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- 1051: Karl Marx
- ... be used in the service of humanity, whilst his mother declared him to be a child of fortune in whose hands everything would go well. (The story of his life, Mehring, page 2) In High school, Karl stood out among the crowd. When asked to write a report on "How to choose a profession" he took a different approach. He took the angle in which most interested him, by saying that ... oldest sister, Sophie. The engagement was a secret one, meaning they got engaged without asking permission of Jenny's parents. Heinrich Marx was uneasy about this but before long the consent was given. Karl's school life other than his marks is unknown. He never spoke of his friends as a youth, and no one has ever came to speak of him through his life. He left high school in August of 1835 to go on to the University of Bonn in the fall of the same year to study law. His father wanted him to be a lawyer much like himself but ...
- 1052: The Works of Clive Staples Lewis
- ... their hearts, Augusta left Jack and Warnie bibles signed "from mommy, with fondest Love, August 1908" (“Amiee Barnes,” Clive Staples Lewis. Online.). In September of that same year, Jack was sent to a strict boarding school, Wynyard, in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. After his mother's death, Lewis and his father grew more distant and school did not help (“Michael Leuty,” C.S. Lewis (1898-1963). Online.). In 1910 he attended Campbell College in Belfast, just one mile from Little Lea. He had to leave Campbell College due to serious respiratory ... difficulties and returned to England to attend Cherbourg House, Malvern. Malvern was famous at the time for being a great health resort especially for those with lung problems. He entered Malvern College, a university preparatory school, in September of 1913, where his brother was also attending. At the age of 15, Lewis moved to Surrey and was tutored by his father's old school master, William T. Kirkpatrick, known as " ...
- 1053: Negative Effects of Television on Today’s Youth
- ... supported by field studieswhich have shown the long-range effects of televised violence. A study at the University of Illinois found that children who watched many hours of television violence when they were in elementary school tended to also show a higher level of aggression when they became teenagers. By observing these youngsters until they reached the age of thirty, it was found that the ones who had watched a lot of television when they were in school were more likely to be arrested or prosecuted for criminal acts as adults (Feshbach 233). The number of children that have access to these violent acts is astonishing. In 1950, only 10% of American homes ... spend more time learning about life through media than than through any other manner. The average child spends about twenty eight hours a week watching television, which is twice as much as they spend in school (Boyatizis 98). One of the most mind-boggling facts is that the average American child will witness over 200,000 acts of violence on television, including 16,000 murders, before the age of 18 ( ...
- 1054: Is Sex Eroding Moral Values?
- ... sexuality for most of the nineteenth century did not begin to lift until after the First World War" (Janus, 11). Where do we get our morals and values? Character education was what took place in school and society in the past. It was sometimes heavy-handed and always liable to abuse, but it seemed to serve our culture well over a long period of time. But what we have now, for ... If that guarded approach applies anywhere, moral education would seem to be the place. "The Day America Told the Truth," a 1990 survey of American beliefs and values, contains this scene from a California high school: "It's Friday afternoon and the students are leaving a class in 'social living.' The teacher's parting words are, 'have a great weekend. Be safe. Buckle up. Just say 'No'... and if you can ... cars. Sex sells clothes, alcohol and vacuum cleaners. One way that a breakdown of sexual restraint hurts society is the educational sphere. There is abundant evidence that the more sexually active students do poorly in school and tend to drop out more frequently. Almost half of the teenage girls who drop out of school do so because of pregnancy. But that figure only suggests one dimension of the problem. The ...
- 1055: Creative Writing: The Missed Fly Ball
- ... new club every month. As I got older I gained more responsibility in the clubs and organization I was involved with. This ended up in undue stress and work. In my senior year in high school I was able to edit my school yearbook, be president of the junior academy of science and treasurer of the stu-dent congress. Since learning just to do it, and not to worry about the consequences I have had an easier time ... for the most part just have fun. On the brighter side of my early misfortune, the time I did not spend sporting it up, I spent hitting the books. This helped me do well in school and prepare myself aca-demically. I was able to get involved with a few of the organizations at my school and help in unorthodox ways at my high school. I was involved in Yearbook, ...
- 1056: Birdhouse
- ... while attending college in San Francisco, California. Beverly had never been to college and was actually being pressured by her mother not to go in the first place. It was supposed to be a good school though, even though it was a Jr. College named Chuffy. When she finally arrived in San Francisco she went straight to her cousin’s house. The whole house was painted bright colors, making it seem more fresh and new. Compared to her house, which happened to be all white! Giving the sense that it was boring and plain, which Beverly seemed to think it, was. The school was even worse… Each room was painted a dark green, while the desks where in a triangular form as if it were an elementary class. Besides the schools lack of fashion Beverly had a great time getting to know everyone. If you lived close by (which she did) you could just spend the night at home, but if not the school principles were always willing to rent dorms to those in need of them. Each dorm had a twin size bed and a nightstand right beside it. So clearly they were very small! That is ...
- 1057: Education vs. Corrections
- ... s education.” Clinton said the republican bill could mean layoffs for some five thousand teacher that were hired to reduce class sizes. However, Gray Davis’ notes the availability of $6.7 billion for k-12 school constructions. Up to $700 million of this may be used to produce grants of $40,000 each to reduce elementary class sizes. Davis’ proposition funds show that $52.2 million has been set aside for ... show that there is money that can easily be put into the education system. Another reason why our education system needs to be in improved is because there are many problems with the nation’s school facilities and technology that are being ignored. According to a profile of school conditions by the state of California 71% of California’s schools have at least one inadequate building feature. Some examples are that 40% of the schools have roof damage, 41% have heating, ventilation, or ...
- 1058: Autobiography of Debrina L. Frazier
- ... Frazier my family is very small, consisting of my mother 43, my father 45, and myself 17. My parents both being college graduates have always stressed the importance of a good education. Mother is a school teacher and father is a contractor, so we are an upper middle class family. Mother is the strong willed “doer” in our family, while father is the silent “supporter. Section II: Life-Line Activities When I was younger, eight months to seven years old, I participated in beauty pageants and won seventy-two titles. I started dance lessons when I was two years old. I began public school at the age of six which was the biggest mistake of my young life. The children in school, especially the girls, didn’t like me and still don’t like me to this day because of all of the activities that I have been involved in. Through grade school I won state ...
- 1059: Al Capone
- ... children. (Kobler 10). As a child, Capone was very wise when it came to living on the streets of New York. He had a clever mind when it came to street smarts. As far as school goes, Capone was a near-illiterate. He came from a poor neighborhood in Brooklyn, so education was not a top priority. At about the age of eleven Capone became a member of a juvenile gang ... the time Capone reached the sixth grade he had already become a street brawler. Capone never responded well to authority and for this very reason his schooling would soon come to an end. While attending school, Capone was responsible for beating a female teacher and knocking her to the ground. The principal of the school rushed in and punished young Capone and for this very reason he would never return to school again. (Sifakis 603) After dropping out of school, Capone took up jobs such as working as a ...
- 1060: England
- ... commonwealth immigrants are coming from southern Asia. Since there are so many different kinds of people there has been a lot of fighting between them. England s economy is very strong because of an excellent school system. Their school system is much like ours except they only have to attend school from ages 5 through 16. Although they don t go to school as long as us they learn things at a faster rate and school involves harder work. The English also play sports. They ...
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