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- 141: Booker T. Washington
- ... knowledge was power, not just knowledge of "books", but knowledge of agricultural and industrial trades. He felt that the Negro would rise to be an equal in American society through hard work. Washington founded a school on these principles, and it became the world's leader in agricultural and industrial education for the Negro. As the world watched him put his heart and soul into his school, Tuskegee Institute, he gained great respect from both the white and black communities. Many of the country's white leaders agreed with his principals, and so he had a great deal of support. Booker T ... quarrels, fights, and shockingly immoral practices were frequent." Washington himself got a job in the salt furnace and often had to go to work at four in the morning. Washington longed for an education. A school for Negro's opened in Malden, but his step-father would not let him leave work to attend. Washington was so determined to get an education that he arranged with the teachers to give ...
- 142: U.s. High Schools
- U.S.high schools are not properly preparing kids for the college experience. The primary purpose of a high school in the United States is to get kids into college. The courses taught in U.S.high schools are way too lenient in their grading policies and offer students much leeway.High school courses are too lenient because high school teachers make them that way.One good example that proves just how much leeway secondary education offers students is that on average,professors at the high school level accept late papers. Of course late ...
- 143: America’s Youth and Today’s Violence
- ... of this nature. The media thinks there may be someone to blame for why kids turn to violence. They blame TV, movies, music, and even athletes. The media could blame parents. The media blames high school athletes for the violence in schools. For many youth, their role models are athletes, but for others, athletes are their worst nightmares. In my high school, athletics was everything. Many of the athletes would pick on the little guys or under class men. The athletes at my school were bullies, but to my knowledge no one wanted to come in and shoot an athlete. How many students go into schools and just start shooting and being violent. Most students of today do ...
- 144: ... McCullough to raise the author primarily by herself. It also affected McCullough; she began to look for paternal substitutes in her mother’s nine unmarried brothers. Growing up McCullough attended twelve years in a convent school. She then went on to Holy Cross College and obtained honors in English, chemistry, and botany. Next she began to attend the University of Sydney to become a physician. McCullough eventually dropped out due to ... After accomplishing that she went to London and worked in hospital for sick children, where she cared for epileptic and retarded children. Eventually she came to the United States to work at Yale University’s School of Medicine. McCullough’s first novel was Tim. Tim is a novel about the love between Mary Horton, a middle-aged, strict business executive, and Tim Melville, a retarded twenty-five year old hired by ...
- 145: The First Amendment: Free of Expression
- ... rights in a truly democratic society. Without them there would be no new ideas; we would all conform under totalitarian rule for fear of punishment. However, when I, a common student at West Rowan High School try to express my feelings on "the state of the Bill of Rights in schools today" by making a computer presentation in multimedia class, my work is declared "bad" and my teacher and assistant principal ... will encourage students to become a part of that religion. The presentation was neither slanderous nor obscene, but it did criticize teachers and administrators calling them "fascist dictators". At first I was angry at the school because I could wear clothing that was obscene or contained liquor advertisements, now they have completely taken away my freedom of speech. This of course proved my argument that teachers and administrators are totalitarians. As ... student declaring the action unconstitutional under the first amendment. As I was reading Nat Hentoff's book The First Freedom I came across a story in which a student wrote a newspaper article criticizing the school administration, soon after he ran for student government and was taken off the ballot for his critique. Unfortunately he did not fight it in court. The principal sharply taught the student, "The constitution of ...
- 146: ... McCullough to raise the author primarily by herself. It also affected McCullough; she began to look for paternal substitutes in her mother’s nine unmarried brothers. Growing up McCullough attended twelve years in a convent school. She then went on to Holy Cross College and obtained honors in English, chemistry, and botany. Next she began to attend the University of Sydney to become a physician. McCullough eventually dropped out due to ... After accomplishing that she went to London and worked in hospital for sick children, where she cared for epileptic and retarded children. Eventually she came to the United States to work at Yale University’s School of Medicine. McCullough’s first novel was Tim. Tim is a novel about the love between Mary Horton, a middle-aged, strict business executive, and Tim Melville, a retarded twenty-five year old hired by ...
- 147: Bill Gates
- ... the birth of Microsoft. Early on in life, it was apparent that Bill Gates inherited the ambition, intelligence, and competitive spirit that had helped him rise to the top in his chosen profession. In elementary school he quickly surpassed all of his peer's abilities in nearly all subjects, especially math and science. His parents recognized his intelligence and decided to enroll him in Lakeside, a private school known for its intense academic environment. This decision had far reaching effects on Bill Gate's life. For at Lakeside, Bill Gates was first introduced to computers. In the spring of 1968, the Lakeside prep school decided that it should acquaint the student body with the world of computers. Computers were still too large and costly for the school to purchase its own. Instead, the school had a fundraiser and ...
- 148: Bill Gates Roadway To His Succ
- ... the birth of Microsoft. Early on in life, it was apparent that Bill Gates inherited the ambition, intelligence, and competitive spirit that had helped him rise to the top in his chosen profession. In elementary school he quickly surpassed all of his peer's abilities in nearly all subjects, especially math and science. His parents recognized his intelligence and decided to enroll him in Lakeside, a private school known for its intense academic environment. This decision had far reaching effects on Bill Gate's life. For at Lakeside, Bill Gates was first introduced to computers. In the spring of 1968, the Lakeside prep school decided that it should acquaint the student body with the world of computers. Computers were still too large and costly for the school to purchase its own. Instead, the school had a fundraiser and ...
- 149: Fordham University
- ... raised in Los Angeles, all I knew about Fordham University was that it has a good academic program. However, following my recent visit to the campus, I am now certain that Fordham is the perfect school for me. During my senior year of high school, I could not decide which college I wanted to attend. Since I placed so much importance on my college education, I did not want to just pick any school and live there for four years of my life; instead, I enrolled in a two-year school. Hoping to gauge my interests and the type of academic and social environment I sought, my two- ...
- 150: ... November 21, 1694 in Paris. Voltaire's style, wit, intelligence and keen sense of justice made him one of France's greatest writers and philosophers. Young Francois Marie received an excellent education at a Jesuit school. He left school at 16 and soon formed friendships with a group of sophisticated Parisian aristocrats. Paris society sought his company for his cleverness, humor and remarkable ability to write verse. In 1717 he was arrested for writing ...
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