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- 26111: Graduation Speech
- ... times we are not to speak about failure because it represents in many of our minds something bad. There is an old saying of "Something bad must happen for something good to happen." I don't know if I believe that, but what I do believe about "Failure" is that you should not fear it. We all fail at times in our life, but it is how we react to it ... bells. - Unless you choose to become a teacher. No more having to ask to go to the bathroom. No one to make you take notes, turn in assignments, or go to class if you don't want to. No longer will you have to handle a problem in the form of this section is math, this section is English, this section is Science, an so on. The list could go on ... would like for you to do is to listen to 4 things that I think will be important for you as you go through life. Number 1 - Learn to love and respect yourself. It doesn't matter what you do, where you come from, how much money you have, if you do not love or respect yourself it will be difficult for you to have happiness in your life. When ...
- 26112: Medieval Weapons
- ... a tight shirt of metal. It was used widely and even was developed to cover arms, legs, heads, and arms. Later chain mail would be used to cover the heads and sides of a knight's horse. The downside to this style of armor was that it was useless to small daggers, arrows, and lateral sword swings. Slowly but surely the use of chain mail among knights started to decline (it ... as crossbows and guns, were improved armor slowly became very ineffective. Bullets would tear through the steel and provide a hard time to get in side and clean wounds. SWORDS The sword was the knight's main weapon. It was considered a knight's main weapon and was usually designed with a special hilt. One handed swords usually had two sides and was about 30-40inches long. They were used with a cut and thrust style of attack. ...
- 26113: The Arts Should Be A Part of The School Curriculum
- ... at as another language. It can be another way of dealing with problems other than words. The arts can relate very closely to everyday language. I believe that any spoken language helps to convey one's thoughts, but everyone thinks in a different way. For example, in order to speak to a non-English speaking person and clearly convey a message, both people need to know the basics of the same ... and they may even tell stories. People can communicate with themselves through the arts as well. Anyone can sit at a desk and express themselves through a drawing or listening to a song. Words can't always accomplish what one musical composition or work of art can. The schools need to realize this and give the children a chance to appreciate what can be offered to them other than the original ...
- 26114: Sophocles
- ... child born about a mile outside of Athens. This child was to be named Sophocles. He was a boy whose father was a wealthy merchant. He now had the opportunity to enjoy all of life's greatest expectations in the Greek empire. Being that he was from a wealthy family, he had the chance to study all of the arts. By the time Sophocles reached his late teens, he was already ... this, Sophocles had to crowd all of his action into the shorter form clearly offering greater dramatic possibilities. He has also been credited with the invention of scene painting and painted prisms. Of all Sophocles's plays, only seven have really survived in their entirety. The seven plays are as follow: "Ajax" (451 to 444 B.C.), "Antigone" (after 441 B.C.), "Maidens of Trochis" (after 441 B.C.), "Oedipus the ... the dictates of godly will or temporal authority, or refusing to yield to destiny and circumstance, instead obeys some inner compulsion that leads to agonizing disclosure and, ultimately to a mysterious clearance of that person's behavior and life. Oedipus the King is appropriately famed for its flawless construction, its dramatic power, and its effective dramatic irony. This tragedy of fate explores the depths of modern psycho-analysis as Oedipus ...
- 26115: Teachers
- ... one aspect of school that no student can avoid: the teachers. Whether they act friendly, kind-hearted, and easy-going, or rude, homework-driven, and brutally mean, teachers are an integral part of every student's education. Most teachers can be separated into three categories: the "you wanted MORE homework?" teacher, the "indefinite-deadline" teacher, or the "where did I put that?" teacher. The "you wanted MORE homework?" teacher always feels ... work this time. This teacher does not understand the basic concept of deadlines and will move deadlines for a whole class with just one student asking. Generally, the teacher justifies this with "the students don't understand" or some similar excuse that will generally lead any observer to find the teacher kind-hearted and only looking out for his students. The third category of teachers is the "where did I put ...
