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- 4361: Russia
- ... language courses were and are requirement for all schoolchildren. 41% of the Russians are Russian Orthodox believers. Other religious information is unavailable. Today, eight years of schooling are required. Students who wish to attend high school for another two years must undergo examination. Russia has opened a number of business schools, trade schools, artistic schools and others to give students a choice. University professors, who used to be paid well, now ...
- 4362: Babe Ruth Changed The Game Of Baseball
- ... Ruth Changed The Game Of Baseball George Herman "Babe" Ruth was perhaps the most recognized player in Major League Baseball history. Born on February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland, Ruth attended St. Mary's Industrial School. At St. Mary's, Ruth became a star baseball prospect. But these accomplishments were a mere shadow of what he would later do as Babe Ruth changed the game of baseball. There were many reasons ...
- 4363: Multiculturalism
- ... see that an educated person can be a great deal of help no matter what language he speaks. Also, advocates of bilingual education don't advocate giving up on English. Students in a Spanish speaking school would also learn English. Multiculturalism has not exceeded the purpose for which it was intended. Multiculturalism can never truly exceed its own limit because cultures can always increase their knowledge out there to be learned ...
- 4364: Monaco
- ... control of Monaco to the Grimaldi Family under the protection of the Sardinia in 1814. The princes ruled as a absolute monarch until 1911 when Prince Albert sighed a new constitution. The social system and school system of Monaco is much like ours, in conclusion I think we could learn a lot from the people of Monaco and they could learn a lot from us.
- 4365: Chicago: A City of the Senses
- ... over the years, due to its cultural and economical prosperity. The crowded streets, ethnic bakeries, and popular malls add zest and flavor to this enriching city. Since my short visit in May with a high school class, I have dreamed of making the busy commuters, blinding and mind-altering lights, and sheer musical excitement a part of my everyday life. Commuters livened up Chicago in delightful ways. Several groups of men ...
- 4366: Nicaragua: People and Way of Life
- ... government things. Because of this, the government moved some Indian groups from their homes near the border to areas in the interior of Nicaragua. Education Nicaragua has a law that requires children to go to school from the age of six through twelve. Before 1980, only about half the children did so because they were poor and couldn't afford to be sent or it was that there weren't many ...
- 4367: Benin
- ... Benin is composed of male-line descendants of the Aja (Fons, or Dahomey) who had established the early kingdom. Trained for civil service by the French, they are the best educated; literacy is 25% among school-age children. In the N are the nomadic Fulani and the Somba tribe, hunters with no political organization; E are Baribas. 90% of the population is rural, and 65% practices animist religion. French is the ...
- 4368: Stocism in "Enchiridion"
- ... and simply accepting these things was, in my opinion, surrender and the first step toward indifference. However, I came to realize that I missed a crucially important point. I came across Reinhold Niebuhrs serenity prayer (while shopping at Winn Dixie and browsing through some Hallmark Cards), which says: Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom ...
- 4369: The North and the South: Rivals or Friends?
- ... in the states. One final aspect that both the north and the south share is their basic way of life. People in both the north everyday get up and go to their job or even school. Though there might be a difference in the work that they do, say in the south they might farm, everyone is out to make a living for themselves and their family. There is also a ...
- 4370: Color
- ... same in anyones eye. But is it fair to judge a book by its cover, or is it fair to assume that every Twinkie has a different flavored filling, so to speak. In our school alone it is safe to say that there are roughly seventy-five different cultural backgrounds and probably ten different main sects of religion. But its unfortunate that people even today are judged by the ...
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