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- 2361: The Progressive Era
- ... still have violation of child labor laws, even now here in the United States, child labor remains a serious problem. Many immigrant children help in the agricultural area. In many farm areas, children with miss school to help with the planting and harvesting of crops. Many children are employed in business at night with nothing but an older teen supervising them. Many of these business are ones where there is cash ... a bedtime sedative, and help us socialize at a party. It is used to celebrate holidays, accomplishments and celebrations in life. Young people think they show their maturity with alcohol, a large majority of high school children use alcohol, according to the newspapers. Alcohol is a tranquilizer you can buy without a prescription. No drug is as abused as alcohol. At least 20 million Americans are alcoholics. In the business world ...
- 2362: Goundwater
- ... they dumped approximately 352 million pounds into the canal until 1952 (www.ethics~101.org). Worried about their public opinion, Hooker just covered the canal over. Later, the Education Board built a playground and elementary school there, and through the next twenty years, the waste that had been buried in the Love Canal began to seep through the soil and enter peoples' basements, contaminate underground pipes and wells and enter the Niagara River poisoning the fish Lake Ontario so much that the fishery had to be closed. It was not until the 1970s that the danger of these wastes were understood. In 1977, the elementary school was closed and the families were relocated, but the fish from Lake Ontario are still too contaminated with PCBs and Mirex to be sold commercially (Chiras, 1988). CONCLUSION Groundwater is a precious resource which needs ...
- 2363: Anti-Semitism in The Merchant of Venice
- ... can explain the plays meaning in it's fullest so that the students do not miss any important points from it. Another point that may have been missed when the presentation was made to the school board to ban the material from being taught inside the school system was that everyone is bad in the play. The Christians portrayal was just as bad as the Jewish man, Shylock's portrayal. In fact I think that the play gave a worse portrayal of ...
- 2364: The Natural 2
- ... for an organized team, he wanted to "break every record in the book for throwing and hitting." p.g.30 He had no previous experience of playing baseball, except with his dad and in high school. When Ray was in the hospital, he was resolute on getting out and playing in the playoff game. The Doctor told him that "it would be best for Roy to say goodbye forever to baseball ... realized the money was not worth losing his pride and honor. Roy was an athlete born with many talents and abilities. He was taught by his father to pitch and played baseball with his high school team. However, he struck out the leading hitter in the American League, Walter "the Whammer" Wambold. Walter was a three-time winner of the Most Valuable Player award and Roy struck him out, when he ...
- 2365: Looking For Alibrandi
- ... of yourself is necessary before you can begin to help others. Most teenagers have to know what they want. In reference to "Looking for Alibrandi" Josephine had trouble taking her responsibilities seriously. Either being a school captain for example, on school sports day Josephine was supposed to look after a group of students but instead went to the city with her friends. Her goal in life was to become a lawyer and after getting a scholarship ...
- 2366: Looking For Alibrandi
- ... learned about sexual activity and relationships. Probably the most important discovery Josephine Alibrandi makes in the novel is about her own multiculturalism. On page 234 she describes the confusion she felt when kids in primary school used to ask her what her nationality was. If she said she was an Italian they would tell her she was an Australian because of where she was born and if she said she was ... Australian than anything". This comment is very similar to what Josephine says about being Australian with Italian blood flowing through her veins. 4. Oral Presentation by Mrs V. - non-literary, visual. Presented at Ukarumpa International School, May, 1999. Mrs. V came to speak to our class. She is an American who had Sicilian grandparents. In her presentation Mrs V described much of her life. Her life was very similar to that ...
- 2367: Should The Govt. Interfere In
- ... market economy and controlled economy gives a country a connected feeling. My first reason promoting total government interference is that the govt. supports handicapped and people with physical disabilities. I attended a speaker in our school's conference and she told us a great deal about the mentally ill. Many of them live in a free market system and they are homeless because they are unable to get jobs to support ... eventually be needed or will have a shortage. The govt. then takes young children who are talented in one area such as a ballerina or a soccer player and puts them in a special development school so that their talent will grow and bloom and hopefully bring honour to their country. In Alberta right now there is a dangerous shortage of nurses. The reason for this is that the country of ...
- 2368: Catcher In The Ryes Holden Cau
- ... works, and wants to be the "catcher in the rye," protecting society's children from it's evilness and corruption, keeping them safe. Holden has an ephiphany during the novel as he passes the elementary school halls and notices the obscenities scribbled on the walls. His attempt to efface them is unsuccessful, and he realizes that he can't make them go away. This symbolizes Holden's need to protect, and realization that he can't be the savior of society's corruption. Although the scene in the elementary school halls hint to Holden that he can't make the imperfections of the world disappear, nothing provides the determining insight better than his little sister, Phoebe. Upon his departure, Holden giving up, as he always ...
- 2369: Margaret Hilda Thatcher
- ... home was ordinary, but good in the sense that my parents were passionately interested in the future of my sister and myself. At the same time, they gave us a good education - not only in school, but at home as well (Gardiner, 1975, p.13). As a child, thrift and practicality were instilled in Margaret's character. The Methodist church played an active part in the lives of the Roberts. She ... chronically and traumatically frustrated, and that she went into politics for recognition and gratification. Fellow politicians were not enamored of Thatcher, especially after she ended a £8 million a year free milk program for primary school children while Secretary of State for Education. He says: the public subliminally sensed she was acting out the role of a depriving mother, as indeed she was, and reacted with fury. Thatcher, milk snatcher' rang ...
- 2370: Steven Spielberg
- Steven Spielberg As a kid in Phoenix, Steven Spielberg charged admission to his home movies while his sister sold popcorn. Although Spielberg excelled at making movies he was not a good student. He hated school and was one of the most unathletic students there. His movie making career began at the age of twelve when his father bought a movie camera that Spielberg used all the time. Instead of doing his school work he was using the camera. While he was working with his mom and sister on his projects, his father helped him make miniature sets out of paper mache.He turned out his first production ...
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