- 26116: Tequila And Agave
- ... years in poor conditions. Poor weather can result in no production for a period of several years. However the plant itself is very resilient and can survive in very hostile low water conditions. The agave's flowers however may reach up to 20 ft. and grow very rapidly. The plant is harvested by cutting of the top of the flower shoot and collecting the sap. One plant may yield as much ... Agave plant in Mexico have been demonstrated since the beginning of recorded history. The plant has been both food and Shelter to the Aztecs and bread to the modern day Mexicans who depend on it's crop in a very poor region of the country. It provides more than the alcoholic drink that it is best know for and has played a major role in the development of both civilization and ... Plant Book D.H. Mabberly P151 Cambridge Press 1987 Flowering Plants and Ferns Eighth Ed. J.C. Willis P133 Cambridge Press 1973 Plants and Their Names P Ryan, R Pankhurst Oxford Univ. Press 1995 Sturtevant's Notes On Edible Plants Peter Smith P27 Dover Pub. 1972 Synopsis and Classification Of Living Organisms Sybil P. Parker P483 McGraw Hill Pub. 1982
- 26117: Mummies and Embalming
- Mummies and Embalming In Ancient Egypt when a person died his body was embalmed and made into a mummy. The ancient Egyptians believed that a person's spirit and soul continued to live after death and that it returned to its tomb to visit. For this reason it was very important to save the body in as good shape as possible. Mummies ... put on the mummy. Then it was carefully wrapped in strips of linen. Twenty layers of linen strips were used. The head of the mummy was covered with a mask that looked like the person's face. Then the mask was wrapped and the entire mummy was coated with resin. Finally the mummy was placed in a series of coffins and painted with all king of gods, goddesses, and magic spells. This was put in a stone sarcophagus and painted with all kinds of scenes about the person's new life. Today X-rays are used for studying mummies and doing autopsies. Because of this, we have been able to learn a lot about this area in Ancient Egypt. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 26118: Hebrew Text and Fonts
- Hebrew Text and Fonts Today's written language is quickly becoming history. Just as the carved tablet has become a conversation piece in the archeologist's living room, the written language is quickly becoming as ancient as the dead sea scrolls. A new form of visual communication is taking over the entire world. Languages from across this widespread planet are now ... documents. They also allow for communication and access of the Hebrew language through the internet and e-mail. Through this new step we see that the written language has taken another step forward in it's evolution. Language has become more easily understood by other cultures and has diminished the distance and the miscommunication between what at times seems to be a completely different world.
- 26119: Censorship of Academic Materials
- ... benefit the student, censorship does not allow for this to happen. Censoring academic materials is presenting a greater evil because it is not allowing for students to maximize their guaranteed rights. Censorship hinders a student's ability to progress into the future and take responsibility for his / her actions; therefore, censorship must come to an end. If the epidemic of censorship continues to flourish in our societym we will lose all ... Charles. "School Censorship." The CQ Researcher Feb 1993: 147-156 Hollis, Alpert. Censorship: For and Against. New York: Hary, 1992. "Is School and Library Censorship Justified?" Opposing Viewpoints Jan. 1985: 137-174. Solin, Sabrina. "Don't Read This." Seventeen September 1994:98 Taz, Meredith. "Keep Censors Out of School Libraries." Parents Magazine April 1995: 171.
- 26120: Creon Vs. Antigone In The Buri
- ... next in blood. Creon has announced that Eteocles is to be buried with military honors. As for Polyneices he will recieve no such burial but instead will be left unburied. Antigone, one of the daughter's of Oedipus and sister of Eteocles and Polyneices, decides she is going to bury her brother against the king's wishes even though she is risking her life to do so. King Creon's decision not to properly bury Polyneices is because he feels he is a traitor to Thebes. This is due to the fact that he broke out of exile and attacked his own city with ...
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