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- 361: Albert Einstein
- ... post-basic education began at the Luitpold Gymnasium when he was ten. It was here that he first encountered the German spirit through the school's strict disciplinary policy. His disapproval of this method of teaching led to his reputation as a rebel. It was probably these differences that caused Einstein to search for knowledge at home. He began not with science, but with religion. He avidly studied the Bible seeking ... After publishing these theories Einstein was promoted at his office. He remained at the Patents Office for another two years, but his name was becoming too big among the scientific community. In 1908, Einstein began teaching party time at the University of Berne, and the following year, at the age of thirty, he became employed full time by Zurich University. Einstein was now able to move to Prague with his wife ...
- 362: Clara Barton
- ... public service. At age seventeen Barton became a teacher in Massachusetts. She taught many years and then decided that it was time to establish her own school in North Oxford where she was born. Eventually teaching began to loose its zest and she wanted more from life. She decided to further her education and attend the Liberal Institute. The Liberal Institute was located in Clinton, New York; it was an advanced ... for female teachers. Clara Barton yearned to teach once again and accepted a job in New Jersey. Following this she opened a free school in Bordentown. The schools attendance topped six hundred students. Retiring from teaching for good Barton headed for Washington DC. A new chapter in her life opened and she worked as a clerk in the U.S Patent Office. At age forty and at the outbreak of the ...
- 363: Bilingual Education
- Bilingual Education is the teaching of two languages. This would also be the ability to speak two languages. During the 1920's testing among various groups of people began. These tests were conducted in poor testing conditions, overcrowded rooms, poor ... a one way to teach that will cover all aspects of the English language. After English is effectively taught, the students should be mainstreamed. Some say the curriculum is not the problem, but the poor teaching instead. The teache's want students to be proficient in a second language in one or two years. These days, there is also a shortage of well-qualified bilingual teachers. We can improve this by ...
- 364: Book Report On 1984 By George Orwel
- ... to become a believer in the party. He did this by often causing Winston pain by using a needle, which could increase or decrease the amount of pain. O Brien and the party were now teaching Winston things that were not true and they knew it themselves. Such things as 2+2=5. They were also teaching him things that people said a long time ago that was proven wrong like on page 218; The earth is the center of our universe. This is known as geocentric. They were trying to get ...
- 365: Martin Luther The Great Reformer
- ... Church and earned his way up in rank through devotions, prayer, and hard work. Martin soon became a priest within the Catholic Church. Martin was a firm believer in God's word and soon began teaching others in the classroom. As Martin continued to read and study his Bible, he started questioning some of his Church's beliefs and practices. As he continued to read the Bible he started to see ... it. Martin, however, would not leave it alone and made it his lifes' goal to change this minsunderstanding of God's Word. He wanted to show the Catholic Church where they were wrong in their teaching of God's word. This did not make many members of the church very happy. They truly believed that their practices were exactly the way the Bible and God said they should be. In fact ...
- 366: Blind Obedience
- ... they have been programmed to believe that their leaders are always right and must be obeyed. It only took her 23 minutes to convert enemies of the leader into good citizens! Blind obedience is dangerous, teaching methods that teach conclusions without teaching logic and analysis is dangerous. A person needs to be able to explain why he loves God and why he loves his country. The children’s story is Clavell’s rebuttal to the conservative faction ...
- 367: Gifted People
- ... in hand with them to plan and carry out projects and trips. Though the pay is average, and there is not much room to be promoted if you wish to remain in the classroom, gifted teaching has its personal rewards. Jeff Simpleton, a gifted teacher as well as a former gifted student, states, "I really think that by being gifted, I am in touch with what they have to go through ... and determination and drive. Mr. Simpleton feels that this is "what makes them so great". He feels hat anyone with a sense of adventure and a need for something new day after day would find teaching a gifted class to be the perfect job for them. Gifted teachers are important to the development of their students minds. They are understanding individuals who must work hard to make the curriculum interesting and ...
- 368: Folk Tales
- ... on you physical appearance and thus promotes good behavior. Its not hard to see that these three stories are geared mainly towards children, they have many animal characters to help keep children entertained while still teaching a lesson. Folk tales often include such things as magical or fictional creatures and talking animals to amuse and entertain children, From Things Fall Apart and Land of the Small Dragon are good examples of ... inside so it is better to be beautiful and pure of heart then to be bitter and ugly. I think folk tales are a valuable part of every culture and do a great job of teaching young children right from wrong while still being entertaining.
- 369: Robert Frost: Biography and Review
- ... would live on and operate a farm in Derry, New Hampshire that his grandfather had purchase for him with the condition he live there for a minimum of ten years. He would also take a teaching position at Derry’s Pinkerton Academy to receive another form of income. Frost would not stay there long, as he felt the need to once again move. In 1912, when Frost was nearly forty he ... North of Boston”. Sales from the books that Frost had published enabled him to buy a farm in Franconia, N.H. and send him on his way to a long and successful career in writing, teaching, and lecturing. Over the coming years he would receive a number of literary, academic, and public honors. He Received four prestige’s Pulitzer Prizes in his lifetime. Frost lived his life doing what made him ...
- 370: Lord Of The Flies
- ... published. Golding mostly wrote them for practice. They were imitations of other novels he had read. Golding’s fourth novel was the famous Lord of the Flies. He used his experiences from the war and teaching as groundwork for this novel. In fact, he based the characters on children that he had taught. His novel was turned down by more then twenty publishers until it was finally accepted for publication in ... allow the reader to have their own opinion. Others believe he is the greatest writer of all time. Despite the criticism Golding received from writing Lord of the Flies, he continued to write. He quit teaching so he could write full time and he wrote three more novels. These novels were The Inheritors, Pincher Martin, and Free Fall. Golding was awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. This award is ...
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