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- 1621: A Child’s Verdict
- ... a parent’s: treatment, restriction, caring and teaching of and to a child. It also includes interaction by their teachers, pupils and others, besides their parents. In the case of a boy only in elementary school named Robbie Mackessy from the novel, A Map of the World, he is effected negatively by his surroundings and is therefore driven to act in certain ways and ultimately put him through trouble. Robbie is told to lie in court by his mother and this sends another women to jail. He sends the nurse of his school to jail by lying to the police, in order to please his mother. Robbie isn’t guilty of his actions because his surroundings have shaped him into what he is and his age keeps him ... quivering (Hamilton, 367).” Robbie didn’t understand the situation because he was too young to have been taught about it. This would lead him to act in certain ways later on. During many occasions at school, Robbie would go to the nurse’s office for assistance. He tended to dislike her and acted very stubbornly while she tried to help him. He yelled when she tried to touch him and ...
- 1622: Abstract Expressionism
- ... long streaks of paint, our eyes move freely around the painting, providing some sense of unity. Another influential Abstract Expressionist was Hans Hofmann. Hofmann was born in 1880, in Weissenberg, Bavaria. He opened an art school in Munich and taught in california during the summers of 1930 to 1931. In 1932, he moved to America and opened an art school in New York soon after. "The highest three- dimensionality is two-dimensionality, which no layman can ever understand," said Hofmann. "Depth is nothing less than suggested volume. I have students who come to me painting ... we see pretty much the same amount of darks as we see lights, and, again, neither overpowers the other. Willem De Kooning was born in Rotterdam, Holland in 1905. He owned and operated an art school in Munich, and then moved to the United States when he was 22. He first did drawings, then switched to painting, using only black and white paint as a transition from the paper to ...
- 1623: The 1960s
- Mr. Basiuk is the person I chose for my interview. Rather than immigrating to Canada, Mr. Basiuk was born in Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1936. He was educated in high school to the north end of Winnipeg at St. John's Technical High School. He spent two years altogether in grade 10 and 11 then attended five years in the University Of Manitoba and graduated as an electrical engineer. Unfortunately, he was not able to find a job in ... What types of food did you prefer eating then, and why? Believe it or not, I had long hair down to my shoulders. I still remember, however, that we all had to wear ties to school and not any regular t-shirts. I admit they weren't the best haircuts, but I wouldn't say today's are either. The things I mainly ate were perogies, cabbage rolls, and sour ...
- 1624: Great Expectations 3
- ... boy like Huck Finn. Nevertheless, they attempt to make Huck into what they believe will be a better boy. Specifically, they attempt, as Huck says, to "sivilize" him. This process includes making Huck go to school, teaching him various religious facts, and making him act in a way that the women find socially acceptable. Huck, who has never had to follow many rules in his life, finds the demands the women ... beautiful women--but none of this comes to pass. Huck finds out too late that Tom's adventures are imaginary: that raiding a caravan of "A-rabs" really means terrorizing young children on a Sunday school picnic, that stolen "joolry" is nothing more than turnips or rocks. Huck is disappointed that the adventures Tom promises are not real and so, along with the other members, he resigns from the gang. Another ... in front of his face; his skin, Huck says, is white like a fish's belly or like a tree toad's. Pap's savage appearance reflects his feelings as he demands that Huck quit school, stop reading, and avoid church. Huck is able to stay away from Pap for a while, but Pap kidnaps Huck three or four months after Huck starts to live with the Widow and takes ...
- 1625: The Simpsons
- ... attend The Enriched Learning Center for Children. Suddenly, Homer takes liking to his son. They joke together, play ball together, and embarass Marge at an opera together. Things start to change at Bart's old school soon after his departure. Bart's friends no longer like him and refer to him as Poindexter. The kids at his new school also tease him and play tricks on him. Bart becomes miserable after finding he fits in nowhere. As the show continues, Bart tells his new teacher he has cheated on his test. Bart's world ... and true religious side of the Simpsons, the show fails and scars the effort. The Simpson family goes to church on a regular basis despite Bart and Homer's hatred of attending. A typical Sunday School Conversation: Child: "Will my dog Fluffy go to heaven?" Teacher: "No" Other Child: "What about my cat?" Teacher: "NO, heaven is only for people." Bart: "What if my leg gets gangrene and has to ...
