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- 1121: Being Young
- ... to buy these clothes? Will he or she be excluded from the gang? Some schools in various countries have tried to solve this problem. They have introduced a rule that allows pupils to go at school only if they are dressed in a specific school-uniform. But many students don't like these uniforms. They want to decide for themselves how to dress. During the last years it has become more usual for parents to divorce. Some people think that this conflict may have a positiv effect on ...
- 1122: Florence Nightengale
- ... 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 ...
- 1123: Kristallnacht
- ... of fraternities helped establish other organizations, it seemed that this was a perfect model to follow in the establishment of the Ku Klux Klan. Now that the name and structure were established, the Klan needed uniforms. The color white was chosen for the reason that the KKK stood for purity. They decided to wear robes and hoods to intimidate their much hated counterparts, the Blacks. The Ku Klux Klan has gone ... Committee on Un-American Activities. In 1966 seven leading Klansmen were indicted for contempt of Congress for refusing to produce Klan records. In 1973, convictions were handed down against five men who, as Klansmen, bombed school busses in Pontiac, Michigan. Klan strength is variously estimated at 15,000 to 30,000 members active in 15 states. The Ku Klux Klan seemed to have all of the odds against them, but they ... claim that the KKK is not a political affiliation. They add that if it was a political affiliation, the beliefs that would be introduced are as follows: Reassert Americans White Christian Heritage. Return prayer to school. Stop all non-white organizations. Drug testing on all welfare recipitants. Quarantine all Aids carriers. Make the purchase of US Industry and property illegal to foreigners. Do away with free trade that harms the ...
- 1124: Women's Roles in the Revolution
- ... into large, bustling towns.2 The women, however, were not given these luxuries for free. In return for the food, care, and medical service, they cooked meals for themselves and soldiers, cleaned the camp, sewed uniforms for thir husbands and other men, washed these uniforms and other clothing, and served as nurses for hte wounded. Even though in other places and towns mowmen were treated differently than me, in the camps the two were equal, both to each other and ... women still did not gain full citizenship. That was still to come. Abigail Adams Abigail Smith Adams was born in Weynouth Mass. Like most of the girls of her time, she did not go to school. Even so, she taught herself to read and used her father's small library to it's fulle extent. There, her quick mind absorbed all of his books, as well as works in French ...
- 1125: Harris v. City of Zion/Kuhn v. City of Rolling Meadows
- ... by ministers of any sect of religion, nor were they created by someone who with a religious, or political effect in mind. These items were the work of an 8th grader at a local middle school. I am in complete belief that it is safe to operate under the assumption that this 8th grader was not working for any particular political or religious group at the time, but was merely depicting ... Angeles. In Rolling Meadows, clearly there is no sectarian advancement or endorsement. The city has not come out supporting, nor advancing one sect over another. It is a simple case where a student in a school was asked to draw what she thought of when she thought of Rolling Meadows. She did just that. Her intent was pure, and void of any religious overtones. If we were to objectively look at ... When we look at the City Council's involvement in each city, we see that the Councils would have to pay to have seals and emblems made for law enforcement and fire safety crews, for uniforms and vehicles, not to mention pay to have letterhead printed and other such documents containing these symbols. With that in mind, wouldn't the city councils have to pay for that kind of material ...
- 1126: Little League Coaches
- ... Be Good Role Models? asked a group of young athletes what they most wanted to do when they grow up. The survey consisted of a 250 boys and girls ages 7-15 from various Cincinnati school districts. It was concluded that over 40% had aspirations of making it in the world of professional athletics. The idea of being immortalized for nothing more playing a game puts the stars in their (kids ... no organized youth sports. Without coaches, knothole could not exist. Norwood Knothole depends on over thirty adult coaches to help run the league each year. It is the duty of the coach to pick out uniforms, arrange practices and many other tasks that could not be completed without them. Without volunteers as coaches, Norwood Knothole would be able to function. That would only leave kids with sandlot dreams of the future ... his family crisis. It was at that time when my dad found a solution that would let Carl still play ball. Dad offered to make time to go to the batting cages with Carl after school that way he didnt need to make the late night practices and instead could be at games. On game days Dad not only picked up Carl but his sisters also, so Carl would ...
- 1127: Being Young
- ... to buy these clothes? Will he or she be excluded from the gang? Some schools in various countries have tried to solve this problem. They have introduced a rule that allows pupils to go at school only if they are dressed in a specific school-uniform. But many students don't like these uniforms. They want to decide for themselves how to dress. During the last years it has become more usual for parents to divorce. Some people think that this conflict may have a positiv effect on ...
- 1128: Computers In Our Society
- ... they are a big part of your life? Think again! Computers are wondrous machines that improve our lives in many areas like education, entertainment, and work.(Paragraph)The use of computers in and out of school has made improvements in the way we learn. For instance, the use of computers in the classroom has freed up some of my time so I can give more individualized instruction to the needy, says Instructor Mary S. Teachemall of a local neighborhood grade school is a definite improvement over not having computers as a way of learning. Also, college students having easy access to computers for various school related tasks like changing complete blocks of text on a term paper in a split second, using graphics to better express a particular point or idea, and being able to tap into the world ...
- 1129: Heroin A Long Dark Path
- ... divorce. Slowly but surely, like an infection, the drug will tear apart almost any family that it encounters. A long dark path to addiction- Heroin is a drug that can reach anyone. From a middle school honor roll student, to a college grad that made the deans list, to a prostitute on the streets of Los Angeles. The path to heroin starts out very innocently. A rebellious teenager gives into ... or others in dangerous situations. One anonymous user of heroin was quoted say this, I am a fifty-nine year old man who first started to use heroin as a student at a Connecticut prep school in 1955. My father planned for me to attend Yale University and Yale Law School, but I always took the easiest way out in those years, becoming addicted to heroin at sixteen and leaving school at seventeen to live on the streets of Harlem. This is a classic example ...
- 1130: Charles Darwin And Richard Owen
- ... the 1800's, it would be best to briefly account for the characteristics of Owen and Darwin. Richard Owen was born in 1804, and was considered lazy and impudent by teachers. He attended Lancaster Grammar School to pursue a medical career and later entered the University of Edinburgh medical school in 1824. However, due to the lack of quality in teaching, Owen transferred to Barclay School, and it was here that John Barclay, an anti-materialist, greatly influenced Owen. Through Barclay's recommendation of Owen to John Abernathy, President of the Royal College of Surgeons, Owen was granted membership to ...
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