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- 741: Courage in Individuals in "On Being Seventeen", "The Most Dangerous Game" and "Giving Blood"
- ... Dangerous Game written by Richard Connel, and Mrs. O'Neill from Giving Blood, written by Roberta Silmen. David Raymond, from the book On Being Seventeen, is courageous in a psychological way. He is a high school student who was born with dyslexia. He writes about his life and how difficult school and learning to read was for him. All he wants is for people to accept him the way he is. ิำ...anyway life was awful. More then anything I wanted some friends.ำ By the end of high school he was more excepted in places where he once was ostracized. He even tries to help people with the same problem he has. าMaybe he was scared like I was....In elementary school it ...
- 742: ESL Students at GSU
- ESL Students at GSU Every year, hundreds of foreign students come to United States to go to school. Some of these students are already familiar with English, but most of them do not even know the basic material for English. Therefore, it is not easy for them to follow the classes as students ... that lots of foreign students are better at Mathematics or other subjects than English (KUSA newspaper, 2). These students should be allowed to take other courses for credit, such as Mathematics, Chemistry, and Biology. Maybe school should give another easier test than GSTEP to evaluate if students meet the point where they can understand at least the basic concept of English. In order for international students to get credits for classes ... esltest.htm). Students can take the GSTEP once per semester, which they should be allowed take as many times as they want. Scores are mailed to the students and to the admissions office of the school that were applied to within 7~10 days from the test date. Scores will be reported in a six level scale form lower elementary to proficient (GSU catalog, 205). Lots of international students are ...
- 743: Their Eyes Were Watching God R
- ... America. She found a special thing in this town, where she said, "... [I] grew like a like a gourd and yelled bass like a gator," (Gale, 1). When Hurston was thirteen she was removed from school and sent to care for her brother's children. She became a member of a traveling theater at the age of sixteen, and then found herself working as a maid for a white woman. This woman saw a spark that was waiting for fuel, so she arranged for Hurston to attend high school in Baltimore. She also attended Morgan Academy, now called Morgan State University, from which she graduated in June of 1918. She then enrolled in the Howard Prep School followed by later enrollment in Howard University. In 1928 Hurston attended Barnard College where she studied anthropology under Franz Boas. After she graduated, Zora returned to Eatonville to begin work on anthropology. Four years ...
- 744: Their Eyes Are Watching God
- ... town in America. She found a special thing in this town, where she said, "
I grew like a like a gourd and yelled bass like a gator". When Hurston was thirteen she was removed from school and sent to care for her brothers children. She became a member of a traveling theater at the age of sixteen, and then found herself working as a maid for a white woman. This woman saw a spark that was waiting for fuel, so she arranged for Hurston to attend high school in Baltimore. She also attended Morgan Academy, now called Morgan State University, from which she graduated in June of 1918. She then enrolled in the Howard Prep School followed by later enrollment in Howard University. In 1928 Hurston attended Barnard College where she studied anthropology under Franz Boas. After she graduated, Zora returned to Eatonville to begin work on anthropology. Four years ...
- 745: Personal Bond With My Friends During Tennis Camp
- Personal Bond With My Friends During Tennis Camp During the summer months following my seventh grade school year, I was involved in tennis camp activities with two of my closest friends, Suzanne and Erin. This was the first time that we were able to get to know each other better away from school since we did not have any classes together that year. Even though we were good friends, I had never felt a sense of camaraderie with either of them because they participated in sports, while I was involved in academics and other school activities. Not having had any paritcular interest in sports before the summer camp session, it was surprising that I became completely enthralled with the sport of tennis. Tennis proved to be my initial experience ...
