Sentences with phrase «before high school or college»

I wish I had learned them before high school or college — I would have benefited so much more from my formal education if I had understood that being prepared is half the battle.

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The irony of spending years in high school and college before getting a job is that what employers want most isn't any specific (or even highly specialized) body of knowledge; they want employees who can learn on the job.

When we played private parochial Christian high - schools or colleges, they «all» prayed, before during and after, and anywhere in between, with a lot of me «hearing praise god and jesus.»

And that's actually what I've been telling myself since college... or maybe even high school... where any paper I had to write was usually started the night before and finished the morning it was due.

Because NCAA rules forbid a high school recruit from making an official campus visit or meeting with a college coach before his senior year, some offers are tendered without the coach and player having met.

Not counting kickers and punters (who've rarely been rated), each team has a handful of starters who didn't get ranked before college, either because they weren't scouted well enough, developed late, or came through high school before the modern recruiting industry.

Female soccer players playing elite or select soccer before high school sustained concussions at a rate higher than their high school and college counterparts, most continued to play despite experiencing symptoms, and less than half sought medical attention, a first - of - its - kind study finds.

Interestingly, just days before the NFL's decision to suspend the use of impact sensors was announced, my local paper, The Boston Globe, came out with a powerful editorial in which it urged college, high school, and recreational leagues in contact and collision sports to consider mandating use of impact sensors, or, at the very least, experimenting with the technology, to alert the sideline personnel to hits that might cause concussion, and to track data on repetitive head impacts, which, a growing body of peer - reviewed evidence suggests, may result, over time, in just as much, if not more, damage to an athlete's brain, as a single concussive blow, and may even predispose an athlete to concussion.

In the end, it all comes back to education: In the ideal world, a parent's decision about whether to allow a child to start playing or continue playing collision sports before high school under current rules of play (which are evolving in the direction of safety, fortunately, as seen, for instance, in USA Hockey's ban on body checking at the Pee Wee hockey level and below, and limits on full - contact practices instituted at every level of football, from Pop Warner, to high school, college, and the NFL), will be a conscious one; a decision in which the risks of participating in a particular sport - provided it is based on the most up - to - date information about those risks and a consideration of other risk factors that might come into play for their child, such as pre-existing learning disabilities (e.g. ADHD), chronic health conditions (e.g., a history of history of multiple concussions or seizures, history of migraines), or a reckless and overly aggressive style of play - are balanced against the benefits to the child of participating.

Applicants who attended community college after high school before transferring to a four - year college or university were 30 percent less likely to be admitted, compared to those students who never attended a community college or only attended a four - year university to medical school, after adjusting for age, gender, race and ethnicity, parental education, grade point average and MCAT score.

This combo is perfect for those who are always running late in the morning before going to college or to high school.

The solo directorial debut from Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird follows high school senior Christine McPherson — or «Lady Bird» as she goes by — as she navigates a turbulent 12 months before leaving home for college.

«But for a lot of the kids we serve here, those decisions get made for them before they even get to college, or even high school.»

The guidelines were released in June, shortly before The Wall Street Journal published a front - page article detailing charges by students, parents, and teachers that numerous students at Taylor Allderdice High School had offered money for homework, stolen tests, or used open dictionaries in taking college - admission tests, among other allegations.

For instance, before school leaders move to eliminate relatively high - cost art or music classes, they may look to see whether local providers (community centers, local colleges, etc.) can or already do provide similar services at better prices.

Due to concurrent coursework, an average AAEC student earns 40 transferrable college credits, with nearly a quarter of students earning one or more associate degrees before graduating high school.

Diversions from the School Aid Fund to the community college and higher education budgets, which used to be covered by the general state budget before Gov. Snyder took office, represent almost $ 800 million or roughly $ 535 per pupil in lost K - 12 funding;

* In 2013, according to Education Trust, about 47 percent of high school graduates did not complete a college - ready or a career - ready course sequence before finishing high school.

The average AAEC student earns 40 transferrable college credits, with nearly a quarter of students earning one or more associate degrees before graduating high school.

There are many ways for highly able students to combine college with elementary, junior high, or high school; to use college coursework as a form of enrichment as well as acceleration; and to try out this accelerative option part - time first before considering a full - time commitment.

The solutions would start with economically diverse housing options in all towns in CT, quality pre-natal care, quality pediatric care, high school courses on parenting, in - home parenting classes for teens, a robust curriculum rich in the arts, social sciences, science, math, and character education, lots of playtime in a safe literature rich environment for pre-schoolers, summer school and before and after school care provided by TFA or some other organization of young recent college graduates, small class size, teacher leaders instead of building administrators, and collaboration time built into the school day.

Or where they can earn college certificates and even associate's degrees before they ever graduate from high school?

And it will be years after that before it's clear whether the standards will indeed help ensure all students leave high school prepared to enter college or the workplace.

But William C. Symonds (p. 35) asserts that the narrow, unrealistic «college for all» approach has resulted in many youths leaving high school ill - prepared for either college or work, or even dropping out before completing high school.

The road to college and career readiness --- or dropping out of high school — begins long before students enter high school.

High school students who are really determined to get into college and obtain a Bachelor's degree should start their hunt for scholarships one year before their intended entry into a university or college, whether it is the summer term, fall term or spring term.

Equipped with the emphasis, tools, and preliminary strategy before graduating from high school or college, future millennials will be better prepared to make wise choices about the debt they incur, and the attention they give to saving for retirement.

Whether enjoying a little league, high school, college or major league baseball game, fans should remember these important items before leaving for the ballpark.»

«The goal is to reach youth at an early age to inform them that in their free time, they can self - construct a tiny house before graduating high school, and have something chic they can live in while they go to college or enter the work force.»

As an avid reader, I wanted to put together a list of ten books that I think every high school student should read before he or she enters college.

A high school or college rally the night before the big football game.

Socio - demographic Predictors We examined several potential socio - demographic predictors of marital quality, including gender, years of education, whether the respondent earned a high school diploma, whether the respondent graduated college with a bachelor's degree, income, race / ethnicity, religiousness, religious attendance, whether the respondent lived with his or her biological parents at age 14, and whether the respondent had ever been arrested before marriage.

Remember in high school or college when you had the whole term to finish that project, so you waited until three days before it was due to begin?