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to follow studies that would lead to a diploma in electrical engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (the Zurich Polytechnic). He spent the following year in Aarau where there were excellent teachers and an excellent physics facility. In 1896 he…

going to have a chance to become Galileo's and Madame Curies and Edison's and Gauguins ..." The young girl couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Graduation, hush-hush magic time of frills and gifts and congratulations and diploma, was finished for me…

on welfare and nothing will change for them. Less the 6 percent of workfare participants have been able to get jobs from workfare. More than half of the welfare recipients in New York State do not have a high school diploma and 45 percent of welfare recipients…

it is headed down consists of 12-year-olds having babies, 15-year-olds shooting one another, 17-year-olds dying of AIDS and 18-year-olds graduating with high school diplomas they cannot read. To those troubling facts one can add, antagonism between the races…

of teenage mothers receive their high school diplomas. Nearly 80 percent of unmarried teen mothers end up on welfare. The daughters of teen mothers are 22% more likely to become teen mothers themselves. The sons of teen mothers are 13% more likely to end up…

film student and a camera crew’s investigation of a former worker’s hero. Agnieska is a determined film student who feels she has found the ideal subject for her diploma film: an investigative documentary on former post-war working-class hero Mateusz…

School seniors are awarded a diploma of graduation. This is to certify that these graduates have satisfactorily completed a twelve step course of study specifically designed to provide a well rounded education. However, in 1996, 19.6% of graduates had at one…

a diploma hanging on our wall. Peace I'm outta here…

, and get high school diplomas. In some small way, Andy raises the social level of the prisoners to his own by introducing them to "civilized" knowledge, culture, and social usefulness. The third and most important symbol of freedom in this story is the poster…

education, one day making him proud to see him walk across a stage to receive his diploma. In addition, he wanted to keep his promise to his mother. Before her death, the narrator spoke with her before he went back into the army. She told him a solemn story…