Sentences with phrase «better than a high school»

It used to be safe to say that no matter your job title, you should be able to do it better than a high school student.

Oh, and by the way, ask college fans about college officials (better than high school refs), and what will the answer be?

So what would make anyone think that the officials should perform any better than high school - level players or coaches?

College students performed significantly better than high school students.

Since James had just started high school, Bennet students and teachers knew him better than the high school staff.

They may be somewhat better than the high school scores, but will probably also decline significantly.)

Not exact matches

Education debt is supposed to help you get a job with a better salary than you would get with a high school diploma.

A serial entrepreneur who founded his first company in high school, Smith says he knew better than to «[spill] the money ahead of the customers.»

«When you do outdoor events,» says Russell, who went to high school across the river on 98th Street and played sports on Governors Island's athletic fields as a kid, «you are expected, both contractually and on a personal level, to return the park in the same condition, if not better than, it was in when you first took it over.

After all, he understands better than anyone how important resources are to veterans transitioning to civilian life: Parsons enlisted in the Marines at age 17, heading to Vietnam straight out of high school.

Why do those with besties end up better off than those who win high school popularity contests?

Policy makers favor the manufacturing sector because it has historically provided good paying jobs for middle - skill workers, or those folks who have more than a high school education but not a four - year college degree.

Even in its best years, its acceptance rate — often hovering in the 70 % to 80 % range — was much higher than the major business schools, which accept less than 20 % of their applicants.

So were the average GMAT scores of its entering classes, which tended to range near 600, more than 100 points below the best schools, which typically report scores in the 700 - plus range on an entrance test where the highest possible score is 800.

So all my high school friends thought they were better than me because they were getting A's and I was getting F's.

Overall, higher education still translates into better wages — those with a bachelor's degree, on average, earn more than 30 per cent more than high school graduates.

It found that children of American homeowners scored no better on math and reading tests than renters» kids, nor did they have lower high - school dropout rates.

Studies suggest firstborns score higher in IQ tests, earn higher salaries and perform better in school than their siblings.

As parents, you think the best thing you can do for your children is to encourage them to go to college and get a good education — and, hopefully, that will help them land good jobs with higher earning power than if they had high school diplomas alone.

We had a similar approach on my tennis team in high school — we'd rather be lucky than good.

Diverse data: In a briefing with reporters, NIH officials said they are focusing on gathering health and genetic data from diverse and historically underrepresented groups — including ethnic and sexual minorities, as well as people with disabilities, with less than a high school education, and with income below the poverty level.

A research study published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, led by a team at the Rotman School of Management, shows that taking a moment to assess your best qualities leads to better results when negotiating a high - stakes deal with someone who has more power than you.

Average house prices near the 10 % best - performing primary schools are 8 % higher or # 16.800 than in the surrounding area, according to a research note from the Department of Education.

Those who graduate under higher standards, however, are more likely to make on - time payments and keep up with their bills, and they understand how to manage those obligations better than students who were not exposed to personal finance and economics in school, the data show.

All this despite the fact that private schooling doesn't actually yield better outcomes for students, according to a recent Statistics Canada report (instead, the apparent academic success of private school student is due to their socioeconomic backgrounds).9 A UBC study also found that students from public schools scored higher in first - year university classes than their private school counterparts.10

In nursery, primary and secondary schools teachers are more delighted with a pupil's good «social skills» («getting along») than with the high marks of a solitary child.

Nationally syndicated columnist Dan Savage may be better known for his very public critiques of Catholic leaders than for the year he spent in a high school seminary, or for his Catholic deacon father, or for the baptism he and his husband sought for their son.

Even tried to just have friendly chats with her and in those chats the topic of my best friend who died in a car accident in high school came up briefly... little more than a mere mention.

Under the Republic the Muslims also founded more than a thousand primary schools and several well - known high schools for general education.

He's in high school now, and still loves nothing better than «special projects» where he can get creative.

Although, I suppose it's better than our other popular high school hangout, a smoky Ram's Horn at midnight.

What could be more important than working to get good food to our kids at school and high sugary flavored milk drinks out?

That's why I'm sharing some healthy plant - based lunch ideas for back to school in the hopes that you or your children will have a better chance at avoiding high blood pressure and diabetes than eight - year old Nisha did.

Now in its ninth year, the Best Teen Chef Competition awards more than $ 250,000 in tuition scholarships for degree programs at The Art Institutes to high - school seniors in the U.S. and Canada.

More than 100 top Division I university sports programs, leading high school programs, as well as the nation's top trainers recommend Rockin» Refuel products.

Between the halves, U.S. Coach Buzz Bennett, an earnest young man but hardly closer to first - rank as a coach than his players, tried to goad his men to better performances by saying, «Don't you guys realize that's a high school team you're playing against?

Of the 1,700 - plus players to wear a catcher's mask in a major league game, of the thousands to do it professionally, of the tens of thousands to do it in high school and college, no catcher could hit baseballs better than he could.

Like the former Elk Grove High School and Sacramento State softball and basketball star, Miles does more than just play well.

As much I've always enjoyed covering a good high school football rivalry game, I was reminded recently that no sport was better built for rivalries than basketball.

The sophomore from Miami Norland high school has been outstanding as a featured back in 2013; he follows blocks better than a lot of home run hitters, but he still possesses home run capability.

Chris, if one starry - eyed high school kid sees you in your current state and decides to head his life in a direction other than pro football, that would be the best example of all.

I texted a friend of mine and said a high school coaching staff could have put together a better game plan than PSU's in the first half.

There may well be a high school football team better than the one Curry has assembled this fall.

I just can't believe that we have become a joke we always start the season well then have a bumpy December and by the time Feb comes our form has taken a dip and we get kicked out of all competitions except for that valuable top 4 that the board loves so much... ultimately if Arsenal want to compete again we need changes from the bottom up... Kroenke and his board need to go cause clearly for them profits matter more than trophies... Wenger needs to go for his lack of tactical naus guy has been using the same fornation since I was in high school and I'm doing my honours in accounting now... our medical team must all go our players always get injured and they never come back in time (take a look at Santi) players like Coquelin Theo Mesut Gabriel Gibbs Giroud just to name a few need to go they're just not good enough seriously these players lack fight tactical Discipline and tactical awareness... at the end of the day change needs to happen things can't keep going like this for us....

Her time of 40.57 was more than one second better than her previous PR (personal record) and was the fastest high school girls time in the nation this season.

And if you follow high school athletics even remotely close, you know that no site does rankings better than Cal - Hi Sports.

More often than not, only programs that employ ATs, such as colleges, professional teams, and well - funded high schools, are able to collect this data.

For a high school girl, her throw was the second - best ever and only the second toss of more than 50 feet.

Coaches often are are quite good at teaching this part of the sport and high school - age athletes are technically better than they've ever been.

Sometimes kids from worse backgrounds, with worse high school grades, did better than kids from decent homes, with decent grades.