Essays Tagged: "academically"

Higher Education - What is Higher Learning?

retation of higher learning. There are some people that have the resources, whether it be wealth or academically, to access higher learning at a university, but for those who do not, they have to be c ...

(3 pages) 336 1 4.8 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Prop. 16

y 'dumb jocks' out there. This woulds force the College ball playing hopefuls to get better grades academically. Also if they could not reach the grades that Prop. 16 required then they can go to a ... way I do. Lets go over those three again; they were:1.)It will force them to get better grades academically2.)With this there will be a place called a junior college, where athletes that don' ...

(4 pages) 35 0 4.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Alteration of Diery Habits

host culture in order to survive. However, is it necessary to become acculturated to perform well, academically or professionally? Based on dietary pattern as the main tool to determine a Taiwanese s ...

(18 pages) 341 0 4.1 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness

A definition and understanding of our own individualism. Speaks of Benjamin Franklin and Carol Gilligan

dy is very shrewd. Her style lends itself to being viewed as clinical and unbiased as well as being academically grounded. Carol Gilligan began writing this book in the early 1970's, at a time of resu ...

(5 pages) 125 0 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

William Randolph Hearst

arst's story begins with his career as a journalist and that, in turn, begins atHarvard University. Academically, he did not do all that well and was eventually expelled in hisjunior year. What Hearst ...

(4 pages) 62 0 3.5 Apr/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Politicians

It's an essay about social alienation with comparisons from "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," by Ambrose Bierce, "The Blue Hotel," by Stephen Crane, and "A Worn Path," by Eudora Welty.

ents who are not involved in an organization too. Students who are Freshman tend to adjust the most academically and social wise, mainly because they are in a new environment. Students will tend to fo ...

(5 pages) 166 0 4.6 Jul/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Teenagers and jobs

school into a schedule. Given long, inconvenient hours and little pay, it is very difficult to stay academically focused while trying to work at the same time. There are also many psychological aspect ...

(2 pages) 68 1 5.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Which gender does better on a first year level of college?

s. Student's grades were investigated in this experiment to determine which gender performed better academically. One class of Psychology 100 students were used in the study. The data was derived from ... ed to obtain the overall averages of males and females to distinguish which gender performed better academically. Averages were determined among males and females while a class average was calculated ...

(6 pages) 95 0 4.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

How Maya Angelou gives personal account of her life and how she dealt with abandonment and loneliness, discrimination, and rape in I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.

ty as a black, unattractive girl living in the South. Despite such misfortunes, Maya was successful academically, collectively and in all endeavors in which she strived to accomplish. Maya, who was fa ...

(5 pages) 179 1 4.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The advantages of home schooling versus public schooling.

aller and more individualized. A home schooled child can learn at the level he or she is really at. Academically, studies have shown children that are home schooled out perform children that are publi ... public schools do not offer many positive benefits to our children anymore. Home schooled children academically out perform public schooled children. Socially the children are better behaved compared ...

(2 pages) 86 1 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

A Road Less Traveled.

hat has remained with me until now and conceivably forever, was the spring of 1993, the year I was "academically" dismissed.Sometime around the middle of April, I sat in a steamy classroom, still obli ...

(4 pages) 57 0 4.0 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

The Purpose of writing within the context of Schooling.

teaching is to equip students in skills that will assist them to function adequately within society academically and socially. Writing of course, is a crucial part of the Primary school curriculum it ... nce when constructing their own texts. They will also be able to respond in a variety of situations academically and socially, which are the main goals of the Primary school curriculum.BibliographyCam ...

(5 pages) 172 0 3.7 Aug/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Learn everything about Catcher in the Rye. The main points of the story and a well written essay by me.

chool. However, as his story progresses, it becomes clear that Holden is indeed motivated, just not academically. He has a purpose: to protect the young and innocent minds of young children from the " ...

(4 pages) 63 0 4.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Developing New Skills.

tting as much out of the class as I really did. English has always been one of my weaknesses for me academically; however, I have always been good at speaking my mind and this class has helped me beco ...

(8 pages) 241 0 4.2 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies

"Games such as football are not only dangerous but also a waste of time" What do you think?

ete can hold is a coach, or a Physical Education teacher. Even as a teacher, he would still have to academically incline. Therefore, it shows that games is a waste of time.Athletes take steroids when ...

(2 pages) 21 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

AMelia

f rusty wire and wood and not at all interesting. Despite Amelia.s difficult childhood she excelled academically and had a love for sports, animals, and poetry.In 1914, Amelia along with her mother an ...

(5 pages) 38 3 4.6 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

THe basic mainpoints of A Seperate Piece by John Knowel including the Setting, background info,characaters, plot summary,and themes

he school; devising games like Blitzball, and organizing the Winter Carnival. However, Gene is more academically oriented in his interests and is jealous of Finny's natural ability in sports, a qualit ...

(4 pages) 23 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Effect Of Socio Economic Status On Children In Grade 6 In Jamaica

ffected their academic achievement. Some students perform well while some students performed poorly academically. In analyzing the results of these students academic performance it was evident that st ... g when necessary.Sub-Problems1. Children whose parents are from the upper class will perform better academically because their parents can provide financial and other assistance. While those from the ...

(3 pages) 70 2 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

Paint no Illusion/ a suspense short story aimed to copy edgar allan poe's style

s hers, one could obtain anything, but she was serious and very much so. Summer was strong not just academically but in almost every other thing that one could imagine. She was the captain of the scho ...

(5 pages) 32 0 4.5 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Better To Be Born Smarter

cs, eggheads, dorks, and eagle scouts; these words have come to define the socially-challenged, yet academically-gifted populations in our schools. Taped glasses, high-water pants, pocket-protectors, ...

(6 pages) 75 2 4.4 Aug/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays