Sentences with phrase «about challenging expectations»

«The new Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is all about challenging expectations and we look forward to giving guests a new type of airport hotel experience.»

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To really find your real passion under these circumstances, you have to be brave enough to challenge all these expectations and routines, to develop entirely new skill sets you can feel great about that fit you better.

Alibaba faces the challenge of living up to the high expectations of investors and analysts after its IPO in September, but its shares have increased by more than 20 % since then, and its $ 285 billion market cap exceeds that of Walmart by about $ 30 billion.

Given all these challenges, Musk lowered expectations about how successful this first flight might be.

Then, when we learned about the Splash, we knew that this was our opportunity to celebrate a group of women who are challenging the expectations of just how good 80 years can look.

, perhaps the most interesting thing about the results is that they seemed to challenge initial expectations.

It is the abiding Word of God alone that tests and accompanies all study of Scripture; it challenges and encourages us to continue on this road, critically weighing all human words about God's Word, with the expectation and certainty shared with the church of all ages that the «jewel» of the gospel will not be lost in a new and still unknown future.24

I started googling way back in may who could we be buying gonzalo higuian, julio cesar and wayne rooney but realize going by history wenger just as no interest in buying world class players, he wants 2 buy d grade players and turn them up to koscienly nd nasri that will take years while da arsenal faithful pay handsome figures for dismal performances, fans allowed wenger 2 get away when he gets away with these lucky matches of fenerbache been strong on paper but a waste of tym on the pitch, also it happen at bayern but they put a slighty weak team but wenger runt his mouth around of how good da team was after that 2 - 0 win, not forgetting it was bould that got the team defense looking solid while wenger moan about referee decisions and no blame on team, I just feel we (arsenal) have allowed wenger and co to misuse us, so now our main target aim is benzema yet giroud plays more often than him for france, can any1 see how wenger is lowing our standards and expectations at arsenal, I wil be over da moon if wenger does not sign an extension wit us, after the gilberto days and disaterous results and teams we play, his approach to the game defensely which is pathetic and his annoying behaviour.So what if manu and chelski haven't really bought they are already strong it was seen last week now we should be worried about our selves since that villa defeat, jst imagine what the man's and london money maniac's are goin 2 do to us, I can see it already coming from wenger, if we find the right player we will buy him, after sept2, we didn't find da right player but the squad can challenge for the title, its so sick having 2 hear that crap, just take him psg, I just wish the fans would say we had enough of this bullshit transfer policies its time we stood up against these pigs of directors by protesting!

I try not to make assumptions about what I'm going to encounter in any given area of the country, because I've found that my expectations are often challenged by experience.

I'm not saying that buying a new book for your child will solve all the challenges you're about to face juggling two kids, but I do believe it was helpful to set Julian's expectations about what the baby would be able to do.

I'm hoping that people are excited about the challenge but am remembering to keep the expectations low:) Just wondering if the tool cards will be available as a download, as I am in Canada and the shipping cost works out to be more than the cards!

And it's not just about social expectations — a new school can also cause challenges in academic and extracurricular arenas.

I find it unfortunate that we do not support mothers with pertinent information about normal and healthy infant sleep or ways to cope with the challenges of nighttime parenting, and limit the discussion to differences in «parenting styles» and within the framework of misguided cultural expectations and beliefs.

And looking back, I can see that when I allowed myself to accept the individual needs that Maya came into this world with, to release my predisposed expectations of what my breastfeeding experience should be, and to respond to her cues and to the unique challenges we faced together, I was blessed with some of the clearest revelations I've received from God thus far about Himself and about parenthood.

Gordon Brown faces a make or break challenge to his leadership today after Labour trailed humiliatingly behind Ukip in the European elections and was expected to garner about 16 % or 17 % of the vote, its lowest share since the first world war and below the party's worst expectations.

There is also a second challenge for the 21st century NHS which goes beyond technology — a rise in expectations about the care people want to receive.

Beating expectations and rising above challenges is the stuff that the literary greats write about, that the best romances are made of and the kind of stuff that catapults people to quit their day jobs and really live their dreams.

It is also worthwhile to mention that many Russian women don't have realistic expectations about living abroad; however, their natural ability to adapt to the new environment makes them easily face the challenges and settling down in a foreign country.

Critic Consensus: Smart, compassionate, and moving, The Crash Reel uses the familiar sport - doc formula to subvert expectations and ask challenging questions about ambition and achievement.

Critics Consensus: Smart, compassionate, and moving, The Crash Reel uses the familiar sport - doc formula to subvert expectations and ask challenging questions about ambition and achievement.

With both actors matching his enthusiasm for complex characters and the taut, challenging story about a brain - damaged ex-jock (Gordon - Levitt) being played by a seductive sociopath (Goode), the conversation turned from defying audience expectations, to what constitutes normal, to the wonders of location filming during winter in Winnipeg.

This is not just a story about time travel; the film takes familiar elements and finds exciting and innovative ways to challenge our expectations of them.

