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- 2701: John McCain
- ... young Americans don't vote, primarily because they don't feel candidates are addressing issues important to them (Cox, Finklestein). According to a Youth Survey conducted by Project Vote Smart, voters aged 18-24 think school shootings and kids with guns, crime and violence, poverty and unemployment, corrupt government and illicit drug sales are the five most important problems facing America today ("General Population"). Meanwhile, candidates spend the majority of time ... television shows ("Why John McCain"), McCain has aggressively courted "Generation Y." America's youth today is disenchanted with politics, tired of campaigns focused on health care and social security. "Generation Y" wants to hear about school violence and college costs; issues they care strongly about and feel should be an essential part of candidate's platforms. McCain has attempted to win their vote by utilizing the Internet, magazines, youth-oriented television ...
- 2702: Albert Einstein 5
- ... in bed wondering how an invisible force could pass through space (Strathern 13). His uncle gave him his first mathematics book and Einstein read it until he could do every problem in the book. In school, Einstein wasn t exactly a teacher s pet. The teachers at German school during his childhood prided themselves on behaving like bossy, pedantic sergeant majors (Strathern 13). Teachers told him he would never amount to anything. Einstein more than proved them wrong. The first years on his own ...
- 2703: "Is Moral Egoism Correct?"
- ... up to me and offers to give me food, shelter and everything I ever wanted, but there was something I would have to do in turn. I would have to go to the local middle school and to the local high school and push cocaine to the students. Although it is in my best interest to have food, shelter and whatever else I ever wanted, it is not morally correct to push drugs to children. Therefore, Moral ...
- 2704: Cather In The Ryes Vs. Generation X
- ... does not want to accept any change in his life. He sees sex as a way that society is using to lure him into being like the people that he hates. At Pencey, his boarding school, he equates sex with perversion. He refers to his studly roommate, Stradlater as a "very sexy bastard" because of his interest in all things related to sex. And then when Holden is obsessing over the ... who represents (at least to Holden) sex and aggression. The connection between sex, death, and aggression all come together near the end of the novel when Holden visits his younger sister phoebe, at her elementary school. Holden sees a sign that someone has put up that says, "Fuck You." This phrase is so important to the novel because it represents, a very aggressive insult, and it is also a word that ...
- 2705: Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein Albert Einstein was born in Germany on March 14, 1879.As a kid he had trouble learning to speak. His parents thought that he might be mentally retarded. He was not smart in school. He suffered under the learning methods that they used in the schools of Germany at that time so he was never able to finish his studies. In 1894 his father's business had failed and the family moved to Milan, Italy. Einstein who had grown interested in science, went to Zurich, Switzerland, to enter a famous technical school. There his ability in mathematics and physics began to show. When Einstein was graduated in 1900 he was unable to get a teaching appointment at a university. Instead he got a clerical job in the ...
- 2706: Learning: A Lifetime Of Experience
- ... would never want to end up like those who are forced to do it for a living. The first job I got was delivering newspapers for the local distributor. I had to come home from school every day and walk the streets for over an hour, and then after I finishing the route would have to walk home and count the money I received that day. Winter was the worst, in ... at the Paragon is where I first realized the importance of an education. My aunt works with me and it is sad to say, but I make more then she does. Having never gone to school, this is the best she can do. Then I look at my father, he went to college and now is the regional administrator for a health care company. As he keeps getting promoted, my aunt ...
- 2707: Castro
- ... Fidel Castro. Born near Biran Cuba he grew up on his mother And fathers 200 acre sugar cane plantation (Groiler 1996 n. Page). When Castro turned age six he was sent away to a parochial school for children of the Aflon in Santiago where he was known to be a little bit of a hell raiser. Although he was very capiable of doing his work, he was reluctant to do so if it didn't interest him. After years of struggling through school Castro then attended the University of Havana where he graduated with a low degree on 1950 (One Biography n. Page) many of his friends and associated pushed him to become a member of the orthodox ...
- 2708: Facism
- ... statement can be easily recognized in the steps that Mussolini took to gain control of Italy. In 1919 Mussolini and his followers, mostly war veterans, were organized along paramilitary lines and wore black shirts as uniforms. After defeats at the polls Mussolini used his new financial backing friends to clothe a gang of thugs who would attack other street gangs supporting other ideologies that Mussolini disliked. These black shirts also vandalized ... in Mein Kampf he referred to as "_an instrument for the conduct and reinforcement of the movement's struggle for its philosophy of life." (The Rise of Hitler: A New Beginning) Realizing the liking of uniforms by the German man the SA adopted a brown-shirt outfit, with boots, swastika armband, badges and caps. The accessories on the outfit would become important because of the visual tools providing easy recognition and ...
- 2709: The Jungle 2
- ... the hog except the squeal." Jurgis' brawny build quickly gets him a job on the cattle killing beds. The other members of the family soon find jobs, except for the children. They are put into school. At first, Jurgis is happy with his job and America, but he soon learns that America is plagued by corruption, dishonesty, and bribery. He is forced to work at high speeds for long hours with low pay, and so is the rest of the family. He is cheated out of his money several times. The children must leave school and go to work to help the family survive. This means they will never recieve the education they need to rise above this. Ona is not permitted to take a holiday, even for her own ...
- 2710: Homeschooling: The Begining
- ... this experiment called homeschooling about 7 yrs ago and are still going strong. My children have been tested and are doing very well academically, socially, and spiritually. We are pleased, and as they begin high school and middle school in the fall, we are so glad we made this choice.
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