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- 14051: Best Evidence
- ... in that slime, conceived by a pair of those monsters born of Cain, murderous creatures banished by God," (20-23). Thus his mother is also of the same origin. The dragon as well is a great evil, whose breath "[was] burning hot, poison [poured] from his tongue," (672-673). The three battles are fought at different times of Beowulf’s life, to symbolize the perpetual war men fight against evil. Beowulf ...
- 14052: Sex Education: Does it Really Work?
- ... one million unplanned pregnancies each year" ("The Effects" 632). "About thirty-seven percent of teenage pregnancies end in abortion and about fourteen percent in miscarriage" (Whitehead 73). The social consequences of teens having children are great. If a teenage mother does not finish high school or become married there is a seventy-nine percent chance that the mother and the child will be poor (Whitehead 73). Teenage girls have greater control ...
- 14053: Apartheid In South Africa 2
- ... the population, they own 86.3% of the land. However, it must be said that the Afrikaaners are entitled to the Orange Free State and Transvaal, as they were first to use it after the Great Trek of 1836. The average South African White earns eight times as much as the average black man. Coloureds earn three times as much as blacks while coloureds earn well over half of what whites ...
- 14054: Primary Education & Post Plowden Legacy
- ... find themselves having to offer incentives or punishment in order to motivate pupils whereas the work with little or no academic value is seen, generally, as enjoyable i.e games and arts. The author places great emphasis on trust. S/he asserts that many children cannot foresee the long-term advantages of doing work in schools and that many simply believe or disbelieve the teacher when s/he says it will ...
- 14055: Beowulf Society
- ... events date back to the sixth century. However, because there is only one manuscript of Beowulf still in tact very little is known about the poem or its author. The poem does, however, give us great insight into the culture of the people who composed and told this epic tale. Because the poem was performed orally mainly between the eighth and tenth centuries, but dealt with subject matter of centuries earlier ...
- 14056: Articles Of Confederation 4
- ... Constitution was formed. Though the Articles instilled a seemingly well functioning governmental establishment, the Articles were far from a flawless governing mechanism. In the early days of the new British-free America there was a great fear of the new system of government being of the same mold of their former, a monarchy, or even a dictatorship. There was one group of revolutionaries that supported a monarchy being formed. This faction ...
- 14057: Beowulf - Norse Mythology
- ... the creation story, Odin and his brothers were angry with the frost giants, and almost succeeded in destroying the entire race: "Odin and his two brothers quarreled with the old giant Ymir and after a great battle they killed him. When he fell, hacked to pieces, so much blood flooded form his body that all his giant family was drowned… The sons of Bor went to work on Ymir’s body ...
- 14058: The Salem Witch Trials
- ... McCarthy hearings. This was a time when our society’s greates fear was Communism. Also, since the 1960’s, there appears to be an increasing number of UFO sightings and “abductions”. The fear of the great unknown of outer space could be a prime motivator in what some people perceive as a form of hysteria. The Salem witch trials were a tragic episode in our country’s history, but if it ...
- 14059: Beowulf
- ... the year before the country lost respect for baseball when a baseball strike had ruined the season. In bringing back the love for a sacred sport Mr. McGuire earned the counties love and respect. Another great warrior was a man named Wiglaf who tried to save Beowulf's life. Beowulf ran into trouble when he was fighting an evil dragon. He had gotten older had had not ever fought a fire ...
- 14060: Managing Classroom Behavior
- ... The fourth question you need to ask your self is if this behavior is developmentally significant. Although there are other types of developmentally significant behaviors, most will fall into four primary categories: academic failure, aggression, depression, and problems with peers. The fifth question to ask is, "Should I concentrate on a behavior excess or deficiency?" A behavioral excess is something you usually want the child to stop doing. A behavior deficiency ...
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