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- 3481: Steven Spielberg
- Steven Spielberg As a kid in Phoenix, Steven Spielberg charged admission to his home movies while his sister sold popcorn. Although Spielberg excelled at making movies he was not a good student. He hated school and was one of the most unathletic students there. His movie making career began at the age of twelve when his father bought a movie camera that Spielberg used all the time. Instead of doing his school work he was using the camera. While he was working with his mom and sister on his projects, his father helped him make miniature sets out of paper mache.He turned out his first production ...
- 3482: The Impact Of Television
- ... However, this effect is not for the negative since it is used from simple means of entertainment to a widely used, invaluable, source of information. It is also an excellent aid in preparing children for school and assisting in educating children after they have begun school. Every day millions of people turn to their televisions as a form of escape from the pressures and stress of day to day life. The television, to them, serves the purpose of entertaining them for ...
- 3483: Televised Violence is Here to Stay
- ... think they are learning the style and etiquette of middle-class society from television programs (Ball 305). The viewing of televised violence helps children academically, as well as socially. One study shows that children entering school, raised on the violent television shows, picked up a one-year advantage in vocabulary over children whose parents prohibit the viewing of violence (Clark 136). Here, the positive effects clearly outweigh the negative. There have ... has done and experienced, which in turn depends on his genetic endowment and the social heritage into which he was born. If there is any "social damage," it is the faults of the home, the school, the neighborhood, or other social settings (Larsen 141). Exposure to violent stimuli has no effect on already established attitudinal commitments regarding violent mortality. Empirical research has found no evidence that exposures to explicit violent materials ...
- 3484: Powder: Questions
- ... him to cafeteria tables and accepted into groups. 6. Now although, Jeremy seems to be living in a world of rejection, persecution, and insult, he has a friend. Like the Good Samaritan, a girl from school, expresses interest in Jeremy. She talks to Jeremy and sticks by him during harsh times. Their relationship, sinks into a deeper level of love and compassion. They become lovers. This girl listens to the troubles ... that surpasses everyone else on the face of the planet, and he has the power to elevate with lightning, one of the purest forms of energy, you are not going to leave him in a school where he would beaten and made fun of. No, you will take him to a home with a family that loves him and cares for him, while he uses his mental power to learn and ...
- 3485: Lucas: King of Film
- ... or another to become the leader who they are. In George Lucas' case, he was greatly influenced in his late teens and early twenties. Lucas claims to have chased girls and raced cars throughout high school, and barely made it through (Moritz 258). Soon after high school, Lucas attended Modesto Junior College in California and continued to work on cars as his main interest (Moritz 258). In Smith, Lucas is quoted saying, "I was a hell-raiser; lived, ate, breathed cars! That ...
- 3486: Carl Friedrich Gauss
- ... Western Germany). Many biographists think that he got his good health from his father. Gauss said about himself that, he could count before he can talk. When Gauss was 7 years old he went to school. In the third grade students came when they were 10-15 years old, so teacher should work with students of different ages. Because of it he gave to half of students long problems to count ... 10 year old Gauss put his paper with answer on the teacher's desk first and he was the only who has got the right answer. From that day Gauss was popular in the whole school. On October 15, 1795, Gauss was admitted to Georgia Augusta as "matheseos cult."; that is to say, as a mathematics student. But it is often pointed out that at first Gauss was undecided whether he ...
- 3487: Gauss
- ... born on April 30, 1777 in Brunswick. Brunswick is what is now called West Germany, He was born to peasant couple. Gauss's father didn't want Gauss to go to a University. In elementary school he soon impressed his teacher, who is said to have convinced Gauss's father that his son should be permitted to study with a view toward entering a university. In secondary school nobody recognize his talent for math and science because he rapidly distinguished himself in ancient languages. When Gauss was 14 he impressed the duke of Brunswick with his computing skill. The duke was so impressed ...
- 3488: Carl Friedrich Gauss
- ... on April 30, 1777 in Brunswick. Brunswick is what is now called West Germany. He was born to a peasant couple. Gauss's father didn't want Gauss to go to a University. In elementary school he soon impressed his teacher, who is said to have convinced Gauss's father that his son should be permitted to study with a view toward entering a university. In secondary school nobody recognize his is talent for math and science because he rapidly distinguished himself in ancient languages. When Gauss was 14 he impressed the duke of Brunswick with his computing skill. The duke was so ...
- 3489: Television Shows Reflect American Culture
- ... a teen contemplating suicide would hope that a friend would do for him/her. Teen suicides are rising because of many influences: drugs, alcohol abuse, mental and physical abuse, alienation from parents, poor performance in school, low self-image, rejection by peers, sexuality, or, as in this situation, a death in the family. Many teens today feel themselves slipping off the edge and they need something to help them through though ... having a huge wardrobe and living the "American Dream". In the five years during which 90210 has been on the air, the show has dealt with many topics. From the Persian Gulf War and high school, to AIDS and the Internet, the show has reflected many aspects of American culture. Beverly Hills 90210 sends a message to the viewers to make the best of one's life. Hopefully many of the ...
- 3490: Dead Poet's Society: Significant Experiences; The Twists of Life.
- ... Neil to strive towards what he thought was important, not what his father thought was important. Neil's life was drastically changed as a result of his meeting Mr. Keating, from a life dedicated to school, to a life dedicated to living. The impact of this association with Mr. Keating was that Neil was a different person after, he attempted to break free of the conformity that was suppressing him and ... and they all understood that it had been Neil's choice to do what he had done. To his peers, Neil's death would be remembered as his way of openly defying his father, the school and everybody and anything else that had ever gotten in the way of his dreams. If Mr. Keating had not entered their lives, Neil's friends would most likely have simply grieved for their loss ...
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