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- 1691: Essay: To Kill A Mockingbird
- ... Cunningham's are very respected by the citizen's of Maycomb county. The Cunninghams took nothing, unless they could pay it back. Walter the youngest in the Cunningham clan was in the same class at school as Scout Finch the daughter of Atticus Finch. While in school, a fresh young new school teacher known as Miss Caroline did not know the reputations of the predecessors of these two children. In what looked like a good day for the rookie teacher quickly turned into complete disarray and ...
- 1692: Birth Control at Schools
- ... sex at an early age. The distribution of condoms at high schools may be very offensive to some parents and children. Although most children are required to take a sex education course at the high school level, some parents strongly believe that it is not the school's responsibility to teach their children about sex and birth control. Also, parents believe that there should be a heavier influence on teaching the students about birth control products and sex education, instead of distributing free condoms. Passing out free condoms at high schools may have a negative effect on the way young adults view sex. In high school, young adult's emotions and feelings are still very immature; therefore, passing out condoms may be promoting teenagers to have sex. Parents think giving free condoms to children sends mixed messages on what to ...
- 1693: Eating Disorders
- ... come later in the progression of whatever disorders underlie Anorexia. The major psychological features seem to be the fear of maturing and the fear of losing control. Dealing with stress, of divorced parents, death, and school are the top causes why teenagers develop Anorexia. They think that becoming anorexic will take away all their uncertainty and guide them through the problem (Wolhart, 1988). Diagnosing Anorexia is not that easy unless you ... relationships or conditions in the person’s life change suddenly. There may be a death or divorce in the family, a change in friends, a romantic breakup, or a new job, place of living, or school. An Eating Disorder is a lonely and confusing experience. Anorexics and bulimics can feel isolated, rejected and defeated. The Eating Disorder is triggered by emotional problems, and in turn it triggers new stress and concerns ... the experience you just had. Do not deprive yourself of the food (Boskind, 1987). Treating an Eating Disorder is not as cheap as you think. Eating Disorders can cost as much or more than a school scholarship to the best University. Each year the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) gives one point five million dollars to selected clinics that treat Eating Disorders, and the government is looking into the future ...
- 1694: Julius Caesar Vs. Chocolate Wa
- ... picking up the pieces behind him, of performing those little services…"(101). Obie does all the dirty work that Archie doesn't want to or doesn't have to do. The leaders of a private school in the seventies and the leaders of Rome in 44 BC are very much alike in many respects. A leader cannot be a leader with out followers. The followers play key roles in both literary ... plebeians. The student body thinks like a group and if you are disliked by one you are disliked by all. In the giant raffle that Archie holds Jerry gets placed "…at the mercy of the school, the students" (Cormier 174). He is brutally beaten up by Janza and has no hope except a few students who feel sorry for him. Another way the student body is like the plebeians is that ... one incident "…the kid was quick to comply and Archie was pleased with his submissiveness" (174) Archie then realizes "I am Archie. My wish becomes command" (174). Archie uses fear to intimidate and rule the school. No one ever questions his authority because of fright he instills in his followers. Both of the leaders in these books use dishonest means to help gain and maintain their power. To gain it ...
- 1695: Birth Control at Schools
- ... sex at an early age. The distribution of condoms at high schools may be very offensive to some parents and children. Although most children are required to take a sex education course at the high school level, some parents strongly believe that it is not the school's responsibility to teach their children about sex and birth control. Also, parents believe that there should be a heavier influence on teaching the students about birth control products and sex education, instead of distributing free condoms. Passing out free condoms at high schools may have a negative effect on the way young adults view sex. In high school, young adult's emotions and feelings are still very immature; therefore, passing out condoms may be promoting teenagers to have sex. Parents think giving free condoms to children sends mixed messages on what to ...
- 1696: Clarence Thomas Supreme Court Justice
- ... emphasis on Black self-help. Thomas grew up not knowing his biological father but recalls his “grandfather as the greatest single influence in his life”. The only time he wore shoes were to go to school, he also worked six hours a day at his family owned icehouse and fuel station, in addition to schooling. He also had other chores that included raising chickens, pigs and cattle; cleaning house as well ... He credits these lessons early in life of hard work and self-reliance for giving him the drive to be where he is today. His grandfather, who could not read, sent him to a Catholic school run by a group of White nuns that was established for poor Black youth. He later became one of the first Blacks at his all-white Catholic high school. His first premonition was to enter the priesthood but declined after a fellow seminarian student exclaimed, “ Good I hope the SOB dies” following the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassination. He came to ...
- 1697: Clara Barton
- ... filled with success. Barton had a long career of public service. At age seventeen Barton became a teacher in Massachusetts. She taught many years and then decided that it was time to establish her own school in North Oxford where she was born. Eventually teaching began to loose its zest and she wanted more from life. She decided to further her education and attend the Liberal Institute. The Liberal Institute was located in Clinton, New York; it was an advanced school for female teachers. Clara Barton yearned to teach once again and accepted a job in New Jersey. Following this she opened a free school in Bordentown. The schools attendance topped six hundred students. Retiring from teaching for good Barton headed for Washington DC. A new chapter in her life opened and she worked as a clerk in the ...
- 1698: Civil Rights
- ... Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, a local civil rights leader, who believed that the Birmingham police commissioner would meet protesters with violence. In May the SCLC staff stepped up the anti-segregation marches by persuading teenagers and school children to join. The singing and chanting adolescents who filled the streets of Birmingham caused Connor to lose his temper. The belligerent commissioner ordered police to attack demonstrators with dogs and firefighters to turn high ... of the civil rights movement, criticizing his interracial strategy and his appeals to moral idealism; they no longer believed that appeals to idealism would cause whites to renounce racism. In 1965 King joined protests against school discrimination in Chicago. The next year he led marches against housing discrimination in the same city. King's Chicago efforts resulted in little positive change and were widely criticized. After 1965 King also focused on ... Urban poverty represented a worsening problem and remained very high among blacks. A major controversy in the 1970s was desegregation of public education, where achieving a racial balance often required busing students outside of their school districts. A broader question concerned equal opportunity for blacks, an issue which affirmative-action programs attempted to address. These programs, which emerged in the 1970s, supported the hiring and promotion of minorities and women. ...
- 1699: Saint John Bosco
- ... the young people in his village occupied by doing magic tricks and acrobatic moves, and only ask prayers for payment. Also, he would speak to children about God, and even some adults occasionally. The seminary school that Bosco entered was Chieri at the age of 16. Father Cafasso helped John through seminary school because he could not afford it, neither could his mother help him pay for it. John became a priest in 1841 at the age of 26, and was named Don Bosco, which means Father Bosco. After Sunday Mass's he would have a catechism class which would teach young people about God. After a while the catechism class turned into a school were boys could receive a real education, not just a religion class. He was appointed chaplain of St. Philomena's Hospice for girls. John did not really like his job so he resigned and ...
- 1700: Louis Leakey
- ... of ancient Africans, truly links to the past, Leakey knew that the rest of his life would be devoted towards discovering the secrets of the prehistoric ancestors of humankind. Despite not being accustomed to the school structure back in England and the accompanying problems he had in public school, Leakey was accepted into Cambridge in 1922. However, blows to the head sustained during rugby games resulted in epilepsy and headaches for Leakey, and he had to leave school in 1923. This, however, was a blessing in disguise, for Leakey landed a job as an African expert on an archaeological mission to Tendaguru in what is now Tanzania. He was to accompany the ...
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