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- 1961: Albert Einstien
- ... manufacture of electrical parts. When the business failed, in 1894, the family moved to Milan, Italy. At this time Einstein decided officially to end his German citizenship. Within a year, still without having completed secondary school, Einstein failed an examination that would have allowed him to pursue a course of study leading to a diploma as an electrical engineer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. He spent the next year in nearby Aarau at the cantonal secondary school, where he enjoyed excellent teachers and first-rate facilities in physics. Einstein returned in 1896 to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, where he graduated, in 1900 as a secondary school teacher of mathematics and physics. After two years he obtained a post at the Swiss patent office in Bern. The patent-office work required Einstein's careful attention, but while employed (1902-1909) there, ...
- 1962: Attention Deficit Disorder ( Add)
- ... and temperamental children. But this tends to disappear in adulthood, and late adolescence. Once in the work place as an adult an their disorder does not show up as prominently as it did throughout their school years. They have already become more subdued, but little features are still noticeable. CAUSES OF THE DISORDER. PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORY OF ADD. Many theories have arisen once research and experiments have been done. But the exact ... as possible. Stimulant drugs like Ritalin have been prescribed in Australia since 1990. The drug is described as having a calming effect, helping the child concentrate and get on better with routines at home and school. Unfortunately it has some side effects like problems with sleeping and eating. There are many programs now that therapist's devise that has seen a positive response from the children. These programs focus on improving ... as well as divided into three classes: inattention, hyperactivity and impulsiveness in the 1994 edition of DSM IV. For these classes to appear when diagnosing, DSM IV requires at least two settings: at home and school. It would be difficult to diagnose the disorder in an office therapy session or a laboratory because of the inconsistency of the symptoms. Even though their overactivity tends to diminish in adulthood, there is ...
- 1963: Frank Lloyd Wright 3
- ... The university offered no courses in his chosen field; however, he enrolled in civil engineering and gained some practical experience by working part time on a construction project at the university. In 1887 he left school and went to Chicago where he became a designer for the firm of Adler and Sullivan with a pay of twenty-five dollars a week. Soon Wright became Louis Sullivan s chief assistant. Louis Sullivan ... Chicago. Wright s Frederick C. Robie House, designed in 1906 for a bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer, is one of the world s most famous buildings. Magnificently corresponding, it is the essence of Wright s Prairie School style and the limit of his search for a new architecture. It is also among the last of the Prairie houses. During construction Wright abandoned both his Oak Park practice and his family to initiate ... conventional than Wright opposed his unorthodox methods. Distressed with personal difficulties and professional antagonisms, he passed a year of self-imposed exile (1909-1910) in Europe. Upon his return, he established a new home and school for himself in Spring Green, Wisconsin, named Taliesin (after a sixth century Welsh poet). This became a spark of a new career of ever-widening achievements. Among his later works was the Millard House ( ...
- 1964: A Separate Peace - Symbols
- ... the escape we had concocted, this afternoon of momentary, illusory, special and separate peace" (Knowles, 832). As he watches the snowball fight, Gene thinks to himself, "There they all were now, the cream of the school, the lights and leaders of the senior class, with their high IQs and expensive shoes, as Brinker had said, pasting each other with snowballs"(843). Another of the principal themes in this novel is the theme of maturity. The two rivers that are part of the Devon School property symbolize how Gene and Finny grow up through the course of the novel. The Devon River is preferred by the students because it is above the dam and contains clean water. It is a ... relationship when these themes are not taken seriously. As stated in Magill's Survey of American Literature, "It (A Separate Peace) can be viewed, for example, as a tale of Original Sin, with the Devon School as an Eden enclosing the great Tree of Knowledge through which humankind falls far from innocence but is redeemed by the suffering of a totally innocent one. It may also be approached as a ...
- 1965: A Separate Peace - Symbolism
- ... the escape we had concocted, this afternoon of momentary, illusory, special and separate peace" (Knowles, 832). As he watches the snowball fight, Gene thinks to himself, "There they all were now, the cream of the school, the lights and leaders of the senior class, with their high IQs and expensive shoes, as Brinker had said, pasting each other with snowballs"(843). Another of the principal themes in this novel is the theme of maturity. The two rivers that are part of the Devon School property symbolize how Gene and Finny grow up through the course of the novel. The Devon River is preferred by the students because it is above the dam and contains clean water. It is a ... relationship when these themes are not taken seriously. As stated in Magills Survey of American Literature, "It (A Separate Peace) can be viewed, for example, as a tale of Original Sin, with the Devon School as an Eden enclosing the great Tree of Knowledge through which humankind falls far from innocence but is redeemed by the suffering of a totally innocent one. It may also be approached as a ...
