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- 1111: Compare And Cantrast Web Du Bois & Booker T Washington
- ... best interest of his people. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was born on February 23, 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Du Bois had a poor but relatively happy New England childhood. While still in high school he began his long writing career by serving as a correspondent for newspapers in New York and in Springfield, Massachusetts. After his high school graduation he enrolled at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. There he "discovered his Blackness" and made a lifelong commitment to his people. He taught in rural Black schools in Tennessee during summer vacations, thus expanding ... his father was an unknown white man. A former slave who had become a successful farmer, and a white politician in search of the Negro vote in Macon County, obtained financial support for a training school for blacks in Tuskegee, Ala. When the board of commissioners asked the head of Hampton to send a principal for their new school, they had expected the principal to be white. Instead Washington arrived ...
- 1112: Bouchards View Of Canadian His
- ... USA was held in high regard because it successfully rebelled against the British. (Simpson, 1993) While the past was revered in class and at home, present day politics were not discussed much. The teachers at school did not criticize Duplessis or the Union Nationale because it was paying the freight. His parents were devout supporters of the Duplessis regime and accepted their Anglo ruled economy as a fact of life. Phillipe ... building of a big and great Canada."(Bouchard, 1957) This article would indicate clearly that sovereignty was not on the mind of this student, yet. At the age of twenty, Lucien decided to go to school at Laval in Quebec city. This would be only his second trip out of the Saguenay. His days in the big city made him see how backwards the Duplessis government really were. Lucien was now ... and new ideas. His brothers were trying to persuade Lucien that the English and the Union Nationale were responsible for Quebec's lack of modernization. Roch and Claude, his brother's, had chosen to attend school in Ottawa and they were outraged that the federal government conducted business only in English. They were further infuriated when they visited Montreal and saw only English signs. "The province that was their's ...
- 1113: 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 ...
- 1114: The Life of Jack London
- ... lungs were damaged. Since John could not walk very much to make a living, John moved his family across California to Oakland where he tried his hand in farming. Oakland is where Jack first attended school. When Jack first attended school the first thing he did was learn to read. From then on Jack read a lot. At the age of seven Jack had his first encounter with alcohol. While taking a pail of beer to ... he was a vagrant, Jack was immediately sent to prison. Jack wrote about his experience in prison in his book The Road. Shortly after being released from prison he returned home and entered Oakland High School enrolling in the winter class of 1897. As Jack entered high school he had the determination to become a very educated student. Jack London started studying nineteen hours a day. Jack continued to read ...
- 1115: The Life of 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 ...
- 1116: Biography: Helen Keller (1880-1968)
- ... Tadoma, is extremely difficult; very few master it. Helen had mastered Braille, the manual alphabet and the typewriter by the age of 10. By age 16, she could speak well enough to go to prep school and college. In 1888, Helen and her teacher went to the Perkins School for the Blind, where Miss Sullivan continued to teach her. In 1894 they went on to the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf in New York, and later to a prep school, the Cambridge School for Young Ladies. College In the fall of 1900, Helen Keller entered Radcliffe College, graduating in 1904 with a ...
- 1117: Carpe Diem Dead Poet Society
- ... make changes. Neil wanted to be an actor and it his father wouldnt let him, so it was clear that he had to do it behind his fathers back. The lead part in the school play was given to Neil. He participated in it behind his fathers back. At the auditorium, during the play Neils father showed up. Neil went home with his father because Mr. Perry had withdrawn Neil from school. Later that night the two had argued this was a factor leading to Neils suicide. The dead poet society had some more problems since the death of a dear friend such as the expulsion of Newanda and the dismissal of Mr. Keaton . Newanda was a radical student who didnt like the idea of an all school boarding school and let it be known all over so that he would get expelled. A phone rang in the auditorium while the dean was giving a speech, it was Newanda on the other ...
- 1118: The History of Basketball
- ... it in anyway which would reduce the risk of injury. He affixes a peach basket onto a balcony and declares the goal of the game is to get the ball into the basket. Finally the school has their safe game. Then Dr. Naismith devises a set of rules to keep order throughout his game. The sport was an instant success. The game of basketball has changed from a rough sport into ... to copy their moves and skills. These guards style of play proves that fans will flock to the exciting player of a losing team, as much as they would flock to a championship caliber team. Uniforms also have changed with the trends of modern day kids in an attempt to attract other crowds of people. The typical basketball uniform of the seventies consisted of tiny tight shorts and tank tops as that was the style of the day. Now, the uniforms have changed to the modern style to appeal to the younger audience. The shorts have become much longer and colorful while the jerseys have grown baggy with cut-off sleeves. Children buy basketball players' ...
- 1119: Ryans Red Badge Of Courage
- ... the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors\\". The fog clears to reveal a green world of grass. It also reveals another green world, the world of youth. Like school children, the young soldiers circulate rumor within the regiment. This natural setting proves an ironic place for killing, just as these fresh men seem the wrong ones to be fighting in the Civil War. Crane ... that a wound will somehow bring him into true soldier-hood, will combat his youthful anxiety. He idealizes the brave veterans who he imagines have \\"red, live bones sticking out through slits in the faded uniforms. These images of red wounds are saved for the quick; dead men are never described in red, but rather in gray. The red badge of courage is for those who survive. Ironically, even after Fleming ... the color of many omens of death, and of each dead or deathly person Fleming encounters. Gray, first of all, is the uniform color of the opposing army: \\" Fleming perceived with dim amazement that their uniforms were rather gay in effect, being light gray . . .\\". This realization is a little ironic since gray so quickly loses its gaiety within this narrative. Perhaps it reflects Fleming\\'s growing awareness of the battlefield ...
- 1120: Florence Nightingale
- ... almost superhuman labors in the field of nursing. Florence Nightingale was born in Italy in 1820 and was named Florence after her birthplace. A brilliant child, Florence attained outstanding academic achievement in her years attending school. Florence grew up to be a lively and attractive young woman, admired in her families elite social circle and was expected to make a good marriage, but Florence had other concerns. In 1837, Florence was ... look after the British soldiers fighting in the war. Nightingale found the conditions of the hospitals appalling. The men were kept in rooms without blankets or decent food. Unwashed, they were still wearing their army uniforms, still with dirt and gore . In these conditions, Florence was not surprised that war wounds accounted for one out of every six deaths in the war. Diseases such at typhus, chorea, and dysentery ran rampant ... The London Times Florence was able to raise one million dollars, a terrific amount of money in those days, to improve the quality of nursing. In 1860, she used this money to found the Nightingale School and Home for Nurses at Saint Thomas Hospital. She also became involved in the training of nurses for work in the workhouses. In later life Florence Nightingale suffered from poor health and in 1895 ...
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