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- 971: James Joyce
- ... was a mild woman who had intelligent opinions but didn't express them. His father was a violent, quick tempered man who was a medical student and politician. He was educated in Dublin at Jesuit school's his whole life. In 1888, he went to Clongeswood College, but his father lost his job and James had to withdraw. He graduated in October of 1902, from Royal University. He was fascinated by the sounds of words and by the rhythms of speech since he first started school. He was trained by the Jesuits who at one time hoped he would join their order; but Joyce became estranged from the Jesuits and defected from the Catholic Church after graduating college. Joyce made a ... estranged himself from the church, he tried to get as far away from it as he possibly could. Joyce saw the church as a prison. He writes in Araby about young boys in a Catholic school. He says this, "North Richmond street, being blind was a quiet street except at the hour the Christians Brothers School set the boys free." Joyce himself spent much of his youth in a Catholic ...
- 972: M.O.O.M.B.A
- ... too young to start trying. I thought that person could never be me. Five years ago I was in the sixth grade. At that time I was determind to be the most popular person in school. A year after that, as I matured, things began to change. An event which occured in the summer of my seventh grade year changed my life. It also changed the way I thought about life ... I recieved a phone call from a teacher whoose name is Mrs. Bell. She is the most patient, kind, and heart-warming person I have ever met. We had a short conversation about life at school, and then she told me the news. I was chose out of 180 students to be in the first class of AVID, at Sullivan Middle School. I was astounded and tremendously proud, but the first question I asked was, "Why me?" Without any hesitation Mrs. Bell replied, "Because you deserve it." When school started, I felt proud and confident. I ...
- 973: Personal Statement of Academic Goals and Course of Study
- ... attending schools in Enterprise, Alabama, I have always had a dream of returning to rural Alabama to touch the lives of students through education as many of my former teachers have touched me. Throughout my school years there have been numerous teachers who have greatly influenced my life in many ways. One such teacher is Mrs. Marquita Morgan, my sixth grade teacher at College Street Elementary in Enterprise, Alabama. She worked ... the elementary classroom. Another person who has encouraged me to become a teacher is my aunt, Joy Davis. She is the Chairperson of the Science Department and teaches advanced level science courses at Samson High School. The classes that she teaches include Advanced Chemistry, Physics, Advanced Anatomy, and Biology. Through observing her, I now see that science in the classroom can be fun. She goes the extra mile to make every ... also makes learning fun. With role models like Mrs. Morgan and Aunt Joy, I have concrete figures to look upon and draw experience and passion for teaching. With my various leadership activities throughout my high school and college experience I have gained many wonderful leadership lessons that will enable me to be the most effective teacher I can be in the classroom. I am confident through having visible mentors, holding ...
- 974: Hitler
- ... which resembled the Swastika he later used as the symbol of the Nazi party. He was a pretty good student. He received good marks in most of his classes. However in his last year of school he failed German and Mathematics, and only succeeded in Gym and Drawing. He drooped out of school at the age of 16, spending a total of 10 years in school. From childhood one it was his dream to become an artist or architect. He was not a bad artist, as his surviving paintings and drawings show but he never showed any originality or creative ...
- 975: Napolean Bonopart
- ... in France, and he didn’t want his Italian-sounding name to stop his progress. In 1796, he changed it permanently to Napoleon Bonaparte. When Napoleon was nine, his father decided he should go to school in France to get an education befitting their birth. But he didn’t have the money to pay for his schooling. He petitioned the king, Louis XIV, for a scholarship for Napoleon. The king had set up a special fund for the sons of French nobles, granting them money to attend military school. Now that Corsica belonged to France, the Bonapartes were French citizens and were eligible for this scholarship. Napoleon was excited about his future. Still, he was apprehensive. He had never left the island before, and he didn’t know how to speak French. So before he could further his training, he would have to learn the language. To do this his parents were sending him first to a school in Autun in southern France. There the students were mean, they had laughed at his Corsican accent and mocked his poor clothes and rough manners. When Napoleon had learned to speak French fluently, he ...
- 976: The Glass Menagerie 2
- ... inviting a nice young man from the warehouse over for dinner at the apartment. When nice Jim O'Connor comes to dinner, Laura recognizes him as the boy that she had a crush on high school. Laura becomes so sick that she has to be excused from dinner. After dinner, Amanda tells Jim to keep Laura company in the parlor. Initially Laura is petrified but she begins to feel more comfortable around him as they reminisce over high school days. Then Jim dances with Laura and kisses her, only to reveal that he is engaged to another woman and must leave. Amanda believes that Tom has purposely made them look like fools and Tom ... a result, he is unable to function in the present and wanders aimlessly thinking of his sister. Jim, though not as severely as the Wingfields, also reverts to his past as he looks through high school yearbooks with Laura and remembers the days when he was a hero. He is also not satisfied with the present--working at the same warehouse as Tom, despite Tom's prediction that he would " ...
- 977: Divorce and Preschool Children
- ... the most sensitive time for divorce. Graham Blaine, author of Are Parents Bad For Children, said, “the younger the child the more adverse the impact of divorce”. Right now I am working at a pre-school and there is a child that is five years of age who is in my class. Just recently her parents got a divorce and she has been very effected by it. In talking to the ... child I have learned that even at home she seems to show signs of depression far worse than her older brother who is fourteen. Now that we have been told that divorce at the pre-school age is very crucial we can take a look at some of the critical implications and responses to them. Identifying the underlying process which influence children’s post-divorce adjustment is most often facilitated by ... these stressful life events have been associated with adjustment problems in the child. Some of these stressful life events are variables of environmental changes. Some of the variables include moving to a new neighborhood or school where social skills are required to meet new friends. (Blaine, 1973) This can be especially difficult for the preschool child because they are still at the age where they are more involved with the ...
- 978: Multiculturalism
- ... everyone seems to have a different opinion on what will work. Since education is at the root of the problem, it might be appropriate to use an example in that context. In 1980, the American school, Stanford University came up with a program - later known as the "Stanford-style multicultural curriculum" which aimed to familiarize students with traditions, philosophy, literature and history of the West. The program consisted of fifteen required ... that one could not have a true understanding of a subject by only possessing knowledge of one side of it, this brings up the fact that there would never be enough time in our current school year to equally cover the contributions of each individual nationality. This leaves teachers with two options. The first would be to lengthen the school year, which is highly unlikely because of the political aspects of the situation. The other choice is to modify the curriculum to only include what the instructor (the school) feels are the most important ...
- 979: The Breakfast Club
- ... Identity Crisis. At the start of the movie, Allison was a person off in a corner by herself. She didn t talk to anyone, she knew that she had a place in the society of school. This society of school, also know as clique groups, takes place at many schools, the one in the movie and most of all Richland High School. Like our school, this one has very many clique groups. In fact in the group of students in Saturday school, each clique group had a representative if you will. Allison knew that in the ...
- 980: The Catcher In The Rye
- ... annually. This is why. Holden Caulfield is the main character in the story. The entire story is a reflection by Holden while he is staying in a mental hospital. His story begins at a private school, called Pencey. Holden has been recently kicked out of the school for lack of effort and for poor grades. Holden dislikes everybody at the school, mainly because they are ignorant and conceded. Christmas break is coming up and Holden has to wait until then to permanently leave the school. Then one night, Holden gets into a fight with his ...
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