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- 1771: Government Intervention of the Internet
- ... major university attempted to regulate what types of Internet access its students had, with results reminiscent of a 1960’s protest. A research associate at Carnegie Mellon University conducted a study of pornography on the school’s computer networks. Martin Rimm put together quite a large picture collection (917,410 images) and he also tracked how often each image had been downloaded (a total of 6.4 million). A local court had recently declared pictures of similar content obscene, and the school feared they might be held responsible for the content of its network. The school administration quickly removed access to all these pictures, and to the newsgroup where most of this obscenity is suspected to have come from. A total of 80 newsgroups were removed, causing a large disturbance ...
- 1772: Stranger In The Kingdom
- ... with millions of oriental faces living in mediocre (at best) conditions. Why hadn’t any of my previous history classes ever covered this topic? Why, at 17 years of age and a junior in high school was I only becoming aware of it now? Provocative thoughts such as these kept circling through my head as Hatsue described the conditions in the camps. I believe that we have enough books like Stranger ... our country seems to forget. Ever since the thought-provoking meeting of C.V.U.’s Diversity Committee, I really do believe that we are not informed of a well-balanced amount of information in school. After reading and rereading the section about the mistreatment of oriental people during WWII, I believe that we should focus more on issues such as these in our history classes at school. I remember a speech that Jesse Jackson once gave where he stated that in order for us to fix racism, we had to educate all children at an early stage. Although we as upper ...
- 1773: Grenada
- ... replied, ¡° The interest of the United States citizens are in no way threatened by the present situation ... which the Ministry hastens to point out is a purely internal affair¡±(Musicant 374). The Chancellor of the school, Charles Modica, was announcing that the students were in no danger, and that the school was expected to continue to have good relations with the ¡°Government¡± (Weinberger 108). This display of good will coincided with the report Margaret Thatcher, Britian¡¯s Prime Minister, received from the Deputy High Commissioner in ... In fact, eight days after the murder of Bishop, no incident involving an American had arisen. The idea doesn¡¯t even make sense considering that one of the island main sources of income was the school and tourism. Tourism, was the answer given by Grenada to the questions of our State Department who asked what the air strip being constructed was to be used for. They did not; however, believe ...
- 1774: Spelling Of Emigre Russians
- ... childhood quickly disappear while the emigre struggles to master the language of their new home. Almost all people claim to read in their second language more proficiently than they speak1, however, emigres who attend high school and college in a foreign country often find themselves writing more often in their second language than in their first. After time, the second language becomes the default language of writing for these emigres and ... Selected Procedure I selected 6 Russians and 6 advanced American students of Russian for my experiment. Four of the Russians were heritage speakers, and two had emigrated to America at 14, having studied English in school for 4 years. The Americans had been studying Russian for just over three years and had lived in Russia for at least 5 months. All of the Russian subjects, save one young man, claimed that ... second, much simpler piece myself. I spoke with the Russian subjects briefly beforehand, to inquire about the number of years they had been in America, how many years they had studied Russian and English in school, and how they remembered being taught to read and spell. Following the diktanty, I asked if they considered themselves to be good spellers, what sounds or groups of letters are difficult to spell correctly, ...
- 1775: Song Of Solomon
- ... examples she cites are a bit exaggerated. Still, those things are in there. I'm fascinated. What happened then? Well, as per the rules of reviewing a challenged book, the director of English for the school district, Deanna Norad, assembled a five person committee made up of two administrators, one teacher, and two parents. The comittee deliberated, and unanimously recommended to keep the book on the reading list. They also suggested some changes to the way the book was taught. From then on, they said, Song of Solomon should be taught during the regular school year so that more guidance could be given, if needed. By the same token, they recommended that the book be discussed more in class. If they kept it, what's the controversy? Here's the ... Song of Solomon has been banned (especially the Superintendent). It hasn't actually been banned, at least in the way you usually think of banning. There's still two copies of the book in the school library, and students can go check them out whenever they want. Many have, since this whole crazy hoopla started. Crazy hoopla, you say? Right. The issue of whether or not Song of Solomon should ...
