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- 2541: Reality - What It Is And How It Works
- ... and the people that fund large projects would like to be able to see what they are paying for before it is constructed. An example which is fascinating would be that of designing an elementary school. Designers could walk in the school from a child's perspective to gain insight on how high that water fountain is, or how narrow the halls are. Product designers could also use VR in similar ways to test their products. NASA ...
- 2542: Jobs Are Not For Everyone
- ... bosses are strange people to deal with, and hard people to work for, and there is enough confusion in a teenager’s life without someone like Bob to add a little more. Being in high school is a busy time of one’s life, and having a job makes it even busier. For myself, I think that having a boss that wasn’t that bright made things even harder. One time ... again. These are the reasons that being employed is no fun, especially at a grocery store. It is important to understand that all the things I talked about apply in many other jobs a high school student could have. My theory is that I will work when I grow up so why work now. I have had enough bad experiences to know that working is not for me at all. For ...
- 2543: Great Expectations
- ... have a dollar left. So you decide to buy a lottery ticket and later that night watching TV, you out of million hit the jackpot which would change your life forever. Or just going to school everyday and doing your homework knowing that your family poor and have money problem, you kept up in school and later went to college and getting a master degree plus a well-pay career bring you wealth. Being poor to wealthy or being rich and staying rich as a child to an adult, does ...
- 2544: TV Violence
- ... Count: 1410 Effects of Television on Violence What has the world come to these days? It often seems like everywhere one looks, violence rears its ugly head. We see it in the streets, back alleys, school, and even at home. The last of these is a major source of violence. In many peoples' living rooms there sits an outlet for violence that often goes unnoticed. It is the television, and the ... viewer into a hypnotized nonthinker” (Langone 48). As you can see, television violence can disrupt a child's learning and thinking ability which will cause life long problems. If a child cannot do well in school, his or her whole future is at stake. Why do children like the violence that they see on television? "Since media violence is much more vicious than that which children normally experience, real-life aggression ...
- 2545: The Introduction of Computers in Education
- ... with greater degree of accuracy. The software that is now available allows a student to increase the productivity of his/her workload, by generating raw materials for their research assignments or their presentations. Even grade school children have the same advantages when it comes to accessing information. These students learn how to use the computer at an early stage and can utilize these skills as they enter college. The in home ... We as should be thankful for the advent of the computers. WORK CITED Grolier . Computer Software.Windows1998. CD-ROM, 3.1 Windows NT (1999). OEM version. Collis, Betty, et al, Children and Education in the school Grolier . Computer Software. Windows1998. CD-ROM, 3.1 Windows NT(1999). OEM version. Gooden, Andrea, Computer in Classrooms (1996) Hirschbul, John. Computer Studies: Computers in Education, 7th Ed.(1996)
- 2546: The Catcher In The Rye: A Classic
- ... their innocence and grow up to be "fake" or "phony" adults. He therefore, feels the need to protect them from this. For example, Holden tries to erase bad words from the walls of the elementary school that his sister goes to. He states, "I thought how Phoebe and all the other little kids would see it, how they'd wonder what the hell it meant…" (201) He then goes on to ... and actions that he is a very lonely person. He feels isolated and different from other people. This causes Holden to have difficulty with relationships, which causes him more loneliness. Holden especially felt lonely at school. Even though he was among many people, he still felt like he didn't fit in. Holden admits this when he states, "I felt so lonesome, all of a sudden. I almost wished I was ...
- 2547: Bill Gates: Biography
- ... up in Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney. Their late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent and chairwoman of United Way International. Gates attended public elementary school and the private Lakeside School. There, he began his career in personal computer software, programming computers at age 13. In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, now Microsoft's ...
- 2548: Sex Education In The Classroom
- ... the parents, but if the parents are uncomfortable speaking about the subject or not unwilling to take control of this sensitive subject, there needs to be an outside source to help fill this void: the school. Children need to know the basics, such as what diseases are threats, which ones are curable and which are not, just how real these diseases are, pregnancy, and responsibility. Therefore, sex education should be a ... sex is ok. How much can we really control our children when we cannot be with them every minute of the day? Some parents are scared to talk to their children, so the help at school could benefit the child and parents, and possibly stop a major hardship from occurring in the child's life. These topics can be taught in a sensitive manner, but it seems clear that if our ...
- 2549: Biography of Thomas Edison
- Biography of Thomas Edison Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio on February 11, 1847. When he was young his family moved to Port Huron, Michigan where he attended school for three months - the only formal schooling he ever had. At school most of his teachers often thought him dumb because of all the questions he asked to their answers, as well as him having a very large head. His mother understood that he asked these questions ...
- 2550: Steinbeck, His Critics, And Of
- ... Francisco with his family and more frequent trips to the Monterey peninsula (Fontenrose 2). In 1918, he became ill with pneumonia and almost died, but he was able to recover. After graduating from Salinas High School in 1919, Steinbeck enrolled at Stanford University, taking courses in English and Marine Science (Bloom 11). He was always an excellent student, eager to learn both in and out of school, interested in books, music, science, religion, and sports (Fontenrose 3). During this time, he worked as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand, and factory worker, and left Stanford permanently in the fall of 1925 ...
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