... no longer care about the reason for celebrating Christmas. The most important for them is to get a holiday, to buy a lot of presents to family and friends, and eat a lot of good food. Where is Jesus among all this? The time before Christmas is a very busy time, especially because all people have to buy gifts to each other. This is a rather new idea when we look at history, to give each other presents at Christmas. But it's nice. The question is if the gifts are taking over and dominating the whole celebration? The only thing children of today associate with Christmas is all the gifts. 50 years ago, children associated to go to church, have a good meal when coming ...

... it. Anxiety increases. Students lose initiative and the confidence to take the next step to expand their knowledge. Without a solid foundation math becomes painful and is avoided. This process quickly becomes a downward spiral leading to math anxiety as early as third grade. Personally, I have never experienced math anxiety that I know of. But, to reassure myself of this I took a math anxiety self test that I discovered and I scored a 15, which you can compare that to the enclosed self test. Do You Have Math Anxiety? A Self Test Rate your answers from 1 to 5; add them up and check the key below. (1)=Disagree, (5)=Agree. 1. I hate math class. 1 2 ...

... because this subject helps build good communication skills. Natural Science classes such as Biology, Chemistry, and Physics are also needed to prepare for an IT career. Another class including foreign language is a subject to consider. The most important foreign language to know is computer language such as COBOL, C++, PASCAL, and BASIC. In addition, high grades are required in those classes. If you have a poor record in high school, attending junior or community college can make up for the bad ones. Those schools also serve as excellent preparatory schools for universities (Bailey 55). Many big colleges offer Management Information Systems as a major. If on ...

... it to routine administrative tasks, such as attendance records and grading. While these tasks are very important, they only show a small part of what technology can do for a school. Technology has gone further than simply keeping attendance; it also focuses on keeping students interested and productive. Educators are discovering that computers are facilitating learning. Also computer based communications, or Telecommunications offer many educational opportunities. Since computers and the Internet have expanded in such a way in which education can be delivered to students, it is currently possible to engage in "distance education through the Internet. Distance ...

... concept and currently operates 17 locations across the United States. Dave and Busters aggressive domestic expansion plans continue with 6 additional 1999 openings slated for San Antonio, a second site in Atlanta, St Louis, Austin, Jacksonville, Florida, and Providence, Rhode Island. At least seven more Dave and Busters locations are scheduled to open across the United States in the year 2000. There are currently two Dave and Busters operating in the United Kingdom under licensing agreements with Bass Pic. The company also holds international licensing agreements for the Pacific rim as well as Western Europe. On January 28, 1999 . announced ...

... of the country (the North). More specifically, in the South and West, more organized societies have a higher rate of argument-related homicides than less stable ones. Argument-related homicides are far more prevalent in the South and West than they are in the North (Cohen 412). This is not merely supported by the number of argument-related homicides in the given regions, but also by the beliefs within the cultures. Southerners and Westerners support honor-related violence more than Northerners and also react more aggressively when insulted (Cohen 408). In addition, laws in the South and West are more likely to support those who use violence consistent wit ...

... Their school system is much like ours except they only have to attend school from ages 5 through 16. Although they don’t go to school as long as us they learn things at a faster rate and school involves harder work. The English also play sports. They are very good at soccer, Rugby and cricket. If you don’t know what cricket is its kind of a mix between bowling and baseball. ’s government also has a few similarities with ours. Even though there government is a monarchy and ours is a republic. Their current leader is Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen of is more of a symbol than a ruler. The actual ruler is a cabinet of people. The head of th ...

... the Quinault Indian Nation signed a treaty with the United States, The Treaty of Olympia, and ceded several million acres in return for a promise that a reserved territory would be set a side for their exclusive use and occupation. The first reservation boundary was set in 1873. In 1889 Persident Grant Issued an exectutive order setting the present day boundary. The Quinault Indian Reservation is located on the Olympic Peninsula in Gray's Harbor and Jefferson County in western Washington. It consists of 189,061 acres, 4,414 of, which are tribal, owned. Second, The Quinault Indians live in longhouses. They build longhouses made of red and yellow cedar. ...

... of the social ladder. He thus already meets one of Aristotle’s chief criteria. Yet, not only is he king, he is also human and possesses frailties which qualify him to make serious mistakes and he possesses talents which allow him also to excel. Hence, Creon is neither overly good nor bad. It is also written that the tragic hero’s actions may determine the fates of one or more characters within the tragedy. Appropriately, Creon’s station as king place shim in a position of great power, influence and responsibility. The extent of this power was quite evident when he sentenced to death for disobeying his proclamation. In the mythical story “,” two men which were ...

... The definition of ‘fit' is divided into the internal and external body. The internal body is the heart, liver, lungs, and so forth; the external body is the muscles, bones, and skin tissue. A ‘fit' internal body is defined by blood pressure, resting metabolic rate, and well working organs according to an ideal model based on height and weight. A ‘fit' external body can be defined as a mesomorph body type which includes hard and tight skin tissue, well-developed muscles, and strong bones. All of these features lead to a more shapely body and an upright posture. Keeping in mind the definitions of ‘fit' and ‘feminine' I will now explor ...