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- 171: Malcolm X
- ... man in America, how his ancestors had once ruled great civilisations back in Africa and how the whites had taken millions of Africans as slaves to the Americas. He also learnt "Yacub's History", a teaching of Elijah Muhammad's which claimed that the Negro was the Original Man and that all whites were devils sent into the world to cause mischief and evil. This crash course in history and philosophy ... white man's heaven and the black man's hell of North America. I have pledged on my knees to Allah to tell the white man about his crimes and the black man the true teaching of our Honourable Elijah Muhammad. I don't care if it costs me my life. . ." Throughout the 1950s the Nation Of Islam increased its membership and Malcolm, now head of the New York Temple, became ... Muhammad but, unexpectedly in 1964 when all America was in turmoil, there appeared a split in the Nation Of Islam. Hearing numerous rumours that Mr. Muhammad was committing adultery with his secretaries (strictly against Muslim teaching) Malcolm warned him about these stories but was rebuffed and an angry Mr. Muhammad later banned Malcolm from public speaking for six months. This public humiliation was hard for him to take but Malcolm ...
- 172: Censorship and the First Amendment: The American Citizen's Right to Free Speech
- ... assert that everyone has a right to self opinion, but imposing your beliefs on others is not a solution, by any means. The following quotation, by John Carney Jr., from his speech "Theoretical Value in Teaching Freedom of Speech," sums up his ideas on where the future of free speech stands. He brings out the concept of societies control over the fate of free speech. Carney opens our eyes to the ... relates to our form of government, and therefore, have no commitment to it... Any attempt is impossible without free speech. It's tough enough with it, but impossible without it... Perhaps the overriding need for teaching freedom of speech is because the people don't believe it any more (Carney). In looking back at this issue, we realize that the level of complexity has escalated since the first case encountered in ... believe our founding fathers theorized that with so many people speaking out, the truth would always emerge, and our country would grow to be fair and free. Works Cited Carney, John Jr., "Theoretical Value in Teaching Freedom of Speech." Speech Association of the Eastern States. New York, 10 March 1973. Harer, John B. Intellectual Freedom: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara: ABC- CLIO, 1992. 21. ---. Intellectual Freedom: A Reference Handbook. Santa ...
- 173: Robert Frost
- ... in San Francisco. His father was William Frost, a Harvard graduate who was on his way westward when he stopped to teach at Bucknell Academy in Pennsylvania for extra money. His mother, Isabelle Moodie began teaching math at Bucknell while William was there, and they got married and moved to San Francisco. They were constantly changing houses, and William went from job to job as a journalist. About a year after ... E. Lee. Frost's father died from tuberculosis at age thirty-four, in 1885. Isabelle took Robert and his sister back east to Massachusetts. Soon they moved to Salem, New Hampshire, where there was a teaching opening. Robert began to go to school and sit in on his mothers classes. He soon learned to love language, and eventually went to Lawrence High School, where he wrote the words to the ... poetry. His poetry had little success getting published, and he had to work various jobs to make a living, such as a shoemaker, a country schoolteacher, and a farmer. In 1912 Frost gave up his teaching job, sold his farm, and moved to England. He received aid from poets suck as Edward Thomas and Rupert Brooke, and published his first two volumes of poetry, A Boy's Will in 1913, ...
- 174: History of the Far East
- ... sutra, in these commentaries the ideals and values gaining acceptance among the ruling class are shown. In the " Lotus of the Wonderful Law ' there is the theme of law in the spiritual sense, the central teaching is universal salvation, one need only rely on the Lotus, have faith in it and spread the faith to be assured salvation ( de Bary, 263 ). This brought a new notion of individual worth and egalitarian ... to 781, there was a huge Chinese influence not only in establishing Buddhism but also in the culture and the development of arts and sciences in Japan. The Mahayana school laid the ground for the teaching of Buddhism as it emphasized the use of faith and intuition, but the Dharma Character school was the first to introduce Japan to the concept of structuring the levels of consciousness ( de Bary, 266 ). The ... there was only one : Amida' Original Vow ( de Bary, 327 ). Nichiren ( 1222- 1282 ) was trained in the monastic center of Hiei, by Saicho the Tendai sect founder. Tendai was based on the Lotus Sutra, the teaching of the Buddha Shakyamuni, revealing the only way to salvation , Nichiren stressed the importance of one's efforts and became convinced that he had a mission to fulfill in the world, helping the spreading ...
- 175: Similarities in "Miss Jean Brodie", "Dead Poets Society", and "The Trial and Death of Socrates"
- ... in "Miss Jean Brodie", "Dead Poets Society", and "The Trial and Death of Socrates" These three works share numerous similarities. The most obvious of these is their character's desire and commitment to instructing and teaching youth. Miss Jean Brodie dedicated a major part of her life to "her girls". She would have done anything to help them. As time went along, she grew too close to them. As we saw ... was treated as though she had done something wrong. The headmaster should have directed her venom at someone who was more deserving. Professor Keating is another who had his pupils best interests at heart. His teaching methods were eccentric, but his point always came across loud and clear. He was idolized by his students. In a school of such dignity and staunchness, his approach was a breath of fresh air. He ...
- 176: 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 ...
- 177: 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 ...
- 178: The Errancy Of Fundamentalism
- ... to someone else, such as the Christian god, the argument above falls. (3) If, indeed, human beings have a free will (which we argue is not the case, if we adhere to the Bible's teaching), and if this precludes the writing of an inerrant revelation from the Christian god (which we argue is not the case, if Christians can be shown to want to assist in producing a divine revelation ... let a perfectly written manuscript sail down from heaven on a cloud). This he did not do. Thus, the conclusion is that the doctrine of free will is incorrect: it is at odds with biblical teaching and, to the extent that it implies that the Christian god could not produce an inerrant written revelation, it violates the logic of how an omnipotent, perfect god would act. If he could not produce ...
- 179: The Effects Of Mainstreaming O
- ... to describe the transition of special-needs-children into the regular classroom (Brown, 1997). When these children are brought into the normal classroom, the strategy that many schools take on is usually called a "collaborative teaching" approach. This is where special and regular education teachers team up together to collaborate ideas and instruct students with disabilities in general education classrooms (Martson, 1996). Studies have shown that not only do the learning ... in achievement than the students from Group two. It should also be noted that all students improved in achievement scores, but the difference in achievement was greater for those in Group one. Through the "collaborative teaching" method, mainstreaming children with moderate learning disabilities is a positive form of reaching out to children who are suffering with disabilities. This study will hopefully show to other schools that not only mainstreaming a huge ...
- 180: Why Public Education Must Integrate Information Technology
- ... experience from the isolated kingdom which is each classroom, is costing too much. Salaries are 80% to 90% of each school budget. This is at a salary level that does not attract people to the teaching profession for the money, or the prestige. Combining educational reform with technology can allow us to maximize the time and efforts of the good teachers. Teaching is interacting with students, not taking attendance or duplicating handouts. There could be many, less skilled, educational support jobs in the schools of the future (Layton 1). There is also a need to provide the ...
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