Lack of speech clarity and an absence of knowledge about what to say in daily situational dialogues often leave these students frustrated with their skills when they actually live and study in the U.S. Expectations of communicating with ease are often challenged because the lessons learned in English classes don't parallel real life situations encountered in North America.

LMS Implementation is challenging for many companies and frustrating when you have expectations about when and how you will be able to use your system.

But there is nothing equitable about expectations that are at an appropriate level of challenge for some students but at an inappropriate level for others.

The new website says that PAR «challenges» most people's expectations about what teachers and principals should do.

The expectation is that students have the rote stuff down, though as students struggle with the developmental challenges of becoming tweens, that rote stuff can't be assumed, and teachers must be savvy about both teaching deeper content and communicating that content engagingly.

Woven into this highly personal narrative about a boy's journey from silent sidekick to hero are themes that translate to public education: the challenges of finding the right school or instructional method to meet a student's individual needs; the impact of social stigmas on expectations and performance, particularly for «discarded students» in low - income neighborhoods, and the need for a culture of high expectations to counter those negative societal assumptions; the importance of tireless, focused, caring teachers who do whatever it takes to help students succeed; and the ability for all children — regardless of learning challenges or race or income level — to learn.

Excelling With a Diverse Student Population Principal Virginia Minshew of Park View High School in Sterling, VA, talks about how her 1,300 - student school has overcome the challenges of poverty and diversity to exceed all expectations by meeting AYP and by producing significant, ongoing upward trends on state testing.

They ensure that the school or district focuses on high expectations and standards, that professional development first focuses on providing time for colleagues to have meaningful discussions about our craft, that all learning is engaging, and that the school provides a healthy, safe, supportive, engaged, and challenging environment for all kids.

«The best teachers have high expectations, challenge their pupils and think critically about their own practice.

Meeting this expectation requires educators to redefine their understanding of rigor and embrace the notion that challenging students is not about inundating them with more work.

This isn't to say that these officials don't care about these children, but that they are disinterested in taking on the tough work needed to overhaul districts and schools in order provide kids with the schools they deserve — which includes challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations for poor and minority kids held by far too many adults working in American public education in Virginia and the rest of the nation, and the affiliates of the National Education Association which has succeeded for so long in keeping the Old Dominion's status quo quite ante.

For system leaders, the challenge is always to set aside the vague happy talk about innovating and demand to know exactly what is being proposed, who will do what, who will fund it, what the expectations are, how it will be assessed, and so on.

Rather they serve as overarching guides to challenge educators to find consistency of expectation when we talk about delivering on our promise to the next generation of American citizens.

For me, the challenge was more prosaic: Could the union and I agree on shared expectations about who would run PLCs, how to fund them, how to assess their effectiveness, and what to do if they're deemed to be ineffective?

I think there is a question that comes up often about poverty which is are we really going to fix this if you know the situations at home are what they are and I challenge us to think about our own expectations of families in poverty

Transformational school leaders hold unwaveringly high expectations for all children, but also challenge those we work with in their beliefs about our students.

The standards were an attempt to raise expectations by establishing a new set of rigorous K - 12 academic benchmarks, and the CAP analysis underscored the need for more rigorous standards, Read more about Do Schools Challenge Our Students Now?

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BBY: We want to continue to play a strong role in challenging expectations and assumptions about African writing and to put the continent on the global map by publishing some of its extraordinary stories.

With her own identity suddenly challenged, and the integrity of the closest friend she's ever had clouded, Sage begins to question the assumptions and expectations she's made about her life and her family.

Our first contact, Sarah Gilbert was realistic in setting expectations about what opportunities and challenges Smith would face marketing a book almost a year past its publication date.

It's challenging to differentiate between good and bad when you're first starting out, but getting feedback from others, giving feedback in return, and being clear about expectations will go along way in helping warriors craft strong writing that will get them the win they are looking for.

It is important to understand that this is a camping trip and we want to be sure that you are prepared, both mentally and physically, for the challenges it will present, and have clear expectations about the trip.

The exhibition will explore the artists» commentary on and challenge of social values, expectations, and conventions that are a part of everyday life — raising questions about national and global issues including gender - specific violence and sociopolitical conflict.

Joffe questions assumptions about what makes a noble subject for art and challenges what our expectations of a feminist art might be.

Jordan Kantor's enigmatic paintings seem to pose this question explicitly, by challenging viewers» expectations about the mediation of images...

In 1976, she founded and continues to direct Franklin Furnace, an artist - run space that champions the exploration, promotion and preservation of artists» books, installation art, video, online and performance art, further challenging institutional norms, the roles artists play within society, and expectations about what constitutes acceptable art mediums.

Joanna Marsh, The James Dicke Curator of Contemporary Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum says, «The artists nominated this year «continue to show a sustained commitment to distinctive work that challenges conventional thinking and expectations about the nature of art.»