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- 611: Enders Game--enders Empathic A
- ... of a genius, Ender Wiggin, whom the Government takes from home at an early age to mold into a military commander. From his turbulent childhood, to his days at the physically and psychologically taxing Battle School, to his conquest of the buggers and ultimate colonization of their world, the most essential and useful aspect of Ender's prodigious genius is his incredible empathic ability. From the portrayal of his early childhood in the novel's first chapters, it seems that Ender developed this empathic ability as both a physical and psychological defense against the many truculent characters in his life, such as his enemy in school, Stilson, and his older brother, Peter. The usefulness and necessity of Ender's empathy manifest themselves again at the battle school, where it helps Ender immeasurably to defeat his enemies, both in and out of the game room. Lastly, towards the novel's end, Ender's empathy takes on a much more universal significance when ...
- 612: Off Campus Essay
- ... kids
Bumper to bumper traffic
Drug dealing
Is this the picture drawn when local students have fifty minutes of freedom during lunch to do whatever they please? Students should not be allowed to leave their school campus during lunch. An open campus would lead to truancy, disturb local businesses and neighborhoods, and cause crime. Truancy can occur among students if an open campus is accepted. If students have the privilege to leave school for fifty whole minutes on their own, then they have the freedom to not come back. It would break the trust between students and educators, and harsher rules would have to be enforced on the open campus rule. Numerous students who decide to ditch the remaining periods would have an excessive amount of in-school absences. This could lead to parent conferences and suspension, and possibly expulsion in some cases. When a student misses or skips a class, the information taught that day would not be accessible in the ...
- 613: Narcissism: Psychological Theories and Therapeutic Interventions in the Narcissistic Disorders
- ... have been advanced by the psychodynamic perspective and to a lesser extent the Jungian (analytical) perspective. Essentially, both theories cite developmental problems in childhood as leading to the development of the narcissistic disorder. The existential school has also attempted to deal with the narcissistic problem, although the available literature is much smaller. Existentialists postulate that society as a whole can be the crucial factor in the development of narcissism. The final ... many ways the humanistic approach to narcissism echoes the sentiments of the psychodynamic approach. The Psychodynamic Perspective of Narcissism The psychodynamic model of narcissism is dominated by two overlapping schools of thought, the self psychology school and the object relations school. The self psychology school, represented by Kohut, posits that narcissism is a component of everyone"s psyche. We are all born as narcissists and gradually our infantile narcissism matures into a healthy adult narcissism. ...
- 614: Ethical Problem: Drinking Alcohol
- Ethical Problem: Drinking Alcohol During my high school years, I had to make many decisions. Some of these decisions came easily to me, like what clothes to wear to school. Some of them took more thought, like what classes I should take during the upcoming semester. And some of them were questions that kept me up all night to decide between right and wrong and ... my self-interest. One of the hardest decisions I ever had to make involved whether or not I would drink alcohol. This question kept me pondering off and on for the better part of three school years and the second semester of my first college year. If I just considered the legal side of things, then this should have been an easy decision for me because of the fact that ...
- 615: Coaching Decisions
- ... to coach again? I think Coach Kraus should be fired without any hesitation. Many of the players and the parents wanted Kraus fired after the first incident, and they definitely want him fired now. In school systems today, many incidents similar to this happen often. Are athletic coaches today given too much power and think they can do whatever they think can improve the team? The coaches should be setting examples ... Kraus, saying "he is not the type of man to lose control like that. As much as Kraus has given to the girls' team, he shouldn't be punished for using profanity one time." The school board President Jeff Parker stated "he is not a person that coaches for the money, he coaches because of his affection for the kids." These are just some of the explanations in Kraus's defense to help persuade the school not to punish him. The anticipated return of Coach Kraus to the team was definitely not what the players and parents had expected. Some of the players were not expecting anything to happen, but ...
- 616: Going To College As A Freshmen
- ... severely mind boggling and frustrating, though at the same time can be an enjoyable experience. Going to college and making the right decisions are often extremely difficult for freshmen. Many students coming out of high school are accustomed to having everything done for them, so the first year in college is usually a "Reality Check". Choosing the right college, registering for the right courses, and preparing oneself as a freshman can ... a college is whether or not the college has a degree plan to help prepare one for their career. For example, if one's aspiration is to become a registered nurse, one should choose a school with a highly recognized nursing program. Many times students choose schools because their friends and family have gone to a certain school. Instead, they should choose a school that will help them achieve their career goals. Another aspect to consider when choosing a college is one's financial situation. When choosing a college, many students seek ...
- 617: Orphan Trains
- ... world. "In Indian civilization I am a Baptist, because I believe in immersing the Indians in our civilization and when we get them under holding them there until they are thoroughly soaked" ( Carlisle Indian Industrial School History,2). The Children in this school had their entire identity transformed. The boys had their hair cut and both boys and girls were given new names. Richard Pratt knew that the children were the future and if he could change them he could wipe out the Indian culture. The children went from wearing moccasins to leather boots, beads to army uniforms, and the only time they would cut their hair normally was in the case of mourning. The children felt like an imitation of a white child. The Carlisle school, forbid the children to speak ...
- 618: Personal Writing: The Sightless Explanation
- ... they" were listening to what she said. After a short while, somebody knocked on the front door. I went to the front door and looked through the peephole. It was two police officers in black uniforms. I let them inside and the officers began to question Miss Singleton and I. I listened to what Miss Singleton said. She would not tell the officers what was going on because she thought they ... a caretaker that would help her with her daily tasks that she would pay lots of money to each day. I was skeptical the first time she asked me to stay with her, because of school, but I decided I would do it to be charitable. I would go over there at 6:30 each evening and leave at 6:30 each morning. I started in October, if I recall correctly ... since last October when he had lost his two sons. David says choking back tears, "I don't know what I'm supposed to do without my kids. Everything I planned...watching them go to school the first day, watching them grow up--all that's been ripped from me." He broke down sobbing and expressed that his wife, Susan, should be executed. Another witness was Tom Findlay, the wealthiest ...
- 619: Prayer In Public Schools
- Prayer In Public Schools Should students be allowed to pray in public schools? Alot of debates about school prayer involves morals, rights, and separation of church and state. Although some people believe it is inappropriate to mix religion and school, there are many good reasons for a constitutional amendment to permit voluntary prayer in schools. To begin with, some might argue that it is easy to blame everything bad in America upon the absence of school prayer, but since the court outlawed prayer in schools, our nation has been in steady moral decline. Teenage pregnancy, teen suicide, child abuse, and violent crime, to name a few, has reached an all ...
- 620: Creative Writing: The Chase
- Creative Writing: The Chase Alan and Dan lived in a small western town. They were good friends and had been for some time. The two high school seniors spent most weekends together. It was, however, a small town that they lived in, leaving them with nothing to do on a Friday night when there wasn't a party or sporting event. Saturday ... no plans for the evening. They drove back and forth, each suggesting who might be having a party tonight or what girls might be home. They were hardly lucky enough to find a girl from school home on a Saturday night. They were even less lucky when it came to the matter of getting a girl to ride with them. Mostly because when she would ask: what are we doing to do, they would reply: drive around for awhile. This was not something a high school girl wanted to hear from two guys. Even the slowest of females would come to the conclusion that the proposal wasn't entirely good hearted. In the case of Alan and Dan, they happened ...
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