Though her writing career began on the Montreal newspaper, The Star, she was to make her mark in the United States. She lived most of her adult life in Boston, Seattle, and San Francisco, writing articles and short stories using the Chinese pseudonym Sui Sin Far. ... The biographical fact that Eaton herself never married and the intimate details of her journal entries would indicate that she is telling her own story, but she refrained from identifying herself out of a delicate sense of modesty. ... Amy Ling characterizes Sui Sin Far's writing as among one of "the earliest attempts by ...

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In 1838, he started a journal, which he wrote two times a week called "Common School Journal" for teachers and lectured on education to all who would listen. Around the time he started writing his journal, he developed six principles of education that should be followed. ... A local woman of no high education who teach the children basics, like counting, their ABC's, simple reading and writing, and daily chores around the house (or in at a farm). ...

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Introduction Plants used as medical treatments for is a practice that transcends since the beginning of time. Ancient civilizations, such as the first with written records, indicate their use of plants and herbs for their healing properties. Indian and African cultures are widely known for their us...

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Let's face it, we negotiate every day and everyone is a negotiator. Life is an endless series of interactions requiring some sort of negotiation along the way. We are confronted on a daily basis with countless situations. We are called on to negotiate, reach an agreement, or to settle a difference o...

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This is most likely due to the fact that American society is "[inching] ever closer to embracing phenomena that science [cannot] answer."12 Even highly esteemed academic publications such as the Journal of Scientific Exploration "now treat the paranormal with as much respect and analysis as physics or the chaos theory."13 The possibility of life existing on other worlds has been the subject of speculation for years.14 In May, 1988, NASA began using a "super computer" that is intended to pick up signals from any distant civilizations.15 Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or SET...

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• Grade Level: High School

Child Sexual Abuse It is frightening to realize how widespread sexual abuse is in our society and yet how strong the denial of it is.1 "Don't waste your time talking about what an aberration it is and how unlikely it is " just get to the place where you understand that one of the things humans do ...

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When people hear the term "plastic surgery," they almost immediately think of the negative connotations of that phrase. While it is certainly true that many Americans have had elective plastic surgery, there are far more types of medical procedures that fall under this category than the stereotypica...

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Crowder points out in an article in the December 1977 issue of the Western Journal of Black Studies, "it is no longer sufficient to devote the entire month to the celebration of great Negro contributions to the American mainstream." ...

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In opposition to this, Nicholas Dixon (2008) wrote in his journal article that sports events would become "tests of rivals' access to good pharmaceutical technology and knowledge and their bodies' ability to use these chemicals efficiently" which would highly discourage spectators (J. ...

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