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- 3241: To Race the Wind by Krents and All But My Life Klein
- ... like everyone else. Making friends was one object in life that was very hard for Harold. He was always the boy on the side, wanting to be with the others. To the ‘normal’ children in school, Harold was merely an object of ridicule and torment. Any friendship that Harold managed to make, dwindled away for some reason or another, but usually having something to deal with his blindness. Hardships controlled his life, one after another. He needed to learn to read and write Braille in order to return to school. This proved to be a test of his strength, as well as that of his mother. They both became frustrated with each other many a times, and she occasionally called him ‘stupid’. Harold always tried ...
- 3242: Who We Are
- ... In book, Black Employment: The Impact of Religion , Economic Theory, Politics, and Law, Irving Kovarsky explains that: The unemployment rate for Blacks is Twice that for whites. In fact it is higher for nonwhite high school graduates than for white high school dropouts… labor force participation rate for nonwhites has been declining, but it has been stable for Whites, not only that but blacks with equivalent jobs or education have lower incomes than their white counterparts. (77 ...
- 3243: The History and Facts About Nicotine and Tobacco
- ... a huge increase of 44%! In 1990, the ages of teens from twelve to seventeen that smoke went from 9.1% to 10.9% in 1994 (that’s a 20% increase!). 31.2% of high-school teens confessed to smoking in 30 days, half of high school seniors in a survey that was conducted said they think that think that smoking makes teens look “insecure” and “un-cool.” Adult’s opinion’s are that us teens know the risk of smoking, we ...
- 3244: Benito Juarez
- ... the age of twelve ran away to the city to learn. He entered the city penniless, and didn t even speak the language. He soon got a job helping a bookbinder, and attended a parish school. He soon left the school because of discrimination, and social class divisions. He worked, and was then able to enroll in the Holy Cross Seminary. Benito did not want to become a priest, but the free education kept him there ...
- 3245: CULTURALPLURALISM
- ... child rearing responsibilities. The family grew to a total of eight, with the birth of four girls. All children learned to speak Spanish. Family interactions with one another were in Spanish. As children entered grammar school they had to enter as non-English speakers, fully immersed in English. At the time there was not an opportunity for bilingual education or ESL programs since these children were the only non-English speakers ... of her husband acquiring American ways. He was regularly encouraged and influenced by business. The mother was influenced indirectly by her husband and to a certain degree by her children, who were constantly influenced at school. The mother who possessed the richest part of their native culture was being left behind from her evolving family.
- 3246: Mother Teresa
- ... India. On May 24, 1931, she took the name of "Teresa" in honor of St. Teresa of Avila. At first, Mother Teresa was assigned to teach a small Geography class at St. Mary’s High School in Calcutta. Mother Teresa noticed all the beggars, lepers, and homeless people on the streets of Calcutta. There lives were horrible, living on other peoples scraps and letting babies that they couldn’t support die ... groups is a well known priest by the name of Johann Christoph. These kids love to do what Mother Teresa does best and make many dying people happy in there last days of life. The School that did this was the "Wake Forest University." Or as they prefer to be called the "City of Joy Scholars." The kids spent 18 long days in Calcutta as Mother Teresa’s first help center ...
- 3247: Ralph Waldo
- ... was left with him and his four other siblings. At the age of 18 he graduated from Harvard University and was a teacher for three years in Boston. Then in 1825 he entered Harvard Divinity School and preached for three years. At the age of 29 he resigned for ministry, partly because of the death of his wife after only 17 months of marriage. In 1835 he married Lydia Jackson and ... higher reality that exists beyond the powers of human comprehension. Plato explained that the idea of absolute goodness transcends human description. Neoplantonism was a collective designation for the philosophical and religious doctrines of a heterogeneous school of speculative thinkers who sought to develop and synthesize the metaphysical ideas of Plato" (Encarta). Ralph Waldo Emerson found motivation to write in anything he did, whether it was visiting England, the Transcendental Movement or ...
- 3248: The Problem of Teens and Smoking
- ... a huge increase of 44%! In 1990, the ages of teens from twelve to seventeen that smoke went from 9.1% to 10.9% in 1994 (that’s a 20% increase!). 31.2% of high-school teens confessed to smoking in 30 days, half of high school seniors in a survey that was conducted said they think that think that smoking makes teens look “insecure” and “un-cool.” Adult’s opinion’s are that us teens know the risk of smoking, we ...
- 3249: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- ... says that that "The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common." He believes that if you can see the intricacies and complexities of everyday life then you are very wise. "…prayer as a means to effect a private end is meanness and theft. It supposes dualism and not a unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action." This is saying that praying for material things is being very selfish. If a man was really close with God he would pray for, and put all others before himself. Technology, Emerson ...
- 3250: Adolf Hitler
- ... Inn, Austria. Adolf’s father, Alois Hitler was a minor customs official. He died in 1903.Adolf’s mother, Klara Hitler was a peasant girl. She died in 1907.Hitler did not do well in school and he dropped out of high school. He was eager to become an artist, so he applied to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in 1907 and 1908 but he was rejected both times. During his spare time he read alot ...
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