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- 2751: Phineas And Gene A Comparitive
- ... maps, he just wanted to enjoy the activity. Gene, however, was very competitive, especially toward Phineas. Gene did not like the fact that Phineas was a natural athlete, so when he would beat Phineas in school, he became very happy. Gene stated, "He might be the best natural athlete in the school, the most popular boy, but I was winning where it counted."(105). Even though he and Phineas were not in competition, Gene always managed to try and be on top. Gene was aware that Phineas ...
- 2752: Vengeful Equity
- ... greed. Women like men, do these things by choice. For the most part, no one forces a needle in their arm, forces them to court and sometimes marry an idiot, have children, drop out of school, or to spite their parents and run with the "bad" crowd. These are choices and I feel they are all avoidable. Just to clarify my thought pattern on this subject, here are a few examples of what I am referring too. A women who runs drugs for a lover. Idiot! A women who drops out of school. Idiot! A women who has children before she can afford it. Idiot! A women who has sex for drugs or money. Idiot! A women who does drugs. Idiot! Chesney-Lind's paper has a theme ...
- 2753: Rene Descartes
- ... La Haye, Touraine. Descartes was the son of a minor nobleman and belonged to a family that had produced a number of learned men. At the age of eight, he was enrolled in the Jesuit school of La Fleche in Anjou, where he remained for eight years. Besides the usual classical studies, he received instruction in math and in Scholastic philosophy. Roman Catholicism exerted a strong influence on Descartes throughout his life. Upon graduation from school, he studied law at the University of Poitiers, graduating in 1616. He never practiced law, however--in 1618 he entered the service of Prince Maurice of Nassau at Breda, Netherlands, with the intention of following ...
- 2754: Violence In The Media
- ... media warped society, but is it correct? 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, our homes, 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 ... our planet, or something else that society as a whole sees as detrimental or damaging. "The average American child will witness...200,000 acts of media violence by the time that child graduates from high school. (Sherrow 6) "Children have never been very good at listening to their elders," James Baldwin wrote in Nobody Knows my Name. "But they have never failed to imitate them." (Sherrow 56) This basic truth has ...
- 2755: The Atomic Bomb and its Effects on Post-World War II
- ... games. He recognizes this in himself when he gives his Nobel Prize speech:I stand before you now because I never stopped dawdling like an eight year on a spring morning on his way to school. Anything can make me stop and wonder, and sometimes learn (17). And the Doctors farewell to the world is a game he has played, with himself. One day a Marine General asked him if he ... other activists is that he was one of the first and original members of many of these movements. Now he was the father figure to many in the non-mainstream world. While teaching at his school of poetry in Naropa, Colorado, Ginsberg became involved in protests against the nearby Rock Flats Nuclear Weapons Factory. During the Summer of 1978 he was arrested for preventing a shipment nuclear waste from reaching its ...
- 2756: A History Of The Beatles
- ... date back to Liverpool, England in the late 1950s. Inspired by the growing skiffle craze, John Lennon bought a guitar in March 1957 and formed a skiffle group called the Quarrymen, named after his high school, Quarry Bank. The lineup changed frequently, but by October 1959 it consisted of Lennon, his younger classmate Paul McCartney, George Harrison and drummer Colin Hanton. By March of 1960, Lennon's art school classmate Stuart Sutcliffe joined the band on bass and suggested the name the Beetles, a play on Buddy Holly's group the Crickets. By that summer they were the Silver Beatles, settling on the Beatles ...
- 2757: Ray Bradbury
- ... years of my life because I was acting and singing in operettas and writing, my first short stories." In 1934 his family moved to Los Angeles, where Bradbury has remained. He attended Los Angeles High School, where he wrote and took part in many dramatic productions. His literary tastes were broadened to include Thomas Wolfe and Ernest Hemingway when he took a creative writing course. In 1938 Los Angeles High School yearbook, the following prediction appeared beneath his picture: Likes to write stories Admired as a thespian Headed for literary distinction After graduation Bradbury sold newspapers until he saved up enough money to buy a typewriter ...
- 2758: Welfare Reformation
- ... system, since the state rewards extra money for additional children. Third, the lack of education accounts for the irresponsibility of the current generation. Accordingly, the government should require children to complete their schooling through high school. Acceleration of a child's development is necessary for both social competence and successfulness. Elementary schools should focus on the variation of skills such as higher self-esteem, lower truancy, and higher basic skills like ... and such key values as respect and honesty. It is these traits which will help them make the right choices concerning their development and vocation. Parents and communities should become more interested and involved in school life; moreover, the media should provide guidance to the nation's young adolescent (Garr 57). According to Horace Mann, {INDENT}Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is a greater equalizer of the ...
- 2759: Lord Of The Flies Reflection
- ... the novel to the movie was the time setting between the two. In the novel the estimated time was the 1940's, and the boys reflected this by starting off on the island as good school children that had respect for their elders, etc. In the movie the time frame was anywhere from the late 80's to the early 90's, it was somewhat hard to define an exact date. The time setting showed in the technology that was present at the time such as helicopters. Also in the movie the boys started off on the island as boys who are going to military school and were partially desensitized to violence, possibly from the television and media of the 80's and 90's which is a great leap from the 40's. This quite possibly might have made a ...
- 2760: Albert Einstein
- ... nine even led some teachersto believe he was disabled. Einsteins post-basic education began at the Luitpold Gymnasium when he was ten. It was here that he first encountered the German spirit through the schools strict disciplinary policy. His disapproval of this method of teaching led to his reputation as a rebel. It was probably these differences that caused Einstein to search for knowledge at home. He began not ... he continued his education. At sixteen he attempted to enroll at the Federal Institute of Technology but failed the entrance exam. This forced him to study locally for one year until he finally passed the schools evaluation. The Institute allowed Einstein to meet many other students that shared his curiosity, and It was here that his studies turned mainly to Physics. He quickly learned that while physicists had generally agreed ...
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