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- 121: D.h. Lawrence
- ... was a story especially written for a competition run by the Nottingham Guardian in 1907. It was called A Prelude and won a £3 prize (this was a sizable prize given that when Lawrence began teaching a year later he earned £1.90 per week). Lawrence had entered all three categories. Once in his own name, the others in friends' names; the winning entry was in Jessie Chambers' name. (Chambers 687 ... that had plagued Lawrence all year culminated in pneumonia. Once again, he fought his way free of the illness but his lungs had been damaged further. The doctor told him outright that to return to teaching would be to court tuberculosis and so, again, his life's direction was dictated by his lungs. An aunt had in-laws in Germany and a plan was suggested whereby Lawrence could go to stay ... I lived with Lawrence" - Frieda Lawrence In May 1913, Sons and Lovers was published in Great Britain. It did not sell spectacularly well, and Lawrence faced the possibility that he may have to return to teaching. He managed, however, to keep up a constant stream of short stories, articles, essays and poetry which enabled the pair to live the very simple life with which they were satisfied. The lovers returned ...
- 122: Religion/Faith
- ... helped to create America. Later Brandt goes on to say " too it is impossible to predict with any confidence what affect religious education will have on children." Which is precisely my point. Why are we teaching them things that aren't sure will help them later on in life. We should be teaching them history so they will grow up knowing who they are, who their ancestors were and what we learned from them. Rather than teaching our kids to believe in one specific person(s) to believe with out question.In Brandts essay a mother says, "I think you can transmit values to your kids but belief is different." I ...
- 123: Multicultural Education: Piecing Together the Puzzle
- ... positive multicultural change”(p. 272). I feel that these goals are proof that the arguments against multicultural education are invalid (Banks, 1995). Multiculturalism promotes positive change for persons of all cultures. It involves not only teaching majority groups about minorities, but also teaching minority groups about the majority groups. It has its base in democratic ideals such as equality, freedom, and justice. Multiculturalism will unite our divided nation into one unit which will have no mainstream culture, but ... Chavez, L.(1995). Demystifying Multiculturalism. In Noll, J. W. (Ed.), Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Educational Issues (pp. 94-98). Guilford, CT: The Dushkin Publishing Group, Inc. Davidman, L. (with Davidman, P.T.) (1994). Teaching With a Multicultural Perspective: A Practical Guide. White Plains, NY: Longman Publishing Group. Lynch, J. (1989). Multicultural Education in a Global Society. Bristol, PA: The Falmer Press. Noel, J.R. (1995). Multicultural Teacher Education: ...
- 124: Marie Curie: A Pioneering Physicist
- ... in Paris. Then, when Bronya could afford it, she would help Manya with her schooling and education in return. Manya went to live in a village called Szczuki with a family called Zorawski. Aside from teaching the two children of the family for seven hours a day, she organized lessons for her own benefit as well. Manya spent her evenings, late evenings, and even mornings devouring books on mathmatics and science ... so Becquerel accepted the medals for them. The Nobel Prize included a rather large sum of money... 70,000 gold francs. The Curies accepted the money finance for their experiments. This released Pierre from his teaching so that he could concentrate on research and to repay to kindness and support they had received from their friends and family over the years. They also gave gifts to poor Polish students and made ... a few improvements to their small apartment. One new comer that the Curies didn't mind was Eve, their second daughter, born in December in 1904. Her arrival didn't disrupt the Curies research and teaching, as their first child Irene had threatened. The Curie's lust for science still lingered. In the year of 1905, Pierre was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences and became a ...
- 125: Mohandas K. Gandhi: “Live Simply So Others Can Simply Live”
- ... to overcome fear. A method that was developed personally by Gandhi was the Satyagraha. (Gandhi, 4-7) This was a direct social action that was based on nonviolence, principals of courage, and truth. Through this teaching Gandhi taught it was more important how a person behaved rather than what that person achieved. He also preached through the Satyagraha that if your opponent’s actions were wrong you could amend them through ... his unselfish service to his people. It’s hard for me to understand how someone can believe in something so strongly that they are willing to dedicate their entire life to fight against injustice. The teaching that I value and appreciate the most of Gandhi is the method of Satyagraha, which is based on the principles of truth, nonviolence and courage. The lesson that Gandhi preached through this unique method was that the way people behave is more important that what a person achieves. This teaching brought about social change for India. Through reading about Gandhi, I have taken in his thoughts and feelings about issues and it has inspired me in a way to try to live my life ...
