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- 25841: Graduating From High School In New York
- ... to do community service in order to graduate high school, which would take up a lot of valuable work time. The addition of community service requirements for graduation would benefit no parts of a student's extra curricular life; these requirements would simply take away from it. To add onto an already busy student’s life, many students choose to involve themselves in athletics. Students practice sports after school, on weekends, and sometimes even before school. Games often keep kids away from home until late at night, taking up long ... sports would have no time for a community service requirement. In order to fill this requirement time would have to be taken away from other areas of interest. Unneeded stress would be added into student’s lives. New York State students who already do a lot of extra work would be pushed to do even more, making their lives more difficult than ever before. Community service may seem like a ...
- 25842: Attempts to End Slavery
- ... and the north gradually provided for the abolition of slavery while the south still considered it a “positive good”. The antislavery movement, which eventually developed into the abolition movement became radicalized during the early 1830’s. The beginnings of the antislavery movement were evident right after the revolution. Every state except for Georgia and South Carolina had outlawed the slave trade. Then, in 1782 Virginia passed a law that stated that ... City, the Tappan brothers, Lewis and Arthur, were two successful merchants who used their wealth to finance antislavery activities. They supported a huge effort to give out antislavery pamphlets and distribute them to the U.S.. Unfortunately, since many people considered them dangerous radicals, they made relatively few converts in 1835. Also, it was the antislavery movement that had given woman an important chance to become involved in politics and the ... through such agitation it was possible to convince slaveholders to show repentance by releasing their slaves. This in turn, caused numerous problems and the issue would continue to divide the nation, ultimately leading the U.S. into a period of bitter turmoil and eventually, war.
- 25843: Academic Attitude
- Academic Attitude During the course of a student's progression through academia, he must learn that the teacher cannot think for him. It is essential for a student to free his mind, allowing thought to flow. Instead of waiting for the answers to be ... class as well. Through this type of exchange, both the teacher and student benefit. Not only does the student learn from the teacher, but she teaches the teacher in return (Freire 27). Therefore, the student's level of thinking is elevated, her mind liberated, allowing her to synthesize ideas and facts and arrive at a conclusion. It is up to the student to make this happen by becoming active in her ... derives it himself. The student would then argue that his idea is not what the author meant. A strong reader, explained by Bartholomae and Petrosky, would know that he is not searching for the author's meaning. The meaning is something a reader develops as he reads through the passage (Bartholomae and Petrosky 41). The pupil takes the information presented to him and, by relating key moments to personal experiences ...
- 25844: A Valediction of Forbidding Mourning: The Truth about Mourning
- ... expressed or implied. An example of this is found in the title of this poem in which Don uses the word "Mourning." You could interpret this as that he is about to leave and doesn't want his lover to be sad, but it also conveys the message that when the morning comes it will be a time for them to part. Therefore, I ask, "aren't we all guilty at one point or another while in a love relationship of trying to convey a message to a loved one and they in turn have misinterpreted that message?" The poem begins "As ... about the physical things because they are inter-assured of the mind and that they both believe and have confidence in their love. The lover could interpret this as "do you mean that you don't care if you ever physically touch my hands or lips again?" The next stanza states "Our two souls. therefore, which are one, though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, ...
- 25845: To Race the Wind by Krents and All But My Life Klein
- ... weaknesses. Harold developed bad eyesight early in his life and was for the most part, blind. He told his parents from the beginning that he wanted to be independent, just like everyone else. He didn’t want to be treated special or looked down upon. This illustrated the courage he was willing to put forth. As his life progressed, he realized that in certain ways he couldn’t be just like everyone else. Making friends was one object in life that was very hard for Harold. He was always the boy on the side, wanting to be with the others. To the ‘normal ... with everything that was familiar to her. She easily could’ve given up, used the poison she carried in her boot and put herself out of the misery which was her life. But she didn’t. She stuck by her friends and together they helped each other live as long as possible. Gerta carried the last words from her mother in her head. “Be Strong” she told her. It was ...
