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- 701: Charles Darwin
- ... Darwin and Susannah Wedgewood. He was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England where his father practiced medicine. He attended Shrewsbury Grammar School which was a well-kn own secondary school which concentrated on teaching classic languages. Even as a boy Darwin loved science and his enthusiasm for chemical studies earned him the name "Gas" from his friends. The headmaster at Shrewsbury, Dr. Samuel Butler noted, "Here's a boy ...
- 702: The Comparison and Contrasting of the Masters of Fredrick Douglass
- ... to his brother Hugh Auld. Keep in mind Lucretia could be Douglass’s sister. This was a good thing for Douglass because he would start to learn how to read and write. Sophia Auld began teaching him the ABC’s in her spare time. This went on for a while, but her husband soon declined this privilege from happening for the rest of his time with the Auld’s. Hugh Auld ...
- 703: Frederick Douglass and Slavery
- ... of Reconstruction the followed. As a child, Douglass was taught how to read by Sophia Auid. She was drawn to the questioning mind of Douglass. Her husband however, put a stop to this stating the teaching of Douglass to read would, "Spoil the best nigger in the world... forever unfitting him for the duties of a slave." As a slave child some experiences were hard to describe. Douglass witnessed, as a ...
- 704: The Life and Work of Frederick Douglass
- ... burdens of everyday slavery could not give. Learning to read and write was a challenge simply because the resources were not there. He used wit and good natured cunning to trick local school boys into teaching him the alphabet. If he had never sought knowledge, he would never been able to write any of his autobiographies which live on even today as important accounts of slavery. Also, without knowledge, Frederick Douglass ...
- 705: Orwell's "Such, Such Were the Joys....": Alienation and Other Such Joys
- ... the eight-year old Orwell condemns himself as a sinner, following that which he is preached. Without thinking, questioning or understanding, he blindly accepts the morality presented him. The school establishment shuns and castigates him, teaching him through fiery sermons and corporal punishment to hate himself for his incorrigible actions. Sim and Bingo, the benefactors of this psychologically ailing “scholarship” student, aid him in no way, adding only to his misery ...
- 706: The Life Of Babe Ruth
- ... read, write, play baseball, do needle work, and right from wrong. Ruth showed a startling natural talent with a baseball bat, so Brother Matthais tried to round young George into a complete baseball player by teaching him to pitch and field. Ruth says that, ”Brother Matthais was the greatest man I ever knew.” Ruth was taught to make shirts and became quite good at it, he boasted that he could sew ...
- 707: Albert Einstein
- ... interested in science, went to Zurich, Switzerland, to enter a famous technical school. There his ability in mathematics and physics began to show. When Einstein was graduated in 1900 he was unable to get a teaching appointment at a university. Instead he got a clerical job in the patent office at Bern, Switzerland. It was not what he wanted but it would give him leisure for studying and thinking. While over ...
- 708: Confucius
- ... similar. Therefore, stated would work together in order to solve universal problems. For example, you could eliminate a problem in Olympia, Washington and Miami, Florida at the same time. Because of their similar problems. Another teaching of Confucius is to put aside military conquests and focus on the good of the country. The US definitely needs to do this. Every day on television we see poor, famined children persuading us to ...
- 709: Leonard Bernstein
- ... lesson. But that teacher soon moved away and Leonard found himself paying another piano teacher three dollars a lesson out of his allowance. After more than a year of piano lessons that just weren't teaching him much, Leonard found a new, and this time excellent piano teacher named Helen Coates. She was sensitive to Leonard's shyness and knew what it took to teach him. She had him study symphonies ...
- 710: Woodrow Wilson and His Ability To be an Effective President
- ... was shown more during his time of presidency at Princeton University. Wilson's more conservative student body and faculty showed a dislike towards his radical ideas. They did not like the ideas of changing the teaching style and living style. Because of this many of his ideas were turned down. When he first became president he pushed for equality of opportunity for all men, no matter if they were rich or ...
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