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- 3401: Creative Writing: Letter to Principal
- ... suitable lunch arrangement. I must mention of second problem with lunchtime, this is even more pressing than the first. Lunch Prices have been growing drastically and with no reason at all, this could mean the school is pressed for money so you look for the simple solution and make us, the consumers, pay more. I have heard that this large amount of extra money is going towards better quality food; get ... don't have the time to pack lunches. Instead we students are forced to deal with over crowded lunch rooms and incredibly unfair prices. Mr. Johnson this is just not suitable for a highly rated school system such as ours. I believe that when a young adult is denied much of his or her freedom it has a rather disappointing outcome. Put your self in my shoes for a short time ...
- 3402: For Information on the Medical Uses of Marijuana
- ... does not lead to heroin addiction" and that "there is no evidence that [can- nabis]...is producing in otherwise normal people con- ditions of dependence or psychosis, requiring medical treatment." [7][10] The HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH LETTER [11] reports the findings of other major cannabis studies: In three major studies conducted in Jamaica, Costa Rica, and Greece, researchers have compared heavy long-term cannabis users with non-users and ... 73, pages 269-280. [9] The La Guardia Report, reprinted in "The Marijuana Papers," Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1966. [10] The Consumer's Union Report: Licit & Illicit Drugs. Mt. Vernon, New York, 1971. [11] HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH LETTER:Marijuana. L. Grinspoon, vol. 4, no. 5. Nov, 1987. [12] Ganja in Jamacia: A Medical Anthropological Study of Chronic Marijuana Use. 1975. Anchor Books, NY. [13] Cannabis in Costa Rica: A Study ...
- 3403: Holden Caufield
- ... works, and wants to be the "catcher in the rye," protecting society's children from it's evilness and corruption, keeping them safe. Holden has an ephiphany during the novel as he passes the elementary school halls and notices the obscenities scribbled on the walls. His attempt to efface them is unsuccessful, and he realizes that he can't make them go away. This symbolizes Holden's need to protect, and realization that he can't be the savior of society's corruption. Although the scene in the elementary school halls hint to Holden that he can't make the imperfections of the world disappear, nothing provides the determining insight better than his little sister, Phoebe. Upon his departure, Holden giving up, as he always ...
- 3404: Personal Freedoms
- ... the right to voice your own opnion, to wear clothes of your choice and freedom to get a good education. Some of these things are so important that there is laws to enforce them. Like school for instance, you are legally required to attend regular classes until the age of sixteen. There are some freedoms that we are entitled to but that are violated by others. Take your right to safely walk down the street for example, in some neighbourhoods that is virtually out of the question. I feel that the freedom to live where I want, go to the school of my choice, wear the clothes I want to, style my hair how I wish, marry who I want, have as many kids as I want, ( as long as I can support them ), safety and ...
- 3405: Themes Of Italian Renaissance Art
- ... the studying and learning of art in the Renaissance, it would be of little wonder that the subject of some of the art was learning itself. The most famous example of this is Raphael's School of Athens. Raphael, along with Michelangelo, was placed in the painting among the ranks of artist-scholars. As members of a philosophical circle intent on reconciling the views of Plato and Aristotle, Raphael and his ... of it. For humanism it was David, for naturalism it was Annunciation, for individualism, it was The Last Supper, for classicism, it was St. Peter's Basilica, and for learning and reason, it was The School of Athens. It was these themes, which dominated every other aspect of the Renaissance, that dominated the artistic aspect. Works Cited Barrett, Maurice. Raphael. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1965 Calder, Ritchie. Leonardo and the Age of ...
- 3406: "Clay Beats Liston: February 25, 1964"
- ... article about him on the front page. This further illustrates that achievements by blacks were believed to be less important than the achievements of whites. I saw almost the same amount of articles on high school basketball, as I did on the fight. Although I am not surprised by the fact that high school basketball received almost a page of coverage, I am alarmed by the fact that this one page of coverage on basketball was the same amount of coverage for the boxing match. The stories by Associated ...
- 3407: Teenage Suicide
- ... and decisions about the future are being made during the teenage years. Teenagers tend to commit suicide after large changes, significant losses, or abuse has occurred in their lives. An important change in a relationship, school or body image may contribute to a teenagers' tendency to commit suicide. The death of a loved one, the loss of a valued relationship, and the loss of self esteem are some significant losses which ... depression have much higher suicide rates than average(Tom Arsenault, 2). Teenagers display warning signs of suicide. The indications come in two ways. First exhibited are the early warning signs. These signs include difficulties in school, depression, drug abuse, sleep and eating disturbances, and a loss of interest in activities. Restlessness, feelings of failure, overreaction to criticism, overly self-critical, anger, and a preoccupation with death or Satan are also some ...
- 3408: To Kill A Mockingbird 4
- ... is the treatment of outcasts. Nearly all positive characters are outcasts in one way or another. The Finch family is too uncon-ventional. Scout hates being treated as a little lady. As she starts attending school, she can t stand the idea of wearing a dress, and her teacher considers it wrong that Scout al-ready can read and write. Scout and Jem have a good friend who pretends to have ... are outcasts too. We are in the thirties, and racial segregation is con-sidered perfectly normal in every aspect of daily life in the South. Blacks are underprivi-leged their children can t go to school, they attend their own churches and they are con-sidered guilty in advance for every crime that happens. This is the element of the novel that has attracted the greatest attention. It is also the ...
- 3409: Its Simply Red Herring
- ... that these jobs can be filled without offering high salaries. As Bird implies, it is more advantageous to earn the money now rather than after going to college. For this reason, A College bound high school gradate who likes fooling around with cars could have banked 34,181, and gone to work at the local garage at close to $1,000 more per year than the average high school graduate. Meanwhile, as he was learning to be an expert mechanic, his money would be ticking away at the bank. When he becomes 28, he would have earned $7,199 less on his job from ...
- 3410: To Kill A Mockingbird - The Ne
- ... there was injustice in the world. He slowly matures and begins to understand that there are such thing as prejudice and racism. Scout first learns to show compassion and tolerance by refusing to go to school because she hates Miss Caroline. Atticus tells her that, First of all, if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you ll get along better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a ... story where Scout shows tolerance is when she gets into a fight with Cecil Jacobs because he tells Scout that her father defends niggers . Atticus says You might hear some ugly talk about it at school, but do one thing for me if you will: you just hold your head high and keep those fists down (76). Atticus wants Scout to ignore the things that her classmates are saying about the ...
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