Sentences with phrase «as a blank slate of»

Regardless of the consensus that teachers should approach each students as a blank slate of potential, they often bring baggage into the classroom, which impacts their engagement with students.

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«New hires come in with a blank slate, and we tend to get more creativity as a result of them shadowing someone» Brennan says.

The ignorance bred by religion regarding what human beings as containing a ghost in the machine led the way for the misconceptions believed by communists regarding human beings as blank slates, since both religion and communists envisioned human beings in this flawed conceptual manner, denying the evolved components of the brain and the innate nature we are born with due to our genetic make up.

Not for the communist atrocities those were caused by attempts to engineer society, based on a flawed understanding of innate human nature and a fallacious belief in humans beings as blank slates.

If those in the rain forest were given the image of God they have opportunity if they have not the image of God they are a blank slate as to soul i.e. they do not have capacity to love

If we start with consciousness as a blank slate that then evolves (whether as an individual or as a species) to adapt to the necessities of its self - preservation (as an individual or as a species), we will never get to an argument for the goodness of fidelity, fecundity, etc..

I am learning to see dough as a blank slate, a starting point instead of an unfinished product.

Since both offer a blank flavor slate, as long as your topping packs loads of seasonings (like this basil - infused vegan sauce), you'll finish feeling super-satisfied.

Since they are not already flavored in any specific way, unflavored protein powders can work as a sort of culinary blank slate, offering nutrition and texture to any recipe without influencing the flavor.

Anyway, one of the silver linings was that they used the somewhat blank slate as an opportunity to improve the infrastructure of the island.

The premium property facing the south end of Grant Park is a blank slate, but not for long as its owner makes plans for the site.

That liberals are just as guilty of antiscience bias comports more with accounts of humans chomping canines, and yet those on the left are just as skeptical of well - established science when findings clash with their political ideologies, such as with GMOs, nuclear power, genetic engineering and evolutionary psychology — skepticism of the last I call «cognitive creationism» for its endorsement of a blank - slate model of the mind in which natural selection operated on humans only from the neck down.

When blank slate stem cells are exposed to a soft as opposed to a hard surface on which to grow, they begin to transform themselves into neurons, the large, complex cells of the central nervous system.

Naïve stem cells are blank slates that form the basis for not only all the cells of the human body, but cells that make up the placenta to support an embryo as well.

Scientists describe its stem cells as universal «blank slates,» because each can mature into any type of tissue.

As a result, we suggested that Cathie let us prepare the flip side of the board as another chalkboard with new florals and a blank slate, that way she would be able to use the chalkboard in her home after the wedding was oveAs a result, we suggested that Cathie let us prepare the flip side of the board as another chalkboard with new florals and a blank slate, that way she would be able to use the chalkboard in her home after the wedding was oveas another chalkboard with new florals and a blank slate, that way she would be able to use the chalkboard in her home after the wedding was over.

This is one of the many odd indie films that used to be «business as usual» for Depp, and he's perfect as the complete «blank slate» that everyone else ascribes some deeper meaning to.

In the process, Liman provides almost as blank a slate as Bourne himself, a screen upon which we project our interpretations of Bourne's existence and impose rationale for his actions and his decisions.

That's not to say that there isn't potential for them to grow in the future but the whole concept exists as a kind of blank slate now and none of it is particularly compelling.

Here, the eponymous ex-hitman (Keanu Reeves, perfectly cast as a blank slate) sets out to take down a whole crime syndicate because the big boss» bratty son killed his dog — a violation of the terms of Wick's exit deal.

Nathan sets up the parameters of success, and through the blank slate of Caleb, we're actively involved in trying to determine whether a certain look, pause, or intonation on Ava's part is the work of a conscious mind or the reflexive reaction of programming (Vikander's performance is as effective as it is because she only hints at either possibility).

Aya Kanno is the creator of manga series including Soul Rescue, BLANK SLATE (published by VIZ Media), and the New York Times bestselling series, OTOMEN (published by VIZ Media), which was recognized as a Great Graphic Novel for Teens by the Young Adult Library Services Association.

I certainly didn't have him in mind in writing the book and so he works as kind of a blank slate.

While some people might think of bankruptcy as a «tabula rasa» or a blank slate, it's a common misconception.

Like you said, there are a ton of games that have that option already, what's wrong with keeping some have a clearly defined, and focused character as opposed a blank slate?