- 1776: Freedom of Speech
- ... of our country, the protection of basic freedoms has been of the utmost importance to Americans. Freedom of speech is honestly being challenged as is evidenced in a recent court case where a Gloucester County school district censored reviews of two R-rated movies from a school newspaper. Superior Court Judge, Robert E. Francis ruled that the student's rights were violated under the state Constitution. I feel this is a major break through for students' rights because it limits editorialcontrol of school newspapers by educators and allows students to print what they feel is important. One of the more controversial issues was the recent 2 Live Crew incident involving obscenity in rap music. Their record, "As ...
- 1777: The New Initiatives of George W. Bush
- ... tutors or private schools if the formerly mentioned circumstance occurs (Bush and McCain on the Issues, 2). Bush has also established the fact that he believes government must be “...wise enough to give states and school districts more authority and freedom. And it must be strong enough to require proven performance in return.” (The True Goal of Education, 1) Bush would like to hold states and districts receiving federal School Safety funds accountable for measuring and demonstrating proven safety. (On The Issues, 2) Furthermore, Bush would withdraw federal subsidy to schools which do not corroborate safety, thus demonstrating the federal government’ s capacity to require ... commission for teachers, and where Bush has called for broadening the Education Department’s scope, McCain wants to trim budget and give cash to the states. The two contenders agree on national testing standards (oppose), school vouchers (just not how they are funded), education savings accounts (support), charter schools (support), and local control (support). (Education Comparison Results, 1) Therefore, the candidate you prefer rests on whether or not you prefer ...
- 1778: Snow Falling On Cedars
- ... with millions of oriental faces living in mediocre (at best) conditions. Why hadn’t any of my previous history classes ever covered this topic? Why, at 17 years of age and a junior in high school was I only becoming aware of it now? Provocative thoughts such as these kept circling through my head as Hatsue described the conditions in the camps. I believe that we have enough books like Stranger ... our country seems to forget. Ever since the thought-provoking meeting of C.V.U.’s Diversity Committee, I really do believe that we are not informed of a well-balanced amount of information in school. After reading and rereading the section about the mistreatment of oriental people during WWII, I believe that we should focus more on issues such as these in our history classes at school. I remember a speech that Jesse Jackson once gave where he stated that in order for us to fix racism, we had to educate all children at an early stage. Although we as upper ...
- 1779: Affirmative Action
- ... five points lower than the average SAT for white students whose parents earn less than $20,000 a year." (Rosen, p.3) In effect, the solution by supporters of affirmative action is to lower the school's standards so that they can accept a more diverse group of students. This solution is ridiculous, simply because everyone has a chance to do good. It is just a matter of effort. If a ... raise their own standards in order to improve our society. For example, the University of California in Berkeley has a diverse student body with a majority of Asians. An Asian student coming out of high school with a 4.0 GPA, and a list of extra curricular activities would not be accepted simply because of his ethnicity. Instead the school would rather accept a Mexican student with a 3.0 GPA. Why should the student who did not study as hard be rewarded just because of his race? Nobody has the choice of ethnicity ...
- 1780: Technology 2
- ... computer, you can soon discover what you can do with computers to make life easier and more enjoyable. Being computer literate allows you to use many powerful software applications and utilities to do work for school, business, or pleasure. Microsoft is the current leading producer of many of these applications and utilities. Microsoft produces software called operating systems that manage and regulate the information processing cycle. The oldest of these is ... By no means has Microsoft limited itself to operating systems alone. Microsoft has also produced a software package called Microsoft Office that is very useful in creating reports, databases, spreadsheets, presentations, and other documents for school and work. Microsoft Office: Introductory Concepts and Techniques provides a detailed, step-by-step approach to the four programs included in Microsoft Office. Included in this package are Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, and ... a new PC now will help put PC's into the other two-thirds of the homes worldwide and make the transition into a computer age easier. Works Cited "Computer." Webster's New World Compact School and Office Dictionary. 1995. Elmer-Dewitt, P. "Mine, All Mine." Time Jun. 1995: 46-54. Shelly, G., T. Cashman, and K. Jordan. Netscape Navigator 2 Running Under Windows 3.1. Danvers: Boyd & Fraser Publishing ...
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