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- 3501: Lisa Bright And Dark
- ... think she is making it up. With no adult help, the problem has to be taken into the hands of Lisa and her three teenage friends. Lisa Shilling starts off as any normal teenager, attending school, going out with friends, and even dating. As the novel progresses, Lisa slips into dark, depressive moods on occasional days, and then into depression altogether. Lisa’s friends notice her change and take it into ... state of depression, which helps to make the atmosphere of the novel very mysterious. Just when it appears that Lisa is getting better, another episode occurs. The story is disturbing, being set around Lisa’s school and home. With other characters in the story, such as Lisa’s parents, causing conflicts with Lisa receiving proper treatment, the story is given a disturbing yet realistic feel. Instead of the story being told ...
- 3502: The Anglo-saxon Literature
- ... place and its short-lived suffering becomes a significant accomplishment that provides the only salvation. Similarly, the heroes of the Maldon through their sacrifice desire to protect their community. Bryhtnoth states in the ¡°Maldon¡±, ¡°my prayer is this, that the hates of hell may not harm her¡±(180). The heroes of the Maldon intend to protect their community through their sacrifice. As a consequence, their fearless dedication to serve their community ... pain of grievous sorrows at the hands of dwellers in misery. The time is now come that men on earth and all this marvellous creation shall honor me far and wide and address themselves in prayer to this sign¡±(The Rood, 78-82). The act of suffering that the heroes of the Anglo-Saxon literature experience have an expected reward, which is to acquire power over its people. Even in their ...
- 3503: Costly Mistake
- ... the weekend. No one in the room seemed to have a care in the world at that point in time, everything was laid back no pressures of the real world, no thought of work or school. The night had started to early I was feeling the effects of the alcohol coming over me like a sickness. Still I proceeded to push the limits to prove something meaningless and dumb. We had ... lawyer, bitterly thinking that I was getting an unfair deal. Since that day, I have had to deal with a lot of extra pressures that I did not count for while I was going to school. And have had to pay everyday for the one mistake that I ever made with the law. Everyday I regret it and think to myself what a costly mistake.
- 3504: Madame Liang
- ... is very profitable. The restaurant is located in Shanghai where Madame Liang lives and dies. From all of the quotations they prove that Madame Liang is artistic. Mercy is a music teacher at a music school. "'Stay' she said, her hand on his arm ' You must no be afraid. I will teach you how to play music.'" Mercy is talking to Chen, one of her more talented students. Chen, who latter ... die and live happily ever after. Mercy is also another drastic change. Without Chen Mercy would be working on a farm right now. Chen got Mercy across the border. Mercy knows Chen from the music school. Grace if she had " gone pro" with her music she most likely would have stayed in the USA and not meeting Lui pang. In conclusion art was a huge aspect in the daily lives of ...
- 3505: Albert Einstein
- ... even led some teachers to 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 ...
- 3506: Alexander III
- ... cities. What better way to make Persian cities similar to Greek cities than by setting up institutions such as these. Another deliberate way that Alexander tried to hellenize had to do with setting up a school. Alexander recruited 30,000 Persian boys to enroll in this school to learn Greek and Greek ways of life. I think the most effective way that Alexander hellenized had to due with his army. First he let Persians into his army. These new members of his ...
- 3507: Willa Sibert Cather and His Works
- ... Willa would practice English skills by reading the classics to her grandmother. When Willa was in her teens, the family moved out of the ranch and into the village, where she attended Red Cloud High School. She attended the University of Nebraska, and graduated in 1895. As a student she worked as a journalist, copy editor, critic, and fiction writer. When she graduated, she moved back east to Pennsylvania. It was here where she worked on a Pittsburgh newspaper named The Library. She also taught English in a high school. Willa published "The Dance at Chevalier's," and four other short stories under a pen name of Henry Nicklemann. Another major publication for her was in April 1900, when "Eric Hermannson's Soul," was published ...
- 3508: Movie Review: Dangerous Minds
- Movie Review: Dangerous Minds Dangerous Minds is a movie about education at a mostly white and upper middle-class California public school where poor urban teenagers of color are bused in for a “supposedly” equal chance. These undisciplined but energetic and passionate students have been “ghettoized” into the Academy program where no sane teacher would tread except ... and if it were not for the determination of LouAnne Johnson these students probably would have failed. At the beginning of the movie it shows how two teachers have already quit their job at this school and had given up on these students. Many educational stereotypes are out in today's world, which makes people believe that these students do not want to learn or just do not care about their ...
- 3509: James Bryant Conant
- ... and it has both negative and positive aspects. Many high schools today separate the so called "academically gifted" from the "academically challenged". They have developed special classes for both groups of students. At our high school, Crystal Lake Central High School, there were classes called E.C. classes, or extra curricular classes, for the honors students. On the other hand, there were remedial classes for the students who were a slower at learning than the other ...
- 3510: Invisible Man: Denial Of Education For Blacks
- ... poor education. In the novel, Ellison conveys this to us in many ways. At the Invisible Man’s college campus, he describes to the reader a statue of Booker T. Washington, the founder of the school, which shows Washington lifting a veil from a kneeling slave. The Invisible Man wonders if the veil is really being lifted or is the veil being lowered. Symbolically, Ellison is showing us a sense of ... face was gray and no one stopped him when he ran from the floor amid booming laughter” (27). Towards the end of chapter one, the reader finally gets to hear the invisible man’s high school graduation speech, which is what the invisible man came to the Battle Royal for in the first place. As he is giving his speech, one finds that the white men think his speech is just ...
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