, and the slave takes care of his master. These are all pious actions intended to pleases the gods. "If man knows how to say, and do what is pleasing to the gods at prayer and sacrifice, those are pious actions" (Loc. cit., 14b, p. 20). This definition seems to lead to the idea that sacrifice and prayer will get a man what he wants from the gods, as long as it is considered pious by the gods. Socrates ask Euthyphro "Are they [piety and pious] a knowledge of how to sacrifice and ...
- 3126: Plato's Republic: The Virtues
- ... human actions are aimed toward the good, and to be real is to fulfill one's goal. The story I will use for my reflection on Leonitus' experience, began in my freshman year of high school. There was a person in my freshmen class, that came across as the class nerd. He assumed a nickname of "Pottsy", close to his last name. Pottsy began to run cross-country in his junior ... with the highest respect. Everyone was angry with him for joining, when all he wanted to do was be a part of something. He wanted to be a part of the closest sport in high school. The sixty of us refused to let him in, and chided him all the way through the season. Being a captain I had to assume the right and not the wrong. At the beginning of ...
- 3127: J.p. Morgan
- ... Hartford, Connecticut. He was nicknamed "Pip" by his childhood friends. The family prospered in Hartford until Junius moved the family to Boston where Pip began Boston English High. He did well in the prestigious high school and then in his second high school in Vevey, Switzerland. The family moved to London and John transferred to the University of Gottingen in Germany. John continued to excel in his studies and majored in mathematics. He began to become interested in ...
- 3128: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- ... handsome youth, he was an excellent athlete, expert at boating and swimming, and he also collected stamps, birds, and ship modelshobbies that he pursued all his life. His formal education began at the Groton School in Massachusetts, where the headmaster, Endicott Peabody (1857-1944), stressed to his wealthy young students their obligation toward those who were less fortunate in society. After graduation from Harvard University in 1904, Roosevelt attended Columbia University Law School without taking a degree and was admitted to the New York State bar in 1907. In 1905, despite his widowed mother's objections, he married a distant cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt, in a gala society wedding ...
- 3129: Malcolm X
- ... father and laid him on a railway track, claiming he committed suicide. Alone and without money, Louise Little got more and more desperate, before the white authorities sent her to a mental hospital. Malcolm attended school until eighth grade living with different families. When his teacher stopped him from trying to become a lawyer, he dropped out of school and went to his older half sister, Ella, who lived in Boston. There, he took a job as a shoeshine boy at the Roseland Ballroom. A career as a hustler seemed a more tempting option ...
- 3130: Charles Manson
- ... an observer, he never got involved or talked to people. Soon Charlie was following in his mother's foot steps. He began stealing and causing trouble. By age nine he was sent to a reform school. In less than a year he ran away from his school. He tried to run to his mother but she wanted nothing to do with him. Charlie was in and out of reform schools, jails, and institutions. By 1958, Charles Manson was released on parole only ...
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