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- 2101: Anti-Censorship
- ... be censored. First, if one can't read a book because it is censored, then he is losing some of his freedom. Imagine having to secretly get a copy of a book, just because the school deems it unfit. Also, how would the school decide if a book is safe to read. If a teacher finds a book to be trash, a student may the same book educational, and worth reading. Not only do the people reading the book ... they won't be worried about what they are writing. Many books that are part of American society could be banned because of their content. If a book says a few curse words, then the school could say than it can't be read even if it teaches us an important lesson. Many books important to society have local color in them, and censorship takes away from the connotation if ...
- 2102: A Lesson Before Dying 2
- ... that he is truly a good person, and that he should die with his head up, knowing that he led a worthy and honest life. Mr. Wiggins changed greatly through the story, from a cold school teacher to an open hearted and caring man. This helped his relationship with others as well as Jefferson. Through his changing, he became the one man that Jefferson could trust. In a rural town in ... jury. His defense lawyer, in an attempt to ward off the death sentence, labels him a "hog"--and it is this label that Jefferson's godmother wants disproved. She enlists the help of a plantation school teacher, Grant Wiggins, who at first isn t too keen on the idea of helping a crook. Wiggins agrees to talk with Jefferson only out of a sense of duty--he is an unhappy, angry man who dreamt of escape from his deprived childhood yet returned to his hometown after a university education to teach in the same one-room parish school he attended. Despite humiliation at the hands of the white sheriff, Jefferson's lack of cooperation, and his own sense of futility and uncertain faith, Wiggins forges a bond with Jefferson that leads to ...
- 2103: The Detrimental Effect Of An Education In A Foreign Language
- ... parents were in California legally but not paying taxes. Even though they were not paying for services such as a police force or fire protection, they still felt entitled to send their children to public school. Since their children did not speak English, they wanted school to be taught only in their native language. However, it remains unjust that people who do not pay taxes have any say in how the educational system is conducted. Fortunately, the ESL plan eliminated all ... California educational system by incorporating English much earlier in a child's education. Under the old plan, even graduates were not proficient enough to go to college, or even do well in upper-level high school courses because they had little exposure to the English language. For instance, when they took standardized tests or tried to write college application essays, they were simply at a disadvantage. Nationwide, certain statistics are ...
- 2104: Full-time Students Vs. Part -t
- ... one can attain in their life. Students receive their degree at different times in their lives depending on their finances, responsibilities and time restraints. Full-time students are generally younger, and just out of high school. Full-time students must take a minimum number of courses, generally 12 or more semester hours. They normally have a set semester schedule of daytime or nighttime classes to choose from. They are often eligible ... responsibilities. They usually only have a part-time job and still live at home with their parents. The time restraints that full-time students have are homework, studying and fitting their job schedule into their school schedule. These students can complete a full degree program in about 4 - 5 years. Part-time students are generally older, and living on their own. For part-time students it takes a longer time to ... one course can be too much to handle, depending on the students home situation. Part-time students often have additional responsibilities of home and family, and must handle their other responsibilities in addition to school. Often, part-time students are taking classes to help them in their career. Some professions require taking classes to continue their education and are taken on a part-time basis to enhance their work ...
- 2105: All Around The Town By Mary Hi
- ... as they could. They knew that if they kept the girl they would eventually get caught so they decided it was time to get rid of her. They dropped her off in front of a school and told her to wait for the kids to come in the morning. They threatened to kill her and made her promise not to tell before they left and then, as she sat and waited all night for the kids to come, drifted off into another personality who floated in the air and made fun of the little girl crying in front of the school. Years passed and Laurie was returned to her parents on that fateful day in front of the school. Ever since she was taken away Laurie was taught to forget whom her parents and family were. She had a lot of rehabilitation to deal with but her parents decided to not go through ...
