When I was a student, many years ago I got a grant and tuition fees that I didn't have to repay, and I had friends, like myself, from working
class backgrounds who would not have gone onto further education, but for the fact it was FREE.
«Lucky» Jim Dixon epitomized a new and rising social group of men in post-World War II Britain - men of lower / working
class backgrounds who, by dint of scholarship, rose out of their former place in the hierarchy to challenge the social order.
What would you impart to young teachers from upper / middle
class backgrounds who are coming into places like Brownsville, Bed - Stuy, and the South Bronx?
«It shows the prime minister comes from a ruling
class background who doesn't understand the sacrifices that working class people had to make,» he claimed.
The reality is that most of us were well - behaved students from a middle
class background who found learning interesting enough that we pursued it for a lifelong career.
Not exact matches
The Macro Man blog is written by Team Macro Man, a very small group of friends
who are market participants with varied
backgrounds are across asset
classes, geographies, roles and institutions.
«Why would the president look to someone with a deregulatory
background who didn't fight for the middle
class and
who doesn't have the personality for wrestling with ideas in a way that's valuable for Fed chair?»
The variety of professional
backgrounds in this
class reflects that there are no limits to
who can take advantage of this extraordinary opportunity.
Specifically, it's far less common to hear about how a student
who finds their way to or from Christianity, Islam, or Judaism (or even Atheism for that matter) while attending a university.Taking
classes and sharing experiences alongside classmates from varying
backgrounds can cause even the most religious or nonreligious person to inspect, analyze, and even question their beliefs.
EVERYONE takes turns helping to clean the church buildings, EVERYONE gives sermons, or teaches
classes, or helps with music if they have a musical
background, helps prepare and send meals to members
who are sick, helps other members when they move, helps set up the tables and put the food out for gatherings, visits other members on a monthly basis to find out if they need help with anything.
The vices of the middle - aged and the middle
class of middle America have been scored repeatedly, while the suburbanite is routinely pictured as one
who cowardly flees from the tumult of the inner city to enjoy his affluence in the privacy of his
background with its green grass and ubiquitous charcoal grill.
This theoretical vision does not take account of the fact that the partners are not equal and that it is often the weakest
who pays the cost of these operations, whether they are vulnerable due to their
class, their ethnic
background, their gender, their lack of political power or their cultural weakness.
On an individual level, if you are well - educated, middle -
class parents (the children
who make the biggest gains from early childhood education are those from deprived
backgrounds) and use quality daycare (if you use it), you are probably not going to influence your child's outcomes all that much whatever you do.
Those
who teach breastfeeding
classes have a variety of
backgrounds.
The other major «Raj» nostalgia of the 1980s was the television serialisation The Jewel in the Crown, in which the villain — Ronald Merrick — was depicted as a sadistic deviant
who happened to come from a lower middle
class background, was a grammar school boy and a closet homosexual as well.
Naomi Andrews,
who has worked for Shea - Porter for more than a decade and managed two of her past campaigns, became the ninth Democrat to join the September 11 primary ballot, touting her middle -
class background and experience working with Shea - Porter.
As a teacher, Santos believes he has a unique perspective on the educational needs of the district, and also cites his «humble upbringing» as the child of the working
class, specifically contrasting his
background to that of the incumbent,
who had a privileged youth as the daughter of a successful doctor.
If he didn't possess that talent he may well have ended up as just another statistic, a young person from a working
class background and broken home
who got into trouble and never recovered.
The scheme's critics argued that Specialist Schools encouraged segregation in education, insofar as the middle
class parents
who were long best placed to ensure favourable outcomes from school admissions regimes of grammar schools would continue to be able to get their children into the better schools, at the expense of those from poorer and socially excluded
backgrounds.
For those
who keep such scores, the House of Lords has a higher proportion of women, a higher proportion of people from ethnic minorities, a broader range of ethnic minorities, and far more people from working -
class backgrounds generally and the trade union movement in particular, than can be found down the corridor.
Browning, a longtime Working Families Party member from Shirley
who registered as a Democrat in May, said her working -
class background gives her an advantage over Zeldin and others seeking the Democratic nomination in the 1st Congressional District.
He insisted David Cameron's privileged
background was not an insurmountable barrier, pointing out that Harold Macmillan,
who married the daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire, did more than any other postwar Tory prime minister to appeal to working
class voters.
I think in fairness to Steve Hart, Unite's strategy makes union backed candidates from a broader social
background part of their political strategy, but certainly not the end of it: At the Unite meeting at Labour Conference, Jon Trickett & Len McCluskey made the case for Unite & Labour developing MP's from down to earth
backgrounds, but linked this very much to having policies that adress the needs of working
class voters: The Unite strategy is fairly broad, including recruitng union members to Labour, developing MP's (
who as McCluskey are backed because they «reflect the values of the union movement» — rather than just being from a particular social
class), and supporting the
CLASS think tank to develop policy — I did a write up of this meeting for the Morning Star (and a rival Progress one), which may be of interest (I think it will appear if you click on my name)
Scientists at research institutes and universities in Singapore are carrying out valuable and world -
class research, but they might not be in a position to convey the potential of their discovery to a venture capitalist, unless the venture capitalist has a scientific
background or at least access to someone on the team
who does.