- 1626: As A Technology, It Is Called Multimedia
- ... the education arena. From pre-schoolers to college students, learning adapting to this multimedia craze was not hard to do. Teachers and Professors alike share in this technology to plan out their curricular schedules and school calendar. Most will agree that classroom computers seem to have a positive effect on students of the 90's. As schools and universities become more technology driven, there will be an even bigger plea for ... the number of computers used in U.S. elementary and secondary schools increased from under 100,000 to over 2.5 million. A majority of students now use computers and computer software sometime during the school-year, either to learn about computers or as a tool for learning other subjects. By the end of the decade, the typical school had 1 computer per 20 students, a ration that computer educators feel is still not high enough to affect classroom learning as much as books and classroom conversion do.
- 1627: The Street of Crocodiles
- ... work.’ The full compliment of artist contained in this description are Decroux, Barrault, Marceau, and Lecoq. He discovered his interest and aptitude for mime by way of his participation in athletics. Jean Daste, within whose school and company Lecoq was to initially train, had worked directly with Copeau. In the current production, there are a number of performers who have studied his work at L’Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris. These ... on by Lecoq. In the article ‘Mime, Movement, Theatre’ appearing in Rolfe’s book, Lecoq comments on the nature of the work he explores. ‘Often people ask me “What is it you do in your school, is it mime?” I always feel that the one who asks that question limits the school to a wordless formalism. The word “mime” already is restricting. One sees a performer who does not speak and who makes stylized gestures to show imaginary objects, or makes faces to have you understand ...
- 1628: Jane Eyre: Ladies First
- ... demonstrates a strong need to be herself, to take responsibility for her action. She is put to the test by her daily teasing and abuse from her cousins. When she is brought to a boarding school she soon distinguishes herself through her classes. Eventually ends up in Thornfield where she meets Edward Rochester. While growing up in Gateshead Hall, Jane is treated less than a servant. Her cousins John, Eliza, and ... hothouse vines of their fruit, and broke the buds of the choicest plants in the conservatory:”(pg.9) Jane becoming unable to withstand her treatment at Gateshead Hall she is sent to Lowood, a boarding school for the poor. Before she leaves Gateshead she tells her aunt how she feels. “ I am not deceitful: if I were, I should say I loved you, but I declare I do not love you ... because of Mr. Elton loved Emma instead of Harriet. Jane Eyre soon arrives in Lowood, where she becomes friends with Helen Burns, a sickly child whose saint-like encouragement helps Jane with the hardships of school life. Here is where Jane's renewal in faith starts to develop. Helen who dies in Jane's arms tells Jane that they will meet again in heaven. Jane soon begins to thrive on ...
- 1629: Senator Joeseph McCarthy - Lif
- Who was Joseph McCarthy? Joseph R. McCarthy was born in 1908 on a family farm in Wisconsin. He went to a country school and decided he was done with his education at the young age of 14. After that, he explained to his family that he was finished with his studies and wanted to become a farmer like ... that he would go to work. At age 19 he became the manager of a grocery store in Manawa, a town thirty miles away. Some friends of his convinced him to go back to high school. He was a very smart man and, at the age of 20, managed to finish four years of high school in just one year. In 1930 he enrolled in Marquette University in Milwaukee where he soon succeeded in getting his law degree in 1935. He ended up moving north to Waupaca. There he ran ...
- 1630: Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
- ... would civilize me; but it rough living in the house all the time considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways (Twain 11).This process includes making Huck go to school, teaching him various religious facts, and making him act in a way that the women find socially acceptable. In this first chapter, Mark Twain gives us the first direct example of communicating his feelings through ... beautiful women, but none of this comes to pass. Huck finds out too late that Tom s adventures are imaginary: That raiding a caravan of A-rabs really means terrorizing young children on a Sunday school picnic, that stolen jewel is nothing more than turnips or rocks (Twain 22). Huck is disappointed that the adventures Tom promises are not real and so, along with the other members, he resigns from the ... only wants Huck for his money. I used to be scared of him all the time, he tanned me so much, I reckoned I was scared now too (Twain 18). Pap demands that Huck quit school, stop reading, and avoid church. Huck is able to stay away from Pap for a while, but Pap kidnaps Huck three or four months after Huck starts to live with the Widow and takes ...
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