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- 3261: John Dalton
- ... atomic theory of matter and therefore is known as one of the fathers of modern physical science. Dalton was the son of a Quaker weaver. When only 12 he became in charge of a Quaker school in Cumberland. Two years later he taught with his brother at a school in Kendal, where he stayed for 12 years. He then became a teacher of mathematics and natural philosophy at New College in Manchester, a college established by the Presbyterians to give a first-class education ...
- 3262: Stressed With Stress
- ... diseases brought on or worsened by psychological stress, are more likely to happen to people with very busy lives. The sad results of too much stress can be: depression, drug use, crime, dropping out of school, accidents, and even suicide. These psychosomatic disorders commonly involve the autonomic nervous system, which controls the body's internal organs. Some kinds of headache and back and facial pain, asthma, stomach ulcers, high blood pressure ... remodeling, deterioration of home.) 25 Revision of personal habits (dress, manners, association, etc.) 24 Troubles with the boss 23 Major change in working hours or conditions 20 Change in residence 20 Changing to a new school 20 Major change in usual type and/or amount of recreation 19 Major change in church activities (e.g., a lot more or a lot less than usual) 19 Major change in social activities (e ...
- 3263: Bill Gate's Biography
- ... up in Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney. Their late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent and chairwoman of United Way International. Gates attended public elementary school and the private Lakeside School. There, he began his career in personal computer software, programming computers at age 13. In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, now Microsoft's ...
- 3264: Psychological Bond Between Infants and Parents
- ... since before birth. He is studying mother-infant attachment and multiple developmental measures such as the kids' expectations from relationships with parents and friends. He's also analyzes the children's life stress, success in school and peer relationships (Azar, 1995). Sroufe, has found that even though these adolescence lead unstable lives, if they had a secure mother-infant attachment they were likely to be self reliant into adolescence, have lower rates of psychopathology, enjoy successful peer relationships through age 16 and do well in school, especially in math at all ages. Sroufe does not think that infant attachment affects aptitude, but rather it affects confidence attitude, and achievement (Azar, 1995). Mothers of more inhibited children differed dramatically in how they ...
- 3265: Betty Friedan
- ... into coughing fits. Sadly, around junior high, anti-Semitism grew and those in the Jewish community were excluded from the many new sororities and fraternities. Her whole social whirl had come to an end. High school was thought to be a new beginning, but she still had problems. Betty overwhelmed people and had a bossy streak and strong opinions, which led her to become an outcast. She had an outlet in drama clubs, and participated in many writing clubs at her school. She started Tide, a literary magazine, with two other girls; Evelyn Shemas and Dorothy Stimpson. She graduated June 9, 1938 as one of 6 valedictorians. She attended Smith College where she made a huge name ...
- 3266: The Cost of Sleep Deprivation
- The Cost of Sleep Deprivation I definitely suffer from sleep deprivation. At the beginning of the school I was alternating 4 hours of sleep a night, with none at all. However, staying up all night to finish a paper or to study for an exam is not uncommon among high school and college students. A few months ago, I decided to research a little and found statistics that reflects what a growing problem sleep deprivation is for our country. According to the Gallup Poll conducted for ...
- 3267: Josef Stalin
- ... He was born in Gori, which is now the Republic of Georgia, and his parents were both Georgian peasants who did not know how to speak Russian. However, Stalin learned the Russian language at his school, a Georgian church school, which he attended from 1888 to 1894. Here, he earned a full scholarship to the Tbilisi Theological Seminary, where he started reading and learning about the principles of Marxism. Stalin was later expelled from the ...
- 3268: Scoliosis
- ... the likelihood that children with significant curvature will be found early (Scoliosis: A sensible approach. 1997). The Scoliosis Research Society and the have promoted these campaigns. Pediatricians now routinely screen children on a regular basis. School screening programs are almost universal across the United States. The majority of children screened are school children between the ages of twelve to fifteen. When progressive scoliosis is discovered in its early stages of a growing adolescent, appropriate treatment can be instituted that will lessen the need for surgical intervention (Vaughan ...
- 3269: Martin Luther King's Life
- ... ministers and leaders of the communities were outraged and on the following Monday they decided that all black people would find another source of transportation." Don't ride the bus to work, to town, to school or anywhere on Monday. If you work take a cab or share a ride, walk"(1) The first day of the 381 day protest the boycott got overwhelming support, all the busses were empty people ... home had been bombed. He rushed home to find the front part of his home blown out luckily his family was okay. In May king lead a march to Birmingham and he encouraged teens and school children to join. The streets were filled with the song of hope and love. The protest was broken up and King was arrested and jailed. The letter from the Birmingham Jail was a letter, in ...
- 3270: Rudyard Kipling
- ... contribution to English Literature in various genres including poetry, short story and novel. His birth took place in an affluent family with his father holding the post of Professor of Architectural Sculpture at the Bombay School of Art and his mother coming from a family of accomplished women. He spent his early childhood in India where an "aya" took care of him and where under her influence he came in direct ... received, he suffered from insomnia for the rest of his life. This played an important part in his literary imagination. His parents removed him from the Calvinistic foster home and placed him in a private school at the age of twelve. The English schoolboy code of honor and duty affected his views in later life, especially when it involved loyalty to a group or a team. Returning to India in 1882 ...
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