The imposing sound of Black Hawk helicopters flying overhead, rumors of snipers perched atop our humble Walsh Hall residents, and the police officers standing guard outside created an atmosphere I can only compare to what I assume a warzone is like. ... I use this narrative anecdote to introduce this ethnographic study because it highlights the unifying and cathartic power that the ideology of our "war on terror" has upon Americans, as illuminated within the microcosm of Boston College. ... " According to The Long Shadow of 9/11, a recent Rand Corporation study, more than 70,000...

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In other words, from preschool through post-graduate study the emphasis should be on improving the way students receive mathematics and science instruction, organize their thoughts and ideas, and synthesize or evaluate information through hands-on, brains-on instruction. ... The Michigan Science Standards and Benchmarks seek to guide teachers in providing instruction that will promote the acquisition of concrete knowledge, science process know how skills, and the proper character to assimilate in a technical, or scientific work environment (Ebenezer, 2009). ... Become well-informed about the ...

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A pediatrician who has treated teens for over two decades, Meeker sounds the alarm about how sexually transmitted diseases are killing the children of America. ... He states, " . . . most human behavior is learned observationally through modeling: from observing others one forms an idea of how new behaviors are performed, and on later occasions this coded information serves as a guide for action."" ... In one study of soap operas, there was only one representation of a married couple engaging in sex for every 24 portrayals of unmarried characters performing sexual acts. ...

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Levine's study, Black Culture and Black Consciousness, suggests there was a "widespread conversion of slaves to Christianity by the time of the Civil War".15 More recent opinions however state that the slaves, though influenced by Christianity, put up substantial resistance to the conversion process, and even when "converted" still held tight to the traditions and rituals of their native Africa. ... The very monotony of sound and motion produces an ecstatic state. ...

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