- 126: Sex Discrimination
- ... other hand women seem to fall into different sectors to men, they make up 62% of teachers and librianship but only 25% of business and financial professionals and shockingly only 5% of engineers and technologists. Teaching is a qualified position, 90% of primary school teachers and 60% of secondary teachers are women but 50% primary and 80% secondary school heads are men. This is the same right the way across the ... certain job. Woman tend to be found at the low end of vertical segregation in professional occupations. Horizontal segregation is the segregation of gender in the spread of different occupations. Woman are usually found dominating teaching while men dominate engineering. Data from the Eurostat Labour survey shows whenwoman break horizontal segregation by increasing their presencein a particular occupation, vertical segregation becomes securely established. This is shown by the fact that 3 ... 1975 but there is still a long way to go until woman in managerial jobs get an equal wage to there counterparts. The fact that women are entering different job areas to men e.g. Teaching / Social working, means that even if a woman takes a company to court because she believes she is not getting paid as much as a male employee, even though she is using the same ...
- 127: Herbert George Wells
- ... books, Wells's reading broadened. From 1884-1887 he was a student at Normal School of Science, London. There he studied biology under the well-known Thomas H. Huxley. In the early 1890s, Wells started teaching science classes, which led him to write a biology textbook. He also started writing articles in the popular magazines that were beginning to pop up everywhere. At the invitation of one of the editors, he began writing science-fiction stories in the mid 1890s. In 1893 Wells suffered a physical breakdown that forced him to abandon teaching forever. It is after this that he was determined to pursue a literary career. In 1895, he published his first science-fiction novel, The Time Machine. The Time Machine rose to instant success, and so ... than once. These include: The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds.) In writing his novels and stories, Wells had many influences. Two of them are his schooling and teaching as a biologist and the state of mind of Victorian society during his time. Many people of that era saw the wonders that modern science and industry were providing, and dreamed about a coming ...
- 128: Isadora Duncan
- ... not gone well, she quit her academic schooling, and started her business. Her neighbors had noticed her gracefulness and began sending their children to be her students. Pretty soon, word got around and Isadora was teaching some of the wealthy girls of San Francisco. Her classes eventually grew so large that Isadora found that her own dance lessons had indeed been unnecessary. One day, when Isadora was sixteen, her father came ... her school that she met Edward Gordon Craig, the son of actress Ellen Terry. They had a lot in common, and they fell in love immediately. After about three months of heart-felt love and teaching, Isadora found she was pregnant. Her first-born child was born on September 26, 1905. She and Craig named their baby Deirdre. As eager as Isadora was to get back to her dancing, she stayed ... children's in their memorial. Even people who had watched her dance decades before came to the solemn service. To all these people Isadora Duncan meant something. She brought into the world the idea of teaching young children how to dance. Even though she knew they would not all become professional dancers, she felt that a feeling of rhythm and freedom of movement were important for one to have. She ...
- 129: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- ... objectives. Children with FAS greatly benefit with early intervention because it is important to begin early to guide the learning of appropriate, functional skills and to decrease the occurrence of inappropriate behaviors. Targeting functional skills, teaching communication skills, making choices, and teaching social skills are all important aspects of teaching children with FAS. In dealing with challenging behaviors, the article stressed that planning ahead with an educational team better prepares the teachers for a challenging situation, and the team will be more likely to ...
- 130: Comparing the Sermon on the Mount and the Sermon on the Plain
- ... call us to not evaluate or use discrimination of others, but rather speaks against a superior and self righteous attitude. We may evaluate another only in the mindset that we are sinful and imperfect. The teaching of the Lord is given in Luke 6:41, 42 which states, Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, with never a thought for the plank in your own? How ... False prophets are those who give the appearance of godliness, but on the inside they are full of evil. Preaching and even miracles are no such sign of being genuine. Luke records only one more teaching of Jesus following the warning of the false prophets. The teaching is about those who know the Lord on a personal basis do not follow what the Lord says. Luke records the following, “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord’ – and never do what I ...
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