Sentences with phrase «at keeping expectations low»

And even if you are Jedi - level good at keeping expectations low, they can creep up on Mother's day despite your best intentions.

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As Microsoft's Steve Ballmer took to the stage for an announcement a few weeks ago, many tech onlookers felt like fans at a Maple Leafs hockey game: history had taught them to keep their expectations low.

If our friends at Deutsche Bank are right in forecasting the US unemployment rate to decline from the current 17 year low of 4.1 per cent to 3.2 per cent by - late 2019, the US Federal Reserve are going to have a delicate balancing act as they lift the cash rate in trying to keep inflationary expectations under control.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

Though the intentions behind this decision were honorable — to keep states from setting lower expectations for and administering easier tests to low achievers — it has curbed the use of computer - adaptive testing and other strategies that can accurately and validly detect student growth at the high end.

Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41

Ability grouping also continues to place low expectations on the students who struggle keeping them at a disadvantage and increasing the gap.

Doing my best not to think about it at all, and when I can't help it, when I allow myself to imagine some success, I do my best to keep my expectations low while I work on book 2.

He is essentially suggesting that the Fed's promise to investors to keep rates low for a long period of time - something stock investors typically cheer over the near - term - will in the end increase the probability that the Fed at some point will find itself powerless to the expectations of the private sector and financial market participants.

In particular, the Committee decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent and currently anticipates that this exceptionally low range for the federal funds rate will be appropriate at least as long as the unemployment rate remains above 6-1/2 percent, inflation between one and two years ahead is projected to be no more than a half percentage point above the Committee's 2 percent longer - run goal, and longer - term inflation expectations continue to be well anchored.

Cardholders spared APR increase for now — The Federal Reserve's rate setting committee voted to keep its benchmark rate at the level set in December and lowered expectation for the pace of future increases... (See Fed)

Beagles need time to get used to asking themselves outside, so keep your expectations low, at least when your puppy is still very young.

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ah lol final note you seem to get confuse you do know the witcher 3 is both CPU and GPU intensive right so if my rig right now is 970 superclocked + i7 4790k @ 4.7 and it cant keep a steady 50 frames good on maxed settings at 1440p what makes you think the underpowered ps4 pro could do with that trash AMD CPU they have and underpowered GPU as i have said keep your expectations on low or you will be disappointed.

Now that we \'ve successfully crushed all intentions of keeping expectations low by just about proposing an early E3, we hope to see you back tomorrow at 2PM PT / 5PM ET to sit back and hopefully enjoy the presentation.

We've been patiently waiting for the «Apple of China» to at least try to unlock its full global potential with a phone, any phone, officially released stateside for several years now, and while various Xiaomi execs have vowed such an expansion will eventually happen, it's probably wise to keep your expectations low regarding the Mi MIX «concept.»