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- 241: A Seperate Peace
- In the novel "A Separate Peace," by John Knowles, a man named Gene visits his high school 15 years after graduating in an attempt to find an inner peace with himself. While attending Devon, his high school, during World War Two, Gene's roommate and best friend Phineas died partially because of an accident involving Gene. Phineas, otherwise known as Finny, was one of the more popular and athletic boys in school. He was a brave, cunning, attractive guy that had total trust in his best friend Gene. On the other hand, Gene was a lonely, self-sufficient intellectual. The two became great friends, but Finny ...
- 242: Appalacian Regional Commission & Poverty In Appalachia
- ... a metro area, which limits access for residents to urban area jobs, especially because transportation services are usually lacking and low incomes decrease the possibility of private transportation. Also poor counties typically have less high school graduates, which makes them more prone to economic disadvantage. Most poor counties in average had larger numbers of high school dropouts putting them at risk of being unprepared to work and had people living in female-headed households. Despite the misconception that most poor are Black, nearly 80 percent of the non-metro poor are ... Kentucky, especially distressed communities. Severe poverty is associated with low levels of educational achievement, such as census tracts and counties with the highest poverty rates also have extremely low percentages of population with a high school diploma or technical job training.(Eller,p.27) Eller gives the example of Owsley County, which had the lowest per capita income on the state, and the poorest county in Kentucky with a 52 ...
- 243: Student's Rights
- ... and learn my rights as a student. But wait, why must I pursue this information on my own? Why isn't this information in my handy handbook issued to me at the beginning of the school year? I ought to read this!" So I read. Soon I realized why our School Board may not want students realizing what we are actually entitled to. Right away in the Preamble, it states "students have the responsibility to respect rights of all persons involved in the educational process and exercise the highest degree of self- discipline in observing and adhering to legitimate rules." The first thing I thought was "WOW! That sounds great! The School Board really trusts me as a free-thinking individual to respect people and be respected. I love this school!" But wait. Before we all stage an "I love Cheryl Wilhoyte" love-fest, let's ...
- 244: Should Homosexual Ideas Be Taught In School ?
- Should Homosexual Ideas Be Taught In School ? Nowadays, homosexuality is becoming more and more popular in the society. According to some experts, homosexuals are born homosexuals, and they do not have the choice. Because of this, these people should not be discriminated ... to be homosexual. However, not many people understand this idea, and they should be educated so that they have some knowledges about this subject. Thus, a course is needed to be set up in the school to educate students. There are three main purposes of the course which show the importance of teaching students homosexual ideas. The first and primary purpose of the course is to educate those people who have ... who do not really comprehend the nature of homosexuality; therefore, they make fun and discriminate the homosexualists. This is an unhealthy condition. The solution of this is to set up a homosexual course in the school so that people can learn to make allowances for the problems of the homosexualists. This is very important because in the modern society, equality is a major premise. Racism, sexism, and the discrimination of ...
- 245: Why Public Education Must Integrate Information Technology
- ... have. The second is Tax payers. The tax payers all over the nation have been sending a very strong message that the schools are costing too much, while at the same time criticizing the public school system for not doing a good enough job. Our current system, where professional teachers deliver all of the educational experience from the isolated kingdom which is each classroom, is costing too much. Salaries are 80% to 90% of each school budget. This is at a salary level that does not attract people to the teaching profession for the money, or the prestige. Combining educational reform with technology can allow us to maximize the time and ... jobs in the schools of the future (Layton 1). There is also a need to provide the teachers and students time together when and where it is most needed. Currently we have very rigidly structured school days. Often this rigid structure will interrupt a dynamic lesson, or leave a student with nothing to do while the rest of the class finishes. To maximize each student's time and each teacher' ...
- 246: Clan-X
- Clan-X There's a new kid at school, his name is Leigh, he thinks he is such a big shot-know all. When he rocked up at school on his very first day, he tried to do a fancy bunny-hop on his crappie, smashed up old bike and stacked it. It was hilarious, especially when he tried to get back on. He just fell straight over it again and broke three of his spokes and started to cry. He walked around school the entire week, showing off in front of everyone, telling them how good he was, trying so hard to be everyone's friend, but we made sure nobody liked him. We were part of ...
