Sentences with phrase «instead of addressing»

Instead of addressing problems after they arise, like foreclosure, we hope to help people avoid those problems by giving them the tools they need to make wise investment decisions.

Instead of addressing the shortage in supply of affordable housing, the B.C. government is once again addressing demand.

Yet instead of addressing the needs of families, President Trump and his congressional allies plan to slash funding to these critical programs and increase barriers to accessing benefit programs.

By focusing on social and emotional learning, the organizations hope that educators can proactively address conflicts before they come to a head, instead of addressing the negative outcomes after the fact.

Instead of addressing the issue of a parenting plan in court, through litigation, it is often in the best interests of all parties involved, especially the children, that divorcing spouses cooperate and use mediation as a means of reaching a mutually satisfying agreement.

Instead of addressing the behavior and its effect, you globally characterize the person as incompetent, worthless, disappointing.

John Gottman's research on couples shows that as couples grow increasingly dissatisfied with each other, they begin to attack each other's personalities instead of addressing their mutual differences in a respectful and caring manner.

Now instead of addressing the real issue, the conversation will more than likely become about the fairness of your judgment.

Instead of addressing Posner's challenge directly, the appeals court instead dives deep into legal pedantry and turf - guarding: it quibbles at length over recondite rules, but never addresses the larger questions of efficiency and incentives that hat the patent system is supposed to regulate.

Instead of addressing them you attack me as paranoid.

Instead of addressing only one side of these questions, I would ask a different question: how much of the effects to which climate change possibly contributes can be avoided by CO2 reductions?

The impression I get is that a lot of people are nit - picking and turning Judith's wording inside out instead of addressing the issues she's raising.

Yes, you seem keen to continually refer back to your one selected paper instead of addressing the argument at hand.

However, I notice instead of addressing the issue of the cost of biofuel, you avoided it and talked about the cost of gas generation.

Instead of addressing the science issues, they resort to statements such as Spencer and Christy making «serial mistakes».

Instead of addressing these points, manacker runs with his talking points.

Instead of addressing any of them he dismissed everything, everyone had said in his absence» esoteric and totally irrelevant details ``.

«If you do so during the argument instead of addressing the arguments of your opponent then yes, this is the ad hominem fallacy in all its glory.

Argumentum ad hominem is the logical fallacy of attempting to undermine a speaker's argument by attacking the speaker instead of addressing the argument.

Instead of addressing grand themes, Dupuy - Spencer's small - scale paintings and drawings depict everyday scenes from a cross-section of American life.

But she approaches these events obliquely; instead of addressing her subject by creating reportage of actual conflict, she photographs places where war is psychologically anticipated, processed, and relived: Vietnam War re-enactments in Virginia and North Carolina (in her series Small Wars); and the US Marines» training in the «virtual» Afghanistan and Iraq of the Californian desert (in 29 Palms).

But the feedback was «You don't know what you're talking about, these panelists are pros so their opinion is worth more than you» basically using the argument of authority instead of addressing my points directly.

This raises the question — why do so many cat owners abandon or surrender their problem cats to shelters instead of addressing their pets» behaviour issues?

They may begin to think that, no matter what actions they take, they will endure further significant losses, instead of addressing the real issues responsible for their declining trading account balances.

Instead of addressing the personalities, he addresses the subject.

Use the blogger's name instead of addressing your email to, «Dear Blogger».

Snowflakes United decided to go for the emotional argument instead of addressing the real and rational dispute, which is about wholesale pricing.

So, instead of addressing why Amazon should continue to carry Hachette books in the absence of a contract, we discover that books are not products and that the Authors Guild is morally opposed to the term «special snowflake.»

So instead of addressing that «major weakness», Porsche seem to have spent a lot of time improving the bits that were already great.

Instead of addressing the uncomfortable truth that some educators are not the best fit at urban schools, or helping educators improve their practice to help them become more successful working with students who are different from them, schools go for the quick fix which, to them, means as a black educator you can expect to have difficult students in your class because you can handle them.

Connecticut has arrived in this position because instead of addressing the school funding challenges our state faces, state and legislative leadership have too often resorted to temporary fixes, patchwork policies, and flawed formulas.

But instead of addressing this crisis, we have demonized teachers for failing to solve problems our government can not, or will not, solve.

And no wonder: instead of addressing gaps in the context of new learning and helping students succeed in class today, remedial programs largely engage students in activities that connect to standards from years ago.

By focusing on social and emotional learning, the organizations hope that educators can proactively address conflicts before they come to a head, instead of addressing the negative outcomes after the fact.

As our school district expends money fighting bullying, it should consider that gifted programs which increase approval of gifted students, boost their self - esteem, and aid with social skills help treat the root cause of bullying instead of addressing the symptoms.

While I believe this happens to many families, it's played for cheap laughs instead of addressing a serious situation.

The Global Healing Center views our body as a whole instead of addressing one symptom at a time.

If you decide to take cholesterol - lowering drugs instead of addressing the underlying problem of excess sugar in your blood stream, you are not only stopping your body's natural healing process, you are also exposing yourself to drugs that are loaded with side effects, such as those mentioned earlier.

Whereas simply preventing the introduction of carbohydrates into the bloodstream, as in low carbohydrate diets, is externally managing a symptom of the disease itself — insulin malfunction — instead of addressing and fixing the problem and allowing the body to heal and regain function.

I believe most people DO have immediate signal mechanisms, but they either ignore them or take a pill instead of addressing the cause.

The treatments prescribed usually provide only temporary relief that mask the symptoms instead of addressing the root cause of the problems.

And yet instead of addressing the root causes of health problems, medicine's toolkit is limited to prescriptions and procedures, driving up costs while the average person gets sicker.

Anytime you mention your concerns or frustration, they'll declare their hatred of drama and make you feel bad for reacting to their horrible behavior (instead of addressing the behavior itself).

It has enabled me to notice when I am creating a problem to distract myself instead of addressing what's really at the heart of the problem.

He said when Rivers State had issues with kidnappings, the Federal Government and her agents plotted to declare a state of emergency instead of addressing the security challenge.

Rev. Dr. Musa Asake, General Secretary, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has lambasted presidential aide, Garba Shehu, for resorting to «attacks» instead of addressing issues.

Democrats were skeptical saying Statehouse Republicans wasted time on less important issues instead of addressing school safety and problems with the Department of Child Services.

«It is indeed very sad that instead of addressing these health and sundry issues, APC leaders are frittering away our commonwealth on medical tourism in Europe while our hospitals had, in the last three years, sunk from the famed height attained under the PDP to mere consulting centers.

Racial coding instead of addressing #NY13's real challenges,» Williams tweeted in response to Sharpton's remarks.

It shifts the blame and scapegoats dedicated, highly skilled teachers instead of addressing poverty and social ills that are the true causes of chronic under - achievement.