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- 4221: The John Scopes Trial
- ... theory, he was immediately arrested and charged with violating the Butler Act, a law enacted earlier in the year. The Butler Act, passed in March, 1925, declared it illegal for a teacher in a public school to teach any theory that denies the story of the divine creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man is descended from a lower order of animals (Smout 58 ...
- 4222: Similarities in "Miss Jean Brodie", "Dead Poets Society", and "The Trial and Death of Socrates"
- ... deserving. Professor Keating is another who had his pupils best interests at heart. His teaching methods were eccentric, but his point always came across loud and clear. He was idolized by his students. In a school of such dignity and staunchness, his approach was a breath of fresh air. He was never afraid to put himself on the line if it meant that his students were to gain. This was no ...
- 4223: Carpe Diem: The Golden Chance
- ... trying to learn as much as possible about American life style, culture, language and people. My chance was supposed to expire in one year but now I have the opportunity to not only finish high school in United States, but also continue my college years here. My Carpe Diem tells me that I can not waste my time, because I have already lost too much precious time in my life. I ...
- 4224: James Joyce's "Araby"
- ... narrator. In "Araby," the "mature narrator and not the naive boy is the story's protagonist."(Coulthard) Throughout the story this is easily shown, especially when it refers to "the hour when the Christian Brothers' school set the boys free."(Joyce 2112) Although they were freed, they were placed into an "equally grim world, where not even play brought pleasure."(Coulthard) Joyce demonstrates this culture by showing a boy's love ...
- 4225: An Example Of Good Writing: Zinsser's "Simplicity"
- ... sentence of all unnecessary words. When Zinsser is proving this point in his essay he uses the example of the president of a major university writing a very unclear letter to state a problem the school was experiencing. Zinsser translates the letter to read the actual message that everyone can understand. The way Zinsser writes the essay it is easy to understand. He uses everyday words not dictionary words. No one ...
- 4226: A Comparison of Hamlet and McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
- ... myself (As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put antic disposition on) That you, at such times seeing me never shall
......to note That you know aught of me- this do swear Despite the school of thought that believes Hamlet is truly insane, I felt this passage, establishing premeditation, adequately proves he was only posing as a lunatic. Further proof to this effect is also how Hamlet only acts absurd ...
- 4227: Changes During The 1950s-1990s
- ... which have occurred, Such as women becoming educated. In the 1950s more women were becoming educated, although the majority of women used colleges and universities as a shortcut to finding husbands, they would then quit school and help their newfound husbands acquire a better education in order to support them both and their children. Moreover, in view of the fact that most of the men were fighting in the war, and ...
- 4228: The Depression
- ... with your hand and find it to be a pile of grease and dirt that obviously hasnt been washed in days, maybe even weeks. You get up and start to head for work, or school, only to realize you have no place to go. The pain of hunger eats away at you, but you just ignore it knowing that there is nothing for you to eat and you have no ...
- 4229: Affirmative Action
- ... away from them. Black Police Chief Clarence Harmon was once in favor of affirmative action until he realized the affect that it has on his race. He has said that when he was going through school, he enjoyed competing and keeping up with his white counterparts, but he now realizes that many times in the police academy black students use affirmative action as a crutch. Black students have been found to ...
- 4230: The Lives of Confucius and Guatama Siddhartha
- ... up to students and began teaching. This became his full time job and he took it seriously. At one point, Confucius' teachings were wanted by so many that he had 3,000 students attending his school. 72 of them had mastered the six arts-rituals, music, archery, charioteering, literature, and mathematics. He was a great teacher, well known and respected. He was able to get his disciples responsible positions in the ...
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