- 247: Cinematography: Everything You Need To Know
- ... Porter, Cole -------------------------------- Cole Porter, b. Peru, Ind., June 9, 1892, d. Oct. 15, 1964, was an American lyricist and composer of popular songs for stage and screen. A graduate of Yale College, he attended Harvard School of Arts and Sciences for 2 years and later studied under the French composer Vincent d'Indy. Both his lyrics and music have a witty sophistication, technical virtuosity, and exquisite sense of style that have ... elected to the National Academy of Design, by which time his creative powers had begun to wane. After 1910 he was in ill health and ceased to paint. His influence on the so-called ASHCAN SCHOOL realists of the early 20th century was great, although full recognition of his many achievements as an artist and teacher came only in the 1930s. Among Eakins's finest paintings is William Rush Carving His ... Furness, R. S., Expressionism (1973); Krispyn, Egbert, Style and Society in German Literary Expressionism (1964); Willett, John, Expressionism (1971). Bauhaus -------------------------------- (bow'-hows) The Bauhaus (full name staatliches Bauhaus, "state building house") was the most famous school of architecture and design of the 20th century. Founded by Walter GROPIUS at Weimar, Germany, in 1919, the Bauhaus was originally a combined school of fine art and school of arts and crafts. In ...
- 248: Princess Diana
- ... rags to riches story, like many want to believe. She was raised to be a good person, not having to rise above adversity. As a young girl she received her studies while she attended preparatory school in Riddlesworth Hall, in Diss, Norfolk. This is where she got basically what we get at our elementary schools. Around the age 13 in 1974 she went as a boarder to West Heath, in Sevenoaks, Kent. While studying there she showed talent as a musician, for playing the piano, dancing and domestic science. She was also once awarded for the girl giving maximum help to the school and her school fellows. In 1977 she left West Heath and went to finishing school at the Institute Alpin Videmanette in Rougemont, Switzerland. After the Easter term in 1978 she left the school when she moved to ...
- 249: Teenage Sex
- ... culture and there's not a kid in the world who can avoid it." (Meier, 1994, p. 7). Teenagers are surrounded by some sort of sexual connotations all the time. Whether it is television, radio, school, or even the Internet, teenagers are hearing the affects of sex on our society. The price that teenagers pay for being sexually active greatly outweighs any advantages. The period of puberty occurs somewhere between the ... stress and emotional upset. The teenager may have intense feelings of fear, confusion and depression. In that case, it is a good idea for the girl to get help by talking to a counselor at school or a health clinic. Sooner or later, the pregnant teenager will have to face reality and make some tough choices. She will first have to decide whether or not to have the baby. If she ... During the first few months, the pregnant woman will undergo many changes. Morning sickness, tiredness and sudden mood swings are just a few of these changes. Teenagers will most likely not want to go to school feeling like that. After a few months of skipping school and receiving poor grades, the student is most likely to drop out altogether. Every year, about 40,000 teenage girls drop out of high ...
- 250: Genesis 2
- Analysis of the poem : Genesis, by Bruce Dawe Bruce Dawe, an Australian poet, has written the poem 'Genesis'. The poem compares the beginning of school to Adam and Eve's expulsion from the Garden of Eden, hence the title 'Genesis'. Dawe has put the context of the poem into a modern day theme. Using the comparison of Adam and Eve's loss of innocence, he describes how the innocence of children is lost at school. This correspondence to the story of God expelling Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden because they had eaten fruit from the tree of knowledge. In the poem 'Genesis', children are expelled from innocence into the harsh realities of the world by partaking of the tree of knowledge - education at school. Dawe has used various techniques to convey his message across. Throughout the poem, there is an underlying criticism of what society does to children by sending them to school, leading us to question the ...
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