Sentences with phrase «as youth reflected»

Not exact matches

This whiggish outlook — that government has responsibility for the morality of its youth because morality is necessarily reflected in behavior — was not (and is not) just a partisan difference, although then (as now) the viewpoint was stronger in one political party.

Gavin, as you reflect on your time leading Youth for Christ, what would you say were some of the joys and challenges of the role?

Stopping by to pick up a book, I look around the quiet office, I close my eyes and reflect on the biggest youth and high school sports stories of the year and wonder if we as a nation are any closer to our MomsTEAM mission of making sports safer, saner, less stressful and more inclusive or if we continue to spin wildly out of control in the crazy vortex that is youth sports in the 21st century.

Shettima said Aregbesola has invested hugely in the youths of Osun as this is reflected in the various state - of - the - arts schools being constructed across the state.

As Suleiman, a motorbike rider, figuratively argued: «If you want your daughter to stop eating cassava, you should have rice at home», reflecting the affinity between the expectations of state behaviour towards its youth and that of a parent towards his or her children.

If your agency is approved for a grant from the Erie County Youth Bureau, you will be required to complete the following New York State Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS) Forms: 5001, 5002, 5003, and a revised program budget (5005) reflecting your award amount, as well as an OCFS 5007 form.

«However, the administration has failed to reflect in the executive budget funding for many of the Council's priorities, such as senior services and youth programs.»

The World's End is such a good time purely as a film about men of forty reconnecting and reflecting on their youth that you don't want that movie to end and become simply a springboard for more graphic action.

But just like the old «Rampage» arcade game I played in my youth, I don't necessarily feel like I should ever revisit this one or reflect on it as anything more than a cash grab.

Much like a character in The Walking Dead, schools today are confronted with a difficult moral decision: disregard graphic violence in video games and media at the risk of casting our youth adrift, or make allowances for graphic content as a means to productively reflect on and contextualize violence.

Most people relate easier with some children over others, but as adults in relationships with youth it is important that we reflect on what we bring to the table and seek support when we need it to most effectively help children and adolescents.

Some reflected a student's experience with a specific organization, such as My Brother's Keeper, an organization providing food and clothing for the homeless; Magic Me, a volunteer group in which the teenagers worked with elderly neighbors; and the Canton Police Athletic League, a system of youth recreation centers.

Reflecting on commencing a career without mobile phones, emails and websites as the norm seems to be impossible for youth today.

Set in the experiential Museum of Tolerance, this special workshop uses Red Scarf Girl, The Diary of Anne Frank, and Wonder, as well as other literary resources to examine ways to engage youth in thinking about identity, analyzing adolescent choices, and reflecting on the impact of history on individuals.

As a research - driven model reflecting international practice, Meaningful Student Involvement effectively reveals the evolving capacities of children and youth in the environments where they spend a large majority of their days: schools.

The data in this file reflect the CALPADS Unduplicated Pupil Count (UPC) of students who are FRPM eligible, ELs and foster youth with primary or short - term enrollments in kindergarten through grade 12 on Census Day, as reported to CALPADS and certified by LEAs.

The nonprofit National Center for Fair and Open Testing, known as FairTest, which fights the misuse of government - mandated standardized tests, says on its website that the average student takes 112 tests between kindergarten and 12th grade and that the assessments «are frequently used in ways that do not reflect the abilities of students of color, English language learners, children with disabilities, and low - income youth.»

I think the title reflects both his youth and his perceived disability, as well as hints at his aspirations (to be more than that).

The conference opened today with remarks from David Chapman, Director General, WYSE Travel Confederation: «The youth and student travel industry is going through an incredibly exciting evolution and the diversity of delegates we have attending reflects just how much the sector has gained global reach and established itself firmly as a strong sector in the greater travel industry.»

While Morley's paintings invite the viewer to reflect upon the conflicts that have shaped humanity since time immemorial, they also echo the artist's personal experiences as a child during the Second World War, his cultural affinity with both England and America, and his lifelong fascination with models, from the plastic Air - fix kits of his youth to the paper cut - out varieties.

For this Tuesday Evenings presentation, Lawrence reflects on being born toward the end of the analogue age, coming of age as the digital age developed, and maturing in the full - blown digital age as she shares observations concerning how the materiality of the information system that shapes one's youth informs the ways in which one interacts with new information systems, as well as noting aspects of living in the transition between them.

The artworks on display reflect on the state of «betweenness» as an abstract idea, as an idea of youth as a period in between generations and as an idea of migration as the experience of living between cultures.

Its Plaza District reflects the energy of entrepreneurs in the creative arts while serving as a backdrop for youth culture.

My professional background as a sailor since youth, Navy Chief Engineer and Yacht captain and yacht owner is giving me the ability to understand the condition of any yacht I inspect and to be able to reflect it to my clients.

Yet, in an age when parenting is less available, when marriage has almost become a thing of the past, and when children are being turned into commodity machines, it may make sense to reflect, as Plotz (1999) pointed out, that America is obsessed with youth because corporations are obsessed with youth: early intervention means netting an eager consumer audience for life.

More comprehensive childhood adversity measures exist but may not reflect inner - city youth experiences, as these measures were designed from interviews with mostly white, middle to upper middle class youth from rural and suburban communities.29 — 36

Both needing of attention and seeking of it, inappropriately or not, often reflect problematic attachment dynamics, as pointed out by Mardell in his compelling account, and by «our own» Henry Maier who offers a brilliant and sensitive discussion in his landmark book Developmental Group Care of Children and Youth: Concepts and Practice (1987).

These plans reflect the belief that «each child or youth is viewed as a unique individual with dignity and potential who requires nurturing and encouragement» [see preface].

Generally defined, temperament is the biological basis of personality.4 Research on the topic of temperamentally - based socially wary, reticent and inhibited behavior has reported differences in prevalence of this construct between East Asian (e.g., China, South Korea) and Western children and youth (e.g., Western Europe, Canada and the United States); the former group has demonstrated a higher prevalence of wary, inhibited behavior than the latter.5, 6,7,8,9 In Western cultures, which value independence and assertiveness, socially - inhibited and reticent behavior is viewed as reflecting shyness, fearfulness and social incompetence; in East Asian cultures, which are dominated historically by Confucian and Taoist philosophies, socially wary and inhibited behavior is viewed as reflecting compliance, obedience, being well - mannered, and thus, social maturity and accomplishment.10

For example, the stronger relationship between bullying and smoking observed among middle school youth may reflect an association of bullying with deviance; as smoking becomes more normative in the older youth, it is less associated with bullying.

Trajectories of change during treatment were tracked by blinded assessors using weekly measures selected to be sufficiently brief that youths and parents would complete them frequently, and to include (1) standardized measures reflecting widely recognized dimensions of youth psychopathology and (2) an assessment of the specific problems youths and parents identified as most important to them at the outset of treatment.

As Pat V. Combs says in «A nod to youth» (June 2007, page 8), we live in a youth - obsessed culture — which is reflected in REALTOR ® Magazine.