- 25846: Columbine High School
- ... should students have to experience something so tragic and life altering at such a young age and in a place where you should be safe, school? The answer to the question is simple, they shouldn't, no one should. School. A place of education, a place where most people met they friends, and discover what they want to be. School should be a place of safety. An environment where metal detectors ... ones life. We do not value things that should be important to us. We never seem to realize the value of something, until it is gone. Most people in Columbine High School most likely didn't value all the people in it. It took something like this to show them how beautiful life is. But it shouldn't have taken this to show them, we should already value the lives of others no matter what. -Amber D.-
- 25847: Juvenile Delinquency
- ... offenders. Young delinquents usually are sent to juvenile courts, where the main aim is to rehabilitate offenders, rather than to punish them. But the term juvenile delinquency itself has come to imply disgrace in today's society. A youngster can be labeled a delinquent for breaking any one of a number of laws, ranging from robbery to running away from home. But an action for which a youth may be declared ... may officially be declared delinquents. Crime statistics, though they are often incomplete and may be misleading, do give an indication of the extent of the delinquency problem. The FBI reports that during the early 1980's, about two-fifths of all arrests in the United States for burglary and arson were of persons under the age of 18. Juveniles also accounted for about one-third of all arrests for larceny. During ... may appear in a juvenile court at least once. Girls are becoming increasingly involved in juvenile delinquency. Today, about one of every five youngsters appearing in juvenile court is a girl. In the early 1900's, this ratio was about 1 girl to every 50 or 60 boys. ociologists have conducted a number of studies to determine how much delinquency is not reported to the police. Most youngsters report taking ...
- 25848: How Women Are Portrayed In Hom
- Women Portrayed in Homer s The Odyssey Women were very important to the Greeks, and they showed this value in many ways. In The Odyssey Homer shows us the different ways women were looked upon through female characters, such as ... highly regarded by the Greeks. In the epic The Odyssey we see how the Greeks looked upon different sorts of women. Wives and daughters were to be loyal, and mothers sometimes suffered. Greek women didn t have much freedom, or choice in their lives, and Homer shows this to us well. The Greeks had many different views of women. The one that sticks out in my mind though, is the view ...
- 25849: High School Activities As A Stepping Stone To A Successful Life
- High School Activities As A Stepping Stone To A Successful Life Success, defined by Webster’s dictionary, is “a favorable or prosperous course or termination of anything attempted; prosperous or advantageous issue”. This definition is perceived many different ways by many different people. They all have different goals and achievements which influence what their personal definition of what a successful life is. One common thing, however, shapes most people’s idea of success at an early age. High school activities teach young people about values and morals that emerge in the outside world. High school activities has also had a dynamic impact on my life ... for a life crowned with success. They are helpful to begin a course to which one could follow to achieve any goal. They are the starting point at which you can begin to shape one’s life to what their personal definition of success is. They are also vital in preparing for the challenges of everyday life. High school activities are truly a stepping stone to a successful life.
- 25850: Female Menstruation
- ... cramp in the lower abdomen or back, sometimes with vaginal discharge, perhaps bloody. This is called Mittelschmerz ("middle pain"). A few women have headaches, gastric pains, or sluggishness. Other women feel better around ovulation -- it's definitely an individualistic thing. In the postovulatory phase, the secretion of progesterone begins to rise. Under the combined influence of estrogens and progesterone, the endometrium continues to develop and the uterine glands secrete nutrient materials ... endometrium is now ready to receive and sustain the fertilized ovum, if fertilization has occurred. The levels of ovarian hormones then remain high and the uterine lining is maintained intact through pregnancy. If pregnancy doesn't occur, the high levels of estrogens and progesterone gradually fall. Below a certain level of hormonal support, the uterine lining can no longer be maintained and begins to slough off, initiating the final menstrual phase ...
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