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- 1641: Virtues of My Life: Order, Courage, Patience
- ... live without. Without order there is chaos, and with chaos there is room for little virtue. Order is important because it provides life with stability and direction. As an example of a personal order, the school schedule which governs my academic studies is a type of order, setting specifics of where and when I should be. Order helps in my life if I am able and willing to create a schedule ... stable in situations where they might feel uncomfortable. Since there are many things in life which are stressful and unfamiliar, such as apprehension of the first day on a job, first day at a new school, or what you will find behind door number two, courage will allow you to overcome these suspicions and fears. Personally, courage will help me become more confident in the activities in which I participate. I ... life and there is no alternative for even my own waiting. I must wait to become an adult at 18, I must wait to reach the legal drinking age, I must wait to finish high school and college, and I must wait to marry the love of my life. It is not possible to age faster, finish college.
- 1642: The Biography of John Marshall Harlan II
- ... to the United States upon completion in 1923. After returning from England, Harlan began working for a law office in New York. At the same time, he was studying law at the New York Law School. In 1925 Harlan received his law degree and was admitted to the New York bar. In 1931 John Marshall Harlan II became a partner in the firm he'd begun working in while attending law school, and spent much of his early career working for the firm. Harlan was appointed an Assistant U.S. Attorney for New York in 1925. He also served as a Special Assistant Attorney General from 1928 ... and that it would hinder the outcome of many police interrogations. Finally, in Tinker v. Demoines, a case which involved the First Amendment and its Free Speech Clause, Harlan again dissented. He felt that the school's rule regarding the wearing of arm bands was legitimate, and therefor the Tinkers did not have a legitimate complaint. Harlan seems to have been a justice that wasn't afraid to sway. If ...
- 1643: Theodore Roosevelt
- ... the country in pursuit of a greatness that the entire nation embraced. Little Teddy Roosevelt was a puny child. Suffering from asthma, there was little the fragile boy could do athletically. When he first entered school, the other children mocked him for his weak stature. This incident molded the future president. He became obsessed with strength and the “macho” attitude of men. He constantly worked out by lifting weights and boxing ... alien race. With Californian influence, Roosevelt shunned all Chinese from immigrating to the United States in 1893. A vacuum was thus created and soon repeated with the Japanese. Segregation against the Asians arose within the school districts, creating a mutual contempt in return. Roosevelt was only continuing his foreign tendencies to deter other nation’s quests for greatness. He used every advantage he held in his power to maintain the nation ... he excelled. Anything he was not good at, he told himself it was of no importance. After graduating, Wilson decided that greatness could be found within the legal profession. Attending the University of Virginia law school, Wilson passed the bar within the state of Georgia. After a few boring cases that had come from clients his mother had found, he grew bored and decided political science would be of more ...
- 1644: Walt Disney
- ... Kansas City Walt’s father bought The Kansas City Star paper route, which had about 2000 customers. While growing up, Roy, Walt’s older brother was his only friend (Montgomery 13). When Roy finished high school he quit working for his father and moved away (Montgomery 13). Walt did not take Roy’s leaving very well; neither did Mr. Disney. Mr. Disney would sometimes take his anger out on Walt. Walt took drawing lessons at the Kansas City Art Institute, when their family was still in Kansas City (Montgomery 16). Walt’s family moved again before Walt was finished with high school – to Chicago (Montgomery 18). Left behind, Walt finished high school and relocated to Chicago (Montgomery 18). After moving to Chicago, Walt took art lessons at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and studied cartooning by mail (Montgomery 19). Walt became irritated with his father’ ...
- 1645: A Season In Purgatory
- ... characters are in order of importance: Harrison Burns, Constant Bradley, Gerald Bradley, Grace Bradley, and Winifred Utley. Harrison Burns not very wealthy, parents were murdered. He lived with his Aunt Gert. He attended Mildford Catholic school (an all boy school). He wanted to one day become a writer. He was a sort of a scary boy. He had no adventurous about him. Only son only child. Some what of an outcast good guy never broke ... large. His lips too tight. His eyes too dark, both in hue and intensity. Very aggressive manner he lacked gentleness. Very, very rich attended catholic schools of the city, Catholic University in Washington, and law school at Harvard. His early financial circumstances were further enhanced by his Grace Malloy (her maiden name) the daughter of a plumber who prospered in the plumbing business. Finest Catholic in the city (Gerald). A ...
- 1646: Biography of Anne Frank
- ... company, Opteka, in Amsterdam and began planning to bring his family there. The Frank family finally moved into a house on Medwedplein in Southern Amsterdam in 1933 and Anne began to attend the nearby Montessori school, where she excelled. Seven years later, 1940, the Nazis invaded the Netherlands and in five days, Holland surrendered to the invading German forces. Anne’s father had already begun to convert the annex of his company at 263 Prinsengracht into a hiding place. Under German law, Anne was forced to the leave the Montessori school and attends the Jewish Secondary School. On her thirteenth birthday, in 1942 Anne received as a gift from her parents a diary. A few short weeks later Margot, Anne’s older sister, received a notice from the Nazi SS to ...
- 1647: Aristotle
- Aristotle Aristotle was born in 382 BC, in a small town near Athens, Greece. He went to school and studied under the teachings of Plato. He became a great thinker and opened his own school which was a large competition for Plato's school. One of the major philosophies in which Aristotle became known for is his in-depth study of the aspects of good and evil. Aristotle said that a man is not good if he shows ...
- 1648: Gap Between Rich And Poor
- ... with a set of routines and traditions that encompass most of their waking hours” (p.83). The students graduate feeling separate and superior over those outside of the upper class community. One alumnus stated, “At school, we were made to feel somewhat better [than other people] because of our class”. There is more funding through parental and alumni support, therefore private schools are able to offer a wider variety of classes ... tools in a comfortable learning environment. The schools in the poor neighborhoods are unable to provide for their students in any of these ways. One student described how she had to take a shower after school to remove the plaster from her hair. Kozol asked a principal what he considered helped in making a good school. His reply was, “ The building and teachers are part of it, of course. But it isn’t just the building and the teachers. Our kids come from good families and the neighborhoods are good” ( ...
- 1649: Judges
- ... them had a Law degree. 60 percent said that they hadn't planned on being a judge The first step to becoming a judge is work. You have to work hard to graduate from law school. Many judges said that they hadn't planned on being a judge, and almost all of them said that it was the right job for their abilities. Many say that emotion during a trial can ... really become a judge of a high court on just a law degree, so anything else which will help. One judge surveyed has his law degree, MBA, a degree in economics, and has gone to school for over half his life. He is seventy three years old. He is now retired, after being on the bench at Provincial Court for over 20 years. Provincial Court is where street level cases are heard. To get into law school, you must have an average score of 94 percent or better, (1987 figures) and to graduate you must have 95 percent or better (again 1987 figures.) The first step is very tough. There are ...
- 1650: “George S. Patton, Jr.”
- ... the farm his father read to him what most normal kids would not even know about. The books he read to him were written by Shakespeare, Homer, and the Holy Bible. He did not attend school until he was eleven years old. He could recite passages from books that college students were reading although this still did not cover the fact that he could not read. So he spent most of his time during middle school trying to catch up to the other kids in reading and mathematics these were his two worst subjects. In high school he started to catch up to his fellow class mates. He became popular with the other kids by playing sports. He was an exceptional football player and track star. He went to two colleges ...
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