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- 391: Only Yesterday
- ... evolution of the human race. They contended that the Bible was nothing more than fictitious literature and that humans evolved over millions of years from lower life forms. Many states past laws that forbade the teaching of evolution in public schools. This brought about the Scopes trial. John Thomas Scopes was a 24-year-old biology teacher from Dayton, Tennessee. He was dared into teaching evolution just to see what would happen. He did and the country erupted with an overwhelming response. People across the nation began taking sides on the issue. A trial progressed with Clarence Darrow defending Scopes ...
- 392: Mother Teresa
- ... with a mission in Calcutta. This is where she took the name of Sister Teresa, after Saint Teresa of Lisieux, who also found her vocation while still a child. As a nun, Mother Teresa began teaching at St. Mary's high school in Calcutta. After a few years of teaching she became principal of the school. Mother Teresa had a special place in her heart for children, and she showed it her actions. In 1982, during a the siege of Bierut, she convinced the Israeli ...
- 393: Easing Our Childrens Fears
- ... the basics of this disease, how it is transmitted, and how to prevent exposure, we can clarify myths and facts, and send our children into the world with knowledge, and some control over their fears. Teaching our children about the basics of the disease can help to reduce their fears. AIDS, or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, is the final stage of a disease which causes an abnormal reduction in the body s ... to reduce the chance of exposure will lessen the fears of children. Very simply, avoidance of any body fluid will eliminate all possibility of acquiring AIDS. Most importantly, for children who are sexually active, the teaching of safe sex is paramount. Latex has been proven to provide a protective barrier against body fluids and the transmission of HIV. Body fluids are present in most sexual acts, even if not apparent, and ...
- 394: Diversity In Educational Insti
- ... mission statement and building linkages with the surrounding community. In the past, educational systems, like most other institutions assumed that there was a common culture to which all aspired. Whether it was the core curriculum, teaching methods, or just general expectations about the role of faculty, students, or higher education in general, there was comparatively little disagreement about the basic values. This was in part, because the people who populated the ... needs of a more diverse student body and to educate students to meet the needs of a more diverse society. To prepare students for such a society may require substantial reform of the conventional curriculum, teaching strategies, and many nonacademic aspects of college life. How colleges respond to these challenges now and in the future may determine whether they will thrive, and perhaps even survive, as centers of higher education. The ...
- 395: Dead Poets Society, Summary
- ... were with the school and some of them were against. The characters in "The Dead Poet s Society" were very unique. Mr Keating was a very round character. He has a very unique way of teaching the class about poetry. Mr. Keating had went to the same school he is teaching in now. Knox was flat. He had problems with his dad. Todd was flat. He was on Mr. Keating s side when the school tried to fire him. Cameron was dynamic. He went with the ...
- 396: Herman Melville Defined
- ... his son was only twelve. This forced Herman to quit school and find work to help support the family. This cut his education short, and he never actually returned to organized schooling. He found jobs teaching writing at various schools but found it unrewarding, boring, and poorly paid (14). While teaching in May of 1839 he managed to publish his first piece, Fragments from a Writing Desk, in a newspaper. Searching for better employment, Melville joined a whaling crew on the ship Acushnet. He quickly grew ...
- 397: Dissecting Education
- ... how capable they are of learning new things. Not only that, but also is each student interested in learning what everyone else is learning? Today there are many schools that have put more emphasis in teaching learning skills rather than the knowledge that is needed to move on to the next level (Hirsch 129). Some schools have gone to what is known as core knowledge to make sure that each and ... to be at an equal level with the other students. Children who have not learned very much at home or outside of school won t have very much to give intellectually, so the idea of teaching to draw out personal knowledge will not work. How do you fairly teach a class that will mean whether or not you will keep your job? Many teachers face this dilemma today because of the ...
- 398: Questioning The Constitutional
- ... federal governments to favor one religion over another? Government can show favoritism toward religion by displaying religious symbols in public places at taxpayer expense, by sponsoring events like Christmas concerts, caroling, or by supporting the teaching of religious ideas. It appears the United States government has had a history of favoring Christianity. The United States government's favoritism of Christianity is a clear violation of the First Amendment. This amendment states ... over no religion. The First Amendment prohibits this. We understand that public school prayer discriminates against some religious views so it is prohibited in public schools. Similarly, Christmas concerts play a role similar to the teaching of creationism and prayer. The Christmas concerts subconsiously influence students toward the beliefs of Christianity. To be fair to non-Christian groups, converting "Christmas" concerts to "Holiday" concerts would maintain the "separation of church and ...
- 399: Culture from Cranium
- ... to men and shared equally in administration of the commune. They saw the Father and Son as being somehow androgynous, and the Holy Spirit as simply an emanation from the other two. The most pivotal teaching was that humans are free of sin. Sex was not seen as a sin, although excess sexual activity could be seen as lacking is self-restraint and therefor looked down upon. But it was also ... of Ascending Fellowship, which was also used to introduce people into adulthood. An older member of the community would request to mentor a younger one, or a newcomer, in their spiritual growth. This would entail teaching them the sexual practices of the community. Because of this most women who became spiritual mentors would be post-menopausal to prevent accidental pregnancies. The younger person would always be obligated to accept by reason ...
- 400: The Life And Times Of The Man
- ... of other devices. Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to a family of speech educators. His father, Melville Bell, had invented Visible Speech, a code of symbols for all spoken sounds that was used in teaching deaf people to speak. Aleck Bell studied at Edinburgh University in 1864 and assisted his father at University College, London, from 1868-70. During these years he became deeply interested in the study of sound ... beam of light; an audiometer; a telephone probe, used in surgery until the discovery of the X-ray; and an induction balance for detecting metal within the human body. Bell founded several organizations to support teaching of the deaf. He helped to establish Science magazine and the National Geographic Society. He also worked on air conditioning, an improved strain of sheep (to bear multiple lambs), an early iron lung, solar distillation ...
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