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- 2501: Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Theme of Nature In His Works
- ... his first publication, Nature, and two years after addressing Phi Beta Kappa Society with “The American Scholar,” Emerson addressed a class of six seniors about to enter the world of ministry. Known as the “Divinity School Address,” this lecture on a Sunday evening in July resulted in Emerson’s being banned from speaking at Harvard for the next thirty years. What was considered an attack on the Unitarian establishment, and formal historical Christianity as well, was an oration that filled the needed gap within the students; a gap never filled by the faculty at the Harvard Divinity School.3 Often referred to as New England Transcendentalism, this philosophy made famous by Emerson did not change American thought as a whole, but it did, however, and continues to change the lives of individual Americans ...
- 2502: Creative Writing: A Passage Of Time
- ... had become little more than completing one paper after another. It wasn't that he was unhappy with what he was studying, but he simply couldn't enjoy it the way he had enjoyed high school. Oh, how he wishes he could go back . . . After having yet another exhausting day of classes, Bradley found himself needing to relax. He appeared completely beaten as he lay his head in his hands, contemplating ... finished writing. Dissatisfied, he leapt out of his chair, and began, quite uncharacteristically, into a completely spontaneous monologue: "Why is it that I can't seem to get ahead any more? I mean, in high school, it was all I could do to keep from being totally bored, and now -" Bradley stared at the almost perpetual list of numbers printed on the scattered pages of data strewn throughout his room. "Now ...
- 2503: Challenging The Traditional Cl
- ... very talented student. His ability to learn is enviable. Many times I would wish that I were able to get into my academics as much as he was into his. For example, while in high school, my English class was reading several plays by Shakespeare. With all the difficult words and hard to follow story lines, it would have been extremely helpful to have been able to go through the plays ... family. The intimacy once shared between them was disappearing. “He takes his first step toward academic success, away from his family.”. His family also understood the importance of education, as his siblings did well in school, but were never “so anxious about their schooling”. Upon making sure that her children learned English, Rodriguez’s mother would tell them to maintain their Spanish. This was obviously a hint to the children to ...
- 2504: Electrical Engineer
- ... edge. competition is relevant in the job market. On a national level, faster than average growth is expected in future years. PREPARATION A bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering, electronics, or physics from a school accredited by the engineer s Council for Professional development is the best preparation for thisfield. 2 A aster s degree is highly recommended. A keen knowledge of math, physical sciences, and engineering principles is needed ... exact concept. I like precision and accuracy, and how the jobs are hands on and are never repetitive. The pay is good and livable, and you do not have to spend an eternity going to school. This field does require constant thinking, so headaches may occur often. Much math and science needs to be learned, and science is sometimes complex, because, well, it s science. It is always being studied, and ...
- 2505: Chances
- ... to her, and wouldn’t pass her by. He was shy, known to keep to himself, and never went with the crowd. At first she hardly noticed him. He was a speck in an overcrowded school. Until he casually bumped into her arm of books and assignments. With papers flying everywhere she tried to hurriedly recollect them with her self-consciousness glowing into the redness of her cheeks. He shined his ... deeper in love. She felt like she wanted him more than life itself, and it was evident that the agony of longing was tearing her apart. When she returned to her empty desolate domicile after school she dreamt of him. It was the way he put a smile on every girls’ frowning face. He was definitely a catch. He saw beauty where others only found ugly. She didn’t want to ...
- 2506: Hemingway's Soldier's Home: Hemingway's Personal Experiences
- ... changed him after the war was over. The short story “Soldier’s Home” is more like a biography of that time in Hemingway’s life than it is a short story. After graduation from high school, Ernest Hemingway joined the war in 1918. He was unable to be a soldier because he had bad vision in his left eye, so instead he became an ambulance driver for the Red Cross. His ... going on, it was exiting in a way. When they come home there is nothing for them to do. They do not want to go find jobs and neither one of them goes back to school to get a higher education. Neither one seems to have any interest in anything, all they do is sit back and reflect about how things were while at war. They both come home after the ...
- 2507: Norway
- ... retired get a minimum pension that corresponds to about two-thirds of average pay during his/her twenty best earning years ( Discovering,46 ) Third, one must understand Norway's educational system. A young Norwegian enters school at the age of seven. He or she remains there for a minimum of nine years. Since tax money also helps Norway's educational system, school is free at all levels. This makes it easy for students to continue to colleges or to universities. Students usually continue to techinical, vocational, industrial, or to commercial schools ( Cultures of the World,120 ) To ...
- 2508: Kovic's "Born On The Fourth Of July"
- ... what most kids would dream of, but he never felt that he was good enough. He always thought he could do more and he could never talk to girls. So on his graduation from high school, still trying to be the big hero he joined the marines because they were the best. You are in my platoon and if you people wanna be marines, y'all gonna hafta work harder than ... is coming from, but it only takes a couple of years to do. He went to high schools and told the kids his story, almost the same way the marine recruiters had come to his school a few years before to tell them how wonderful life in the marines could be. He become one of the most active speakers in the anti-war demonstrations. He was even at Nixon's acceptance ...
- 2509: Bar Kochba Revolt
- ... 212, 380 2. Rabbi Dr. Raphael Posner, eds. Junior Judaica, Encyclopedia Judaica for Youth, (Jerusalem: Keter Publishing House Jerusalem LTD., 1982) s.v. Bar Kokhba pages. 106-107 3. Suri Cohen, Mashiach, Mashiach, Mashiach. 1996 (?), School Booklet. Shevach High School, New York. pages. 13-18 4. Naomi Ben-Asher and Hayim Leaf, The Junior Jewish Encyclopedia (New York City: Sheng Old Publishers Inc, 1967) s.v. Bar Kokhba, Simeon page. 53 5. Encyclopedia International (Canada ...
- 2510: Computer Crimes
- ... individual outlaws and entire "gangs" have broken into computers all over the U.S., using their wits and wiles to pilfer and destroy data"(Francis p62). In a case of a 14-year-old high school freshman that was convicted of using stolen credit card numbers to order thousands of dollars of computer equipment, and then having it shipped to a vacant house. He obtained the stolen numbers through his computer ... percent of the unauthorized copies represent packages that would have been purchase, it is estimated that the revenue lost in 1985 was $800 million more. A major part of software piracy is done between high school and collage students. Other students need a program and know a friend that has the program so they just let them copy it. They fell why should they pay $50, $250, or even $500 for ...
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