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- 1821: Nelson Mandela - Long Walk To Freedom
- ... lost it because of a dispute with the magistrate. While, his mother was a hard-working woman full of daily choirs. His childhood was full of playing games with fellow children and having fun. In school, Mandela was given his English name of Nelson. After his father s death, he moved to love with a regent, who was a well-off individual and owed Nelson s father for a previous favor ... detailed accounts of the European influence seen in South Africa. Ever since Mandela was born, the European s power affected his people. European influence could be seen through every aspect of life. In Mandela s school, he was given an English name and this was because this was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education. (14) Also, the education I ... culture, British institutions were automatically assumed to be superior. There was no such thing as African culture. (14) This shows that it was difficult to get away from the British influence even for children in school. The British and the Dutch governments passed several acts that were instituted to fight against the Africans freedom struggle. The Africans struggle for independence was slowly growing and this scared the government. A new ...
- 1822: Aristotle (384 -322 BC)
- ... Aristotle, Greek philosopher and scientist, is one of the most famous of ancient philosophers. He was born in Stagira, Greece to a physician to the royal court. When he became eighteen, Aristotle entered Plato's School in Athens and remained at this academy for twenty years, as a student and then as a teacher. He was recognized as the Academy's brightest and was given the title of "The Intelligence of the School". When Plato died in 347 BC, Aristotle left Athens and joined a group of disciples of Plato, with his friend Hermias. Hermias became ruler of a city called Assos, a city in Asia Minor. Aristotle ... BC, when Alexander became the ruler of Macedonia. Alexander the Great later became the ruler of all Greece, and over threw the Persian Empire. In 334 BC, Aristotle returned to Athens and started his own school, the Lyceum. Because he taught while walking around, his students were called the Peripatetic students, meaning "walking" or "strolling". When Alexander died in 323 BC, Aristotle was charged with impiety (lack of reverence to ...
- 1823: Movie: Dead Poet's Society - The Dead Poet That Killed Himself
- Movie: Dead Poet's Society - The Dead Poet That Killed Himself The movie Dead Poet's Society raises an interesting question: When educating teen-agers, is it better to use the school's policy of Tradition, Honor, Discipline, and Excellence or Mr. Keating's philosophy of carpe diam (seize the day)? Mr. Keating believed that people should "suck the marrow out of life" and live like a ... rapped on the knuckles" by a nun with a ruler can attest to this fact. The one thing that a student needs in life is structure. Without this, he or she cannot function in a school environment. When a bell rings, you must go to class. When a teacher assigns homework, you do it. No questions asked. No individual thought. The only marrow that should be sucked out of a students life is that of education. That, after all, is why they are in school. To learn and no other reason. In the end, it should be noted that although Mr. Keating's teaching philosophy was debunked, he made one good point. Neil should have spoken to his parents. ...
- 1824: Madonna
- ... back the borders of the acceptable, have brought her tremendous commercial success in America and abroad. She has achieved the reputation as a forefront performer and entertainer. Before Madonna began her superstar career, she attended school at the University of Michigan. Before she even attended college, she was already well talented in the field of dance. She was so good that she won a dance college scholarship in high school. This was the main reason she continued onto college. In the beginning of her college education, she enjoyed going to school on a daily basis. In addition, she enjoyed learning and meeting new friends. However, she began to get bored with her college education and her stay in college was brief. Within the next two ...
- 1825: Children, TV, and Violence
- ... television has a greater affect on children than most think. His results are shocking. The studies conclude that the single best predictor of adulthood violence and aggression is not due to violent homes, poverty, poor school performance, single parent homes, nor to real life violence, rather to heavy amounts of television/media violence. But "...of course not every youngster is affected." (Qtd. Leland 47). The reason for this is because children ... 18, a child will have seen at least 150,000 acts of violence on the television. By age six, most children will have watched 5,000 hours of television and by the end of high school, over 19,000 hours. That is a lot of television. What would happen without television? One epidemiologist named Brandon S. Centerwall claims that without television the United States would have nearly 10,000 fewer murders ... watching over the safety of the children, otherwise they could care less what the children watched because they undoubtedly watched or still watch the same program or consider it harmless because it is an "after school kids cartoon". What has the media done to counteract this? Very little to nothing. They deny that the problem actually exists. But the problem does exist and is very real, and they can help ...