You see, everyone in Amalur has already had their fate decided, but your recent death experience has left you as a blank slate, capable of deciding your own destiny and even altering the threads of fate itself, which is a concept I'm looking forward to seeing more of the finished product.

While this is not so much a complaint as it is an observation, the character of Ajay Ghale is rather bland and a bit of a blank slate.

Now Cranky is just as much of a blank slate as everyone else.

Gordon Freeman acted as a blank slate for the player to project themselves into the world of Half Life 2 which left Alyx Vance to do the bulk of the plot driving.

You play as Tatsumi or Ami, the blank - slate protagonist whose name and gender can be selected at the start of adventure.

Characters enter the game as something of a blank slate after they are resurrected from death by the mysterious «Well of Souls» following a grand in - game conflict.

But with «St. Sebastian,» a blank - slate approach was unexpectedly easy, primarily because, for all the image's familiarity, I realized how different the painting looked, or rather felt, in the flesh... It's the painting's endearingly strange comedy — especially the bottom half of the body, which seems to flap away (and bring to mind the flagellation of St. Bartholomew)-- that rescues it from post-adolescent self - pity and actually, in an odd way, ennobles it, as if invested with an amused stoicism.»

As mostly refugees, like Arshile Gorky from the Armenian massacre, the New York School also brought past art with them — a reminder that if you ever hear a popular critic reviving the myth of America as a blank slate that never «got» Europe, forget»eAs mostly refugees, like Arshile Gorky from the Armenian massacre, the New York School also brought past art with them — a reminder that if you ever hear a popular critic reviving the myth of America as a blank slate that never «got» Europe, forget»eas a blank slate that never «got» Europe, forget»em.

«Tabula rasa» means blank slate in Latin — these bound books of stickers begin as a blank slate and are filled with child - like abandon, and stickers that represent one's own interests and personality.

-LSB-...] Simmons does not ignore the deeply troubling past of race; as his erasure drawings so insistently demonstrate, history is not a blank slate.

Our 750 sq. ft. exhibition space provides a blank slate for a wide variety of solo and group exhibitions and is fully equipped with LED lighting as well as A / V equipment for artist lectures and film screenings (including 30 folding chairs).

The post modern city is depicted as a blank slate on which business is conducted, ruled by an oppressive uniformity, a nexus of control and surveillance.

Utilizing the female face as a blank slate, Lichtenstein re-filters her features through his abstracted translation of commercial motifs — in essence transforming the remnants of the figure into a Roy Lichtenstein pop icon.

And then you have blank slates such as Edim who provide anecdotal data of recent warm winters in their neighborhood as proof of a coming trend.

It's a solidly built piece of hardware, but it's extremely generic - looking, as if it was designed to be a blank slate for Android Wear.

The need to mold human children as if they were blank slates, or some kind of clay, has resulted in all kinds of now - discredited childrearing ideas over the eons, everything from the ostensible dangers of breastfeeding, to those of sparing the rod; from genital and other physical mutilations thought to be necessary for health or spiritual salvation, to the very mutilation of minds and emotions.

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Some theorists insist that a newborn is a blank slate and you, as the parent, write their story, while others claim that who a child becomes is a complete result of genetics and there is little, if anything, that a parent can do to change this predisposition.

The National Association of REALTORS ® today is asking its members to let their senators know that real estate tax provisions are critical to the economy and should remain high on lawmakers» priority list as they take a blank slate approach to tax reform.

As part of the Dwell with Dignity mission, we aim to begin our transformations with a completely blank slate — think «Extreme Home Makeover».

As for the Traveler's Inn portion of the house... the bathrooms are a lovely retro pink & yellow, we've put a third bathroom addition on the house that is a complete blank slate at this point, we're still finishing our kitchen remodel, I haven't even started on the laundry room or dining room, and the family room is always a mess... goodness.

We were lucky when we moved into our current home that we had a completely blank slate to work with so far as furniture was concerned and my non-existent budget meant that I had to buy everything slowly on ebay, a restraint that worked out beautifully in our favour — I found couches, armchairs, tables and a piano that fitted me perfectly and although our house is small, it is bright and airy so we decided against having any curtains to maximise the light... oh I could keep rambling on, but my point is that yes — a house should be organic and personal, not chosen out of the Pottery Barn catalogue.