- 746: Herman Hesses Demian
- ... to be noticed; his manner and bearing was that of a prince disguised among farm boys, taking great pains to appear one of them. The first encounter between Sinclair and Demian occurs one day after school as the two boys are walking home. Sinclair had learned the biblical story of Cain and Abel from the book of Genesis that day in class. Demian starts a conversation about the story and challenges ... his childhood, his family, and the world of light . The fourth chapter brings the separation of Sinclair and Demian, as well as Sinclair s separation from his family, when Sinclair is sent off to boarding school. This foreign world offers only loneliness and insecurity to Sinclair, who does not fit in with the other young men. Sinclair goes through a trying time of confusion and isolation at the boarding school as he searches for the road to himself. At one point, out of desperation, Sinclair resorts to rebellion. He begins to drink in bars and he becomes renowned among his classmates for being careless, ...
- 747: A Separate Peace - Phineas And Gene
- ... the story. It is quickly apparent that Gene is insecure. An example of this occurs when he finds out that he is room mates with Phineas. "I had seen him at a distance around the school the previous winter, and gotten the impression he was bigger than I."(J. Knowles, 100) This quotation shows our first introduction with Gene's insecure character. One can see this because he immediately assumed Phineas ... knowing that. This would show that he is jealous of Phineas. Gene also knows he is jealous but tries to talk himself out of the thought. "He might be the best natural athlete in the school, the most popular boy, but I was winning where it counted" (105) This quotation shows how Gene actually admits that Phineas is better than him. Nevertheless, we know that it upsets him because he adds ... Gene tried on Phineas's clothes because he wanted to have that same apparent air of confidence that Phineas had. This constant preoccupation with Phineas often got Gene side tracked. Gene was very involved in school, one could say that Gene was intelligent. An example of this occurs while Gene and Phineas are studying for their History test. "I didn't do well in that course: that is, I got ...
- 748: Internet Censorship
- ... United States, states that Researchers, as well as the FBI and other law enforcement agencies nationwide, have linked animal cruelty to domestic violence, child abuse, serial killings, and to the recent rash of killings by school-age children.(2) I found yet another web page listing some reports from police case files. I was astonished! These are a few excerpts from that page. ***WARNING*** (graphic details) "Russell Weston Jr., tortured and ... as the cat/kitten struggles to free itself as the noose gets tighter with each attempt. Later killed 2 officers at our Nation's Capitol." "Jeffery Dahmer loved to dissect animals (he learned this in school). Later he dissected boys, and kept their body parts in the refrigerator. Murdered 17 men." "On May 21, 1998 in Springfield, Oregon; 15-year-old Kip Kinkel set a live cat on fire and dragged the innocent creature through the main street of town. He walked into his high school cafeteria and opened fire on his classmates. Two classmates were killed and 22 others injured, four critically. Later that day, police found his parents shot to death in their home." "Prior to committing multiple ...
- 749: Invasion Of Privacy
- ... on the rights of citizens as well as the rights of students. The major question, which is brought to attention, is that do educational institutions have the right to monitor what goes on in the school's network or is it an invasion of privacy to monitor the students? We live in a time, which we call the Information Age. Our society is evolving and progressing striving to obtain any and ... that the "overhead" supervision violates First Amendment rights, specifically the freedom of speech and freedom of press. What if the students created websites that contained mp3s on it? These websites would be uploaded on the school's network but would that give the school the right to censor or monitor what's being put up on the school's network? This question brings up concerns of the student's rights. It should be noted that when student's ...
- 750: Florence Nightingale
- ... a reputable career. Nurses did not have any training and hospitals were unsanitary places where the poor went to die. Her parents finally gave in and Nightingale was allowed to go to Kaiserswerth, a nursing school in Germany. During the Victorian era (1837-1901) true womanhood was greatly valued by society. True womanhood was defined as being virtuous, pious, tender, dependent and understanding to the male authority (Aguirre, 1). Motherhood was ... Her name stands for the nursing profession, as she is responsible for establishing nursing as a respected profession. Nightingale believed that nursing was a science, therefore required structured training and education. She opened the Nightingale School, a formal nursing program out of St. Thomas Hospital in London in 1860. The school was funded from donations to the Nightingale fund. The veterans of the Crimean war and others who believed in her cause gave donations. The school was a success and her nurses were very much ...
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