- 1826: A Zipper for Pee-Wee Herman
- A Zipper for Pee-Wee Herman Leaders in childrens television are and always have been concerned about what programs actually make it on the air. Most early programming for children of school age in the 1950's was the western program. Another type was the science-fiction thriller which tended to be based on hero's from the radio, comics, and films. However, a favorite of the ... of music, circus acts, animals, and of course, clowns. In 1952, yet another type of program came about which reached a very similiar audience as the circus variety shows. It was called "The Ding Dong School". The Ding Dong School offered the conversation, low-key instruction, commercials, and entertainment of Miss. Frances, a professional teacher. With the help of these types of shows, a new genre was born. Children's television which was a ...
- 1827: Ben-Hur
- ... s life was structured around these people and events. Under Augustus' reign Ben-Hur, because of Messala's trickery, found himself as a slave rowing in Roman boats campaigning against the Macedonians. The boats and uniforms were constant with the historical correctness sought after by Wallace and the film version which followed. As the battle with the Macedonians concluded Ben-Hur saved the life of the commanding officer of the victorious ... icing on the cake for Wallace. All Christians could find this novel appealing. One audience in particular which could appreciate this book was the Protestant clergy of the time era of the original release. "Sunday-school teachers and Protestant clergy were quick to use Ben-Hur as a text in their religion classes for gaining a precise picture of the Holy Land. Thus, Ben-Hur had a place for itself among ...
- 1828: To Kill A Mockingbird-- Plot S
- ... for years. The children are scared of Boo because of the morbid legends about him. Dill resolves to get him to come out of his house, but nothing comes of it that summer. Scout dislikes school from the first morning. A few times when Scout and Jem walk home from school, they discover small gifts in the hollow oak tree at the edge of the Radley yard. When Dill returns for the summer, the children devise a new game of acting out their own version of ... shotgun, and as the children flee Jem s pants get stuck in a fence and left behind. Later when Jem retrieves them, he finds that Boo clumsily mended them where the fence tore them. When school begins again, Scout and Jem find more trinkets in the tree. They write a thank you note to whomever is leaving the things for them, but Mr. Radley cements up the knot hole. During ...
- 1829: Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
- ... the narrator, a Black man struggling in a White culture. The narrative starts during his college days where he works hard and earns respect from the administration. Dr. Bledsoe, the prominent Black administrator of his school, becomes his mentor. Dr. Bledsoe has achieved success in the White culture which becomes the goals which the narrator seeks to achieve. The narrator's hard work culminates in him being given the privilege of taking Mr. Norton, a White benefactor to the school, on a car ride around the college area. After much persuasion and against his better judgement, the narrator takes Mr. Norton to a run down Black neighborhood. When Dr. Bledsoe found out about the trip the narrator was kicked out of school because he showed Mr. Norton anything less than the ideal Black man. The narrator is shattered, by having the person he idealizes turn on him. Immediately, he travels to New York where he starts ...
- 1830: The Crucible: A Review
- ... the cold, dark, depths of human existence. Anyone who is willing to put forth the time to read and truly understand is in for quite a shock, the truth. As for recommending this to my school's reading list, I cry out, Yes!, let them read it. However, the content of the book would probably be questionable, for it deals with the ugly truth, something not very popular in school. The Crucible would probably be acceptable because it does not portray the Salem witch trials in a particularly graphic way. (However, I still stand by my proposition that the truth is disliked in school) I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, although as always I found all the different characters hard to follow in play form. I think it's because I have a tendency to skip over the ...
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