Existence of underserved or inaccessible populations: Another type of person
who might try CAM approaches is one
who is not well served by the medical establishment because of socioeconomic status,
class, ethnic
background, or geographical isolation.
Working with Bhaduri,
who has a
background in statistics and bioinformatics, Pollen and Nowakowski began exploring how specific
classes of neurons and stem cells in the developing brain contribute to normal brain growth as well as to neurodevelopmental disease, and have begun to build a comprehensive, open - source atlas of gene expression across the developing brain, which they hope will serve as a resource for other scientists.
Also, only 30 percent of the families
who ask us for help come from working -
class backgrounds.
Last but not the least, immediately following the conference, a three day workshop made up of transgenic experiment design
classes and hands - on laboratory exercises will be offered for those
who wish to develop a strong
background in transgenic technologies and applications.
Learn more about Dr. Gottfried as she shares a bit about her
background,
who she designed this
class for, and what you can expect to learn in the upcoming modules and sessions.
In your first module, Alex explains what this
class is all about,
who it's designed for, how best to take it, as well as a bit about her personal
background and why she wants to help you ditch gluten.
Meet Dr. Leslie Carr, licensed clinical psychologist, as she shares a bit more about her
background, what this
class is all about, and
who she designed this
class for.
It is our intention that those
who wish to teach have the tools to offer a beginning yoga
class upon completion of the training, and to have at least some basic understanding of the vast
background of this great science and spiritual practice.
And I think I can speak for all 7 of us
who attended the 5 day intensive General Assembly «Startup Bootcamp» when I say this was not an outcome that I alone experienced, all of us, despite coming from quite dramatically different
backgrounds — we had a baker, an airline owner, a fresh graduate, a tech developer, PR executive and surveyor in the
class — completed the bootcamp with a more definitive idea of the way in which to make our business dream an achievable reality.
Students
who have signed up fall between the range of 21 - 27 years old, mostly coming from upper and middle
class backgrounds.
The DVD is one of the best ever, with two audio commentaries: one with Altman and one with Fellowes,
who reveals how much he borrowed from his own upper -
class family
background in the creation of characters.
In addition to the independent student work, BAA teachers bring
classes to the STEAM lab to participate in workshops with artists and practitioners, like legendary sonic architect Hank Shocklee,
who have
backgrounds that align with our UMG students.
I learned to navigate different social spaces from people with different
backgrounds, especially while code switching for my middle to upper middle classmates in my AP
classes who were «nerds,» to my friends
who were jocks, and to my extended family members
who came from a complete different
background and life experience than even I knew.
Reflecting on those personal feelings helps us understand what it feels like for students
who do not have the foundational
background to understand the new topics the
class is learning or
who have already mastered the current material and are bored by having to listen to lessons that don't introduce new information for them.
(Used with a mid-low ability year 8
class who had no
background knowledge) Starter: collective memory - students given a empty sheet of A3 and can come up to see yours one by one (to remember names of the parts of a circle).
In many cases, Woolf is asked to connect
classes or schools with experts
who can serve as role models
who share the students»
background or culture in order to make the experience even more powerful for the children.
«This is not just a course for advanced placement students
who want to be doctors - the content is for everyone,» Mowschenson says, noting that the
class» 24 students come from varying socioeconomic
backgrounds and academic levels.
Their findings suggest that students in remedial courses are more likely to graduate, or transfer from two - year schools to four - year schools, than students with similar educational
backgrounds who did not take remedial
classes.
A limited body of experimental evidence does suggest that teachers, in allocating
class time, interacting with students, and designing
class materials, are more favorably disposed toward students
who share their racial or ethnic
background.
I think about a former, Polynesian student of mine,
who was completely immersed in black hip - hop culture, yet seemed worried she would offend me by saying my race out loud during a
class discussion on immigration and ethnic
backgrounds.
In addition to racial diversity, ABC also has increased its assistance for students of varying economic
backgrounds, helping not only students
who have significant financial constraints, but also middle -
class students.
Pretend gun - free zones, where law - abiding adults (
who pass a fingerprint - based
background check and a safety training
class) are still disarmed, are magnets for evildoers
who know they will be able to murder at will with little threat of being fired upon.
By engaging in a conversation with people
who represent other
backgrounds and experiences, students become more aware of the role that many factors (e.g., social
class, occupation, gender, age) play in shaping one's attitudes and perspectives on historical events.
Parents
who provide learning support at home can improve their child's literacy and emotional development, regardless of their
class or educational
background.
Experience with voucher programs suggests that students with middle and upper
class backgrounds are more likely to benefit from these programs than those
who live in poverty.
This year's
class of Presidential Leadership Scholars includes 60 impressive leaders from varied
backgrounds who share a commitment to facing society's greatest challenges.