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- 2461: Ancient Greece
- ... in Greece was different depending on where you lived . I would prefer to live in Athens because the military requirements are not as restrictive . In Athens rich boys ,at the age of seven , went to school to study reading , writing , arithmetic , music , and debating . Poor boys did not go to school . Girls stayed at home and learned how to spin and weave from their mothers . The children did not have pencils , they used a stylus and a wax covered wooden tablet . Pebbles or an abacus was ...
- 2462: Slang in America
- ... claim that the lack of standard English is due to an education deficiency. They explain that the reason some slang is created by kids in inner-city areas is that the kids drop out of school, because the kids are stupid, and therefore never learn standard English. In reality, the kids drop out of school because they are told that the way they speak is stupid (Seymour 123). The Conservatives are not willing to help the kids with "bad" dialects. Perhaps this is because of a prejudice, sort of "once ...
- 2463: Treating People Fairly Is A Right That Has Been Changed By Affirmative Action
- ... Mexico across the desert border. What are they looking for? The answer is easy, freedom and a better way of life. Even though most of them are poor, many have spent a few years in school or have acquired some industrial skills on the job, and many speak English. Many people feel that immigrants just over populate our states and take up needed jobs. What many people dont realize is ... Title VII and entered judgment in favor of Weber. In 1978, affirmative action plans that established racial quotas were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the University of California V. Bakke. A state medical school had set aside sixteen of one hundred positions in each incoming class for minority students, where the institution had not shown signs of discrimination in the past. Two different panels of 5 justices split the ...
- 2464: The Life and Accomplishments of John F Kennedy
- ... fights with his older brother. The boys enjoyed playing touch football. John Kennedy attended elementary schools in Brookline and Riverdale. In 1930, when he was 13 years old, his father sent him to the Canterbury School in New Milford, Conn. The next year, he transferred to Choate Academy in Wallingford, Conn. Kennedy was graduated from Choate in 1935 at the age of 18. His classmates voted him "most likely to succeed ... ready for war. The book that resulted from this was titled Why England Slept. This book became a best-seller. Kennedy graduated cum laude in 1940. He then enrolled in the Stanford University graduate business school, but dropped out six months later. Kennedy enlisted as a seaman in the U.S. Navy after taking a trip through South America. For a few months, Kennedy was stationed in Washington, D.C. He ...
- 2465: The Queen Of Spades, Pushkin
- ... is the source for another magnificent Tchaikovsky opera by the same name, as well as several ballets. Sections of this epic Romantic poem in novel form are still memorized by Russian and other Eastern European school children as reverently as if they were verses from the Bible. Pushkin was the first giant to achieve a truly international status while working in the Russian language, although, ironically, his great fame beyond the ... library of seventeenth and eighteenth-century French classics. In 1811 the young poet was enrolled in the first class of the lyceum at Tsarkoe-Selo, the site of the Czar's summer palace. This special school had recently been established by Alexander I (the Czar who defeated Napoleon) to educate the sons of prominent families with an eye to grooming them for important government posts. His early poems won prizes and ...
- 2466: The Tragedy at Columbine
- ... fact that the only ones to blame for the massacre are the two dead killers. They were the ones who pulled the triggers and they were the only ones with all the answers. Gun makers, school officials, and the police should not be the scapegoats. They are simply pawns of society who are paid to do their specific jobs, not raise children. Another "sore" afflicting the community is that the parents ... were shooting at everyone. Once again the people of Littleton would love to point the finger a certain race or religion and say they are to blame. However, after police found bombs placed in the school by the killers, it is obviously apparent that their goal was to kill everyone. In closing I would like to remind the people of Littleton that, like a person with Herpes, they will never be ...
- 2467: Norman Rockwell Bio
- ... Post where he did most of his work from 1916 to 1963. Rockwell was born on February 3, 1894 and since his childhood years had always aspired to be an artist. Instead of finishing high school Rockwell left high school to attend classes at the National Academy of Design and later on the Art Students League in New York. Here Rockwell was recognized as an above average illustrator with good potential. Rockwell then after developing ...
- 2468: Benito Juarez
- ... the age of twelve ran away to the city to learn. He entered the city penniless, and didnt even speak the language. He soon got a job helping a bookbinder, and attended a parish school. He soon left the school because of discrimination, and social class divisions. He worked, and was then able to enroll in the Holy Cross Seminary. Benito did not want to become a priest, but the free education kept him there ...
- 2469: Mozambique
- ... a strong hold on the village people. Also witchcraft and old customs such as marrying several wives and paying the parents for a bride are slowly dying out in the towns. most children attend elementary school. but only a fifth of them go to high school. It only has one university which was founded in 1965. Corn is the main food .Also a favorite dish is nshima, a thick porridge made from corn. Facts about the country People Population : 8.745 ...
- 2470: Mcdonaldization Of Society
- ... individualized attention, and they are forced to make their schedules on their own with little guidance. This is because the main interest is on quantity, rather than the quality of the schedules. In fact, the school prefers to have the lack of guidance, because it causes students to take unnecessary credits, and they then must spend more time in school, while paying even more money. This system is fairly predictable, although not in a good way. During registration time, students know that they will have to spend many hours just waiting in line with nothing ...
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