- 2106: Oscar Wilde
- ... greatly affecting Oscar and his family. He kept a lock of her hair in an envelope and later wrote the poem Requiescat in her memory. Oscar and his brother William both attended the Protora Royal School at Enniskillen. He had little in common with the other children. He disliked games and took more interest in flowers and sunsets. He was extremely passionate about anything that had to do with ancient Greece and with Classics. Wilde during school years In 1871, he was awarded a Royal School Scholarship to Trinity College in Dublin and received many awards and earned the highest honor the college offered to an undergraduate, the Foundation Scholarship. In 1874, he also won the Colleges Berkley Gold ...
- 2107: Duke Ellington
- ... to appreciate the value in mixing with a wide range of people. As Duke's piano lessons faded into the past, Duke began to show a flare for the artistic. Duke attended Armstrong Manual Training School to study commercial art instead of an academically-oriented school. Duke began to seek out and listen to ragtime pianists in Washington and during the summers, where he and his mother vacationed in Philadelphia or Atlantic City. While vacationing in Asbury Park, Duke heard of ... Duke how to read music and helped improve his overall piano playing skills. Duke found piano playing jobs at clubs and cafes throughout the Washington area. Three months shy of graduation, Duke dropped out of school and began his professional music career. In late 1917, Duke formed his first group: The Duke's Serenaders. Between 1918 and 1919, Duke made three significant steps towards independence. First, he moved out of ...
- 2108: Rhetorical Analysis
- ... both parents and teachers increase their scholastic performance standards to avoid punishment. An educator's right to use corporal or physical punishment has usually been attributed to the notion that when the child is in school, the educator stands in place of the parents. The educator assumes that he has complete control of the situation and the child. The teacher may warn the child first when the child misbehaves. When the ... corporal punishment perceive. Also, it is worth noting that in the light of these side effects that Galles and Straus found that corporal punishment or ?spanking has no deterrent or value in the home or school (196). Galles and Straus us logos in their arguments backing it with credible facts to persuade the reader. In an interview with Anita Strohl, a former elementary school teacher, she said that I oppose physical punishment in any form and shape. You cannot simply beat good behavior into a child, it must be slowly done in steps throughout the child's life. ...
- 2109: Catcher In The Rye - Character
- ... and his idiomatic style, which helped to re-introduce the common idiom to American literature. While the young protagonists of Salinger's stories (such as Holden Caulfield) have made him a longtime favorite of high school and university audiences, establishing Salinger as "the spokesman for the goals and values for a generation of youth during the 1950's" (qtd. in Davis 317), The Catcher in the Rye has been banned continually ... And he knows how to write about kids. This book, though, it's too long. Gets kinds of monotonous. And he should have cut out a lot about these jerks and all at that crumby school. They depress me. They really do. Salinger, he's best with real children. I mean the ones like Phoebe, his kid sister. She's a personality. Holden and little Phoebe, Hel said, they kill me ... fantasy and live forms" (3).Generally, critics view the novel as Holden Caulfield's melodramatic struggle to survive in the adult world, a transition that he was supposed to make during his years at preparatory school. Some critics will point to the fact that Holden has flunked out of three Pennsylvania prep schools, and use it to symbolize the fact that he is not truly ready for adulthood (Davis 318). ...
- 2110: A Portrait Of The Artist As A
- ... in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Through his experiences with religion, Stephen Dedalus both matures and progressively becomes more individualistic as he grows. Though reared in a Catholic school, several key events lead Stephen to throw off the yoke of conformity and choose his own life, the life of an artist. Religion is central to the life of Stephen Dedalus the child. He was ... to raise him to be a good Catholic man, is evidenced by statements such as, "Pull out his eyes/ Apologise/ Apologise/ Pull out his eyes." This strict conformity shapes Stephen's life early in boarding school. Even as he is following the precepts of his Catholic school, however, a disillusionment becomes evident in his thoughts. The priests, originally above criticism or doubt in Stephen's mind, become symbols of intolerance. Chief to these thoughts is Father Dolan, whose statements such as, " ...
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