- 1966: Interview with Mr. Smallwood
- ... Calculus allows us to determine and measure motion to incredibly accurate measurements. When asked about his own background in mathematics, Mr. Smallwood explained that he had a very rigorous mathematics background. He attended a high school prep-school in the Washington D.C. area, which offered a wide variety of applied math courses that set him on his lifetime course through mathematics. He considers himself a life long learner, and continues to study ... as clearly defined, and there are many new areas of specialization. He felt my background in math was off to a great start, and encouraged me to continue in my studies of Calculus through high school and college. We took time to discuss the negative attitudes of many people towards higher-level mathematics study. I have heard many students discouraged by courses such as algebra and Calculus, as they don ...
- 1967: Thornton Wilder
- ... s early education began in Hong Kong, where his father was serving as American consul general in Shanghai (Goldstone 11). He was then schooled at Berkeley, California; Chefoo, China; and Ojai, California before completing high school back at Berkeley in 1915. He studied the classics at Oberlin College and Yale University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1919 (Unger 356). Wilder spent a year as a resident of the American Academy at Rome, where he began writing The Cabala. Back in the United States he taught French at Lawrenceville High School in New Jersey from 1921-1928 and began doing graduate work at Princeton, where he took his Master of Arts degree in 1926. The Cabala was issued as a novel that year, but was largely ... train (Goldstone 331). Wilder's father set the example for Mr. Webb in Our Town, the editor and owner of the local newspaper. It has also been said that a fellow teacher at Lawrenceville High School was the model for Professor Willard of the same play (Papajewski 169). To say the least, Thornton Wilder is most conclusively a person who efficiently combined life affairs and milestones with his professional workmanship. ...
- 1968: A Comparison of Huckleberry Finn and On The Road
- ... dishonest judge and fooled by Tom, who knew all along that Jim had already been freed by Miss Watson's will (Twain 278-279). Huck is concerned with being free from having to go to school, from having to report to Miss Watson, and from having to make the judge account for his money. Huck is concerned with adventure, and seeks it in the same haphazard fashion that the young Sal ... time, and the ability to make his own plans, however foolish, was more important to Huck than his newfound fortune. Huck would rather spend the day admiring the sunrise over the Mississippi than go to school or work. For example, as he and Jim were rafting down the river together, Huck describes the scene they saw each morning. The air was still, "just like the whole world was asleep, only sometimes ... watched everything. But Sal was more aware of the irresponsibility of his characters than Huck was. Huck was caught in his own illusion, but somehow Sal sensed that Dean was a "drop out" in the school of life. For example, Dean married three times with a few years( by the end of the book Dean was living with his second wife, Camille -who Sal had also slept with-without having ...
- 1969: Atention Defficit Disorder
- ... in younger children. This characteristic can turn the child's peers against him or her. A widespread belief about gifted children is that they usually score high on their intelligence tests and perform well in school. During the last decade, increased attention has been given to the confusing question of high ability students who have learning disorders such as ADD. Some have been identified as gifted but exhibit difficulties in school and are often considered underachievers. Their underachievement is often attributed to poor self-concept, lack of motivation, laziness, or not paying attention. (All About Attention Deficit Disorder by: Thomas W. Phelan, Ph.D.) A teenager ... learn to use this gift effectively. Suddenly, things become clearer to the person with ADD and they can begin to use their untapped talent. Dr. Ned Hallowell, an adult and child psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School, has written many books on ADD. He says, "People with ADD are highly imaginative and intuitive. They have a feel for things, a way of seeing right to the heart of the matter while ...
- 1970: A Postmodern Look at Poverty and Homelessness
- ... of surely follow. The changing labor market also resulted in an increase in the number of workers who were working full time and were still poor, in particular, those workers whose education stopped at high school or earlier. Changes in poverty due to income assistance have been influenced by government philosophy and priorities more than budgetary constraints. Over the past quarter century government assistance has successfully reduced poverty among the elderly ... dollars to 200 dollars (O'Flaherty, 1996). Poverty stricken and homeless children face significant barriers to receiving the same public education as their non-homeless/non-poverty stricken peers. These children may not be attending school on a regular basis. Children who are homeless with their family members often suffer not only disruption in their education, but serious emotional and developmental problems that can persist long after their families find permanent ... frequently accomplished by doubling up households among poor people. However, contributions of additional household members were less successful than 25 years ago. By not having a stable household, the children are once again burdened in school, therefore not being able to compete with the more fortunate children. A break in the cycle may be possible if consistent housing is available to these families. Drugs, disabilities, and chronic health problems may ...
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