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- 3421: Tupac Shakur
- ... God." For most of his childhood his crack-addicted mother shuffled Tupac between the ghettos of Harlem and the Bronx. Young Tupac began his performance career with the 127th Street Ensemble and then enrolled Baltimore School for the Arts where he was educated in ballet and acting. Tupac was forced to drop out of the school and move to California where his criminal career began. Tupac began selling drugs and had several altercations with the law including several shooting and the unexplained death of two off-duty officers. Tupacs music ...
- 3422: Nelson Mandela
- ... stories of his ancestors struggles during the wars of resistance gave him dreams of making his own contribution to the freedom struggle of his people (Ngubane). After receiving a primary education at a local mission school, Nelson Mandela was sent to Healdtown, a Wesleyan secondary school. He then enrolled at the University College of Fort Hare for the Bachelor of Arts Degree where he was elected onto the Student's Representative Council. He was suspended from college for joining in a ...
- 3423: Albert Einstein
- ... nine even led some teachersto believe he was disabled. Einsteins post-basic education began at the Luitpold Gymnasium when he was ten. It was here that he first encountered the German spirit through the schools 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 schools 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 ...
- 3424: Bill Clinton and His Many Problems
- ... Because of all this criminals having weapons, ordinary people feel that they must own a weapon. All these ordinary people prevent that a better weapon law has been made. In the worst areas even the school kids have guns and they bring them to school. Some schools have therefore installed metal detectors to find some of the weapons.
- 3425: Biography of Arthur Clarke
- ... was 13 years old, he constructed his own telescope, and changed a bike light to transmit sound along the path of light it gave off. Arthur made his first literary connections by writing in the school newspaper. He attended elementary, Middle, and high school in his home town, and then later went to King's College in London, where he made honors in Math and in Physics in 1948. After Arthur had finished college, he became a member of ...
- 3426: To Judge A Book By Its Cover
- ... Kamf countless times fueling their rage (Lessons Learned). Could this have been avoided? So many books over the years have propelled young people to commit horrendous acts and still no rating system on books. Sadly, school children spend between five and ten times the amount of contact with teachers than they do parents. The system could not only draw the attention of library staff, but alarm parents, teachers and fellow students ... parents and teachers feel it is good to see children reading, but do they really know what they read. Picture a child burning his eyes into a pornographic magazine laid out on his desk at school, hard to picture because obtaining the magazine requires a specific age, and also the content is so visibly unacceptable the child does not stand a chance viewing it. Picture instead, a child reading a steamy ...
- 3427: Sacred Hoops
- ... ideas . Management and International Entrepreneurship Applying Jackson's concepts to the major learning outcomes of the Management and International Entrepreneurship major at CSU Monterey Bay is easy. Especially since the entire mission statement of the school has evolved around the concept of unity, compassion, diversity, and an understanding of other cultures. From day one as a freshman the students are instructed in these area and competencies. As the student excels into ... body, mind, and soul. I am able to use many of his teachings in my personal life with reference to marriage. It is extremely difficult to find balance in your life while trying to incorporate school, a social life, a marriage and a professional life to boot. Jackson's book offers some insight on how to do this. I have recently begun to balance my life out due to the motivation ...
- 3428: Rude Strength
- ... own voice: I have something of a rude strength of my own. The first member of my family to go to college, let alone pursue a graduate degree, the language I brought with me to school was not quite the typical language of the academy. It was the piecemeal language of immigrants, of the tavern, of the factories and warehouses where I worked before becoming a student. When I went to ... said one morning in class, in all seriousness, that people from blue-collar backgrounds could never succeed in the academy because, as children, they were not taught to value learning. I dropped out of graduate school after I heard that comment, which made me more aware than I ever had been of the difference between my fellow students and menot just my speech, but my clothes, my posture, everything about ...
- 3429: Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" and His Life
- ... small town called Oak Park, Illinois. Hemingway was brought up in a somewhat conservative household by his parents who pushed the value of politeness and religion. It wasn't until he began English classes in school that his writing talent began to shine. After he graduated from high school Hemingway turned his back on university and he decided to move to Kansas City. It was there where he got his first job as a writer. He was a reporter for the Kansas City Star ...
- 3430: William Blake
- ... to be often strikingly original through other people's eyes. In 1767, he wanted to become an artist at the young age of 10. In pursuit of this dream, he attended the Henry Pars Engraving School in the Strand. By 1772, he was an apprentice to an engraver, James Basire, who taught him the secrets of the trade very well. Basire sent him to make drawings of the sculptures in Westminster Abbey, which sparked his interest in Gothic art. Blake's father was a hosier, and sent him to the Royal Academy in 1779 as an engraving student. While at school, Blake absorbed the religious symbolism and linear design characteristic of Gothic style. While studying there, he rebelled against the academic conventions of Sir Joshua Reynolds, president of the academy. Contrary to modern standards, he decided ...
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