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- 3181: Should College Athletes Be Paid?
- ... many University of Michigan basketball fans would have bought jerseys with number four on the back if Chris Webber did not wear it first? The student athletes are not permitted to have jobs during the school year. Scholarship athletes' incomes are limited to their room and board check, per diem money on road trips, and whatever money their families can spare. If the school is turning a profit off an athlete, shouldn't the athlete receive their own fair share? Con Student athletes should be treated the same as the other university students. They already have many added perks ...
- 3182: Lincoln - The Truth
- ... the fact that profiteers decided that a buck was to be made, and they knew that it is hard to deny any price in a time of need and haste. Things such as poor quality uniforms were made and sold at high prices. And the War and Treasury Departments overpaid many unworthy characters. While such things look bad on the acting president, none of the corruption on these financial matters ever ... reputation for being dishonest. What this lead to was the pay of high prices for lesser objects. Some of the acquired objects were large quantities of disintegrating blankets, spoiled pork, diseased or dying horses, and uniforms and knapsacks that fell apart in the rain. For this obvious waste and extravagance, though Cameron had not taken any financial favors, Lincoln shipped him off to Russia as the American minister. He had become ...
- 3183: Ralph Waldo
- ... was left with him and his four other siblings. At the age of 18 he graduated from Harvard University and was a teacher for three years in Boston. Then in 1825 he entered Harvard Divinity School and preached for three years. At the age of 29 he resigned for ministry, partly because of the death of his wife after only 17 months of marriage. In 1835 he married Lydia Jackson and ... higher reality that exists beyond the powers of human comprehension. Plato explained that the idea of absolute goodness transcends human description. Neoplantonism was a collective designation for the philosophical and religious doctrines of a heterogeneous school of speculative thinkers who sought to develop and synthesize the metaphysical ideas of Plato" (Encarta). Ralph Waldo Emerson found motivation to write in anything he did, whether it was visiting England, the Transcendental Movement or ...
- 3184: The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
- ... The Jungle, page 38). Jurgiss 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 receive the education they need to rise above this. Ona is not permitted to take a holiday, even for her own ...
- 3185: Legalizing Marijuana
- ... person who smokes marijuana will usually have problems with memory and leaning, trouble with thinking and problem solving, and suffer loss of coordination. All of these effects can affect a person's performance at work, school, or during sports. Another reason people think marijuana should not be legalized is its long-term effects. There are four major long-term effects of marijuana use. The first one is that marijuana smoke contains ... is known as the "gateway drug". This means that marijuana users get bored with the same effect and want to try a new drug with a different, stronger, and/or longer effect. Studies of high school students and their drug patterns show that only few students have tried other illegal drugs without first trying marijuana. When people buy marijuana they often come in contact with people who use and/or sell ...
- 3186: Life On Land Compared To Life
- ... rules that Huck had to follow for both the widow and for his father. The widow didn't really have many rules. She just wanted to "civilize" him. The widow expected Huck to go to school, wear clean clothes, sleep in his bed, and go to church. She just wants him to be like a normal child of his age. Even though Huck bends the rules a bit, he eventually grows ... also good at first, but soon it became tiresome for Huck. He liked the sense of freedom that he had while he was on the river with Jim. He didn't have to go to school nor did he have any rules that he had to live by. He didn't have to worry about what his father was going to do to him. Jim and Huck could only travel at ...
- 3187: Hemingways For Whom The Bell T
- ... in the north woods of Michigan, a period of his childhood which left important impressions later reflected in several of his short stories such as "Up in Michigan" and "Big Two Hearted River." In high school, Ernest edited the school newspaper, excelled in football and boxing, and ran away from home twice. Upon his graduation, seventeen year old Hemingway headed to Kansas City to enlist in World War I, in outright defiance of his parents ...
- 3188: Adult Punishments For Children
- ... committing such heinous crimes and understanding why they committed the crime? These young people don't have the mental capacity to distinguish between right and wrong. Some of these young people haven't even attended school, and here they are, being tried as adults. A person's childhood is where one learns about life. One learns right from wrong, good from evil, and how to control one's emotions. What would ... our government sets a limit like this, shouldn't a limit be set for an age at which children can be tried as adults? Recently, a first grader in our country brought a gun to school and shot some of his classmates after a disagreement. Should this child be tried as an adult for this crime? He is 6 years old. Is this too young?
- 3189: The Drinking Age
- ... of drinking, of course, there comes responsibility. It is felt that the responsibility should not fall solely upon the person drinking but the other branches of our society as well. Other environments such as the school system and the home should not be overlooked as a foundation for responsible drinkers. The school system, which is so high upon every Americans priorities, would be an excellent place to instill an awareness of this fact. The children of this country seem to be taught everything they need to know ...
- 3190: The Life of Georgia O'Keefe
- ... pretty. As a result of coming from such a large family, I acquired a sense of maturity and independence very early in my life. I first attended the Sacred Heart Academy, a Roman Catholic convent school on the outskirts of Madison, Wisconsin, and then moved on to Chatham Episcopal Institute in the fall of 1903. Chatham offered an art program, which I excelled in. In 1905, I was accepted into the ... Art Institute of Chicago, where my studies were as successful as ever. I was prevented from returning the following fall due to a severe case of typhoid fever. By 1907, I was ready to attend school again, this time at New York Citys Art Students League. I continued to enjoy my success almost without interruption. I began a series of one-year teaching positions which I held in Amarillo, Texas ...
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