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- 411: Movie: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- ... only positive part of his personality was his composing. Mozart's father came for a stay. There was much friction between his father and his wife. His father, who had devoted so much time to teaching his son music, was devastated by his lifestyle. They argued and the result was the departure of Herr Mozart. His father died a short time later. One day, a housemaid offers her services to the ... was like this. I wonder if Salieri really hated or was jealous of Mozart. Did Salieri really plan to kill the composer? The World Book Encyclopedia states that Mozart did try to earn money by teaching pupils. There is no mention of any abnormal behavior. Whether the movie is true or false, I think the movie tries to show that genius is next to madness. A person may excel in one ...
- 412: 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 ...
- 413: Movie Review: Dangerous Minds
- ... students are desperate to connect with someone who cares about them. Life has taught them to trust no one and count on nothing so many teachers see this as a wall on the road to teaching them. The students of urban public schools, of who many are bused in on a daily basis for the supposed equal opportunity, are more worried about staying alive than reading, writing and arithmetic. In the ... t Do Homework, LouAnne Johnson. This goes to show that while many of our students may not be learning it may be because the teacher needs to do some learning on how to go about teaching the students. Many teachers also believe that if they stand in front of the classroom and teach and the students do not listen that they are unwilling to learn but sometimes it takes the skills ...
- 414: Unethical Behavior Role Modeling in Death of a Salesman
- ... Biff that the coach was likely to congratulate Biff for his show of initiative (29, 30). Similarly, at another point in the play Biff and Happy stole lumber from a nearby construction site. Instead of teaching the boys a lesson in ethics Willy was proud of his sons. In fact, he bragged about the amount of construction materials the two stole (50, 51). Willy allowed the boys to steal, which could ... an immoral act, worse yet, Willy's praise for their actions prohibited Biff and Happy from knowing stealing was an immoral act. Studies have shown that at a very young age children were extremely impressionable. Teaching the difference between right and wrong would give hope for a moral future. In the play there was little hope for Biff and Happy because Willy continued to show poor standards of morality in a ...
- 415: Anti-Semitism in The Merchant of Venice
- ... The Merchant of Venice" what happened if one day someone picked it up, read it, and followed the anti-Semitism in it. I think that if it will stop one person from being racist, by teaching them it is wrong by teaching everyone then it will all be worth it.
- 416: Booker T. Washington
- ... so valued by Washington. He wanted on-campus dormitories so he could supervise and improve the students' living habits. The school found an abandoned farm nearby, but it had no buildings fit for living or teaching in. Washington and his students raised enough money for construction, and they built the first brick building. They also built a kiln to make bricks for future projects as well as to manufacture and sell ... did more toward laying the foundations of Tuskegee Institute so as to insure the successful work that has been done there than Olivia A. Davidson." Washington believed in the "dignity of labor." He emphasized the teaching of "practical skills," like brickmaking, carpentry and dairying for the boys, and cooking and sewing for the girls. He believed thatNegro's must make economic progress, and learn how to make a living first. In ...
- 417: The Life of John Calvin
- ... separate from the layperson. Contrarily, the Calvinists believe in the priesthood of all believers. In this understanding all believers are considered priests. This is also called the universal priesthood. The concept of predestination is a teaching in the Calvinistic conviction. Predestination is the teaching that peoples were saved solely by the grace of God. Only the Elect were to be saved. No one knew who these Elect were. Calvin once said, We call predestination God's eternal decree, by ...
- 418: Mother Teresa: The Living Saint
- ... She then received her spiritual training. In 1931, Mother Teresa took her name of Teresa from Therese Martin, a French nun. Six years later she took her vows. Mother Teresa then decided to begin her teaching. She taught for twenty years in Saint Mary's High School in Calcutta, India. On September 10, 1946, Mother Teresa said she received another call from God to serve the poor who live in the ... calling. So she began to share her life with the poor, sick and the hungry in Calcutta. Mother Teresa with her new positon established a congregation called Missionaries of Charity. She began her work by teaching the children of the streets how to read. Mother Teresa also began to care for lepers. In 1965, Pope Paul VI desited to expand Mother Teresa's Order to other countries by put the Missionaries ...
- 419: Universities Medieval And Mode
- ... which contain beliefs that differ from their own. In fact these studies are encouraged in order to broaden the students thought processes. One aspect of universities, however, has stayed the same. The main method of teaching is still the lecture. Today teachers incorporate auxiliary methods of teaching in order to keep the students interested but still rely mainly on lecturing. This is a method that has worked for hundreds of years and will probably work for hundreds more. Universities in medieval times ...
- 420: Euclid and His Works
- ... he taught at Alexandria in Egypt. The Elements Euclid's most famous work is his treatise on geometry called The Elements. The book was a compilation of geometrical knowledge that became the centre of mathematical teaching for 2000 years. Probably no results in The Elements were first proved by Euclid but the organization of the material and its exposition are certainly due to him. The Elements begins with definitions and axioms ... why The Elements make Euclid the best mathematician. Famous Quotations by Euclid There are 3 quotations that make him outstanding one is "There is no royal road to geometry." Another was said while Euclid was teaching a young boy to read geometry "What do I get from learning these things?" So Euclid called a slave and said "Give him threepence, since he must make a gain out of what learns. The ...
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