Sentences with phrase «class status by»

gjw2 And so the West, choking to death on it's own fear over everything, believing in «perfect safety» and leading with zero tolerance signs it's own warrant to second class status by throttling the engine that brought it to world prominence.

When large percentages of minority children do not complete high school and almost half of those in urban districts can not read at grade level, the lucky few who fit into the «diversity» quotas for higher education are insignificant in number compared to those condemned to permanent second class status by failing schools.

For a more accurate account of what can be learned about the American school from a global perspective, let me suggest you enhance your social class status by purchasing a volume to be published later this year by the Brookings Institution Press under the title, Endangering Prosperity: A Global View of the American School by Eric A. Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson, and Ludger Woessmann.

We can not expect wingers to reach world class status by training like props or vice versa.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, class action lawsuits by groups of independent contractors requesting employee status are becoming increasingly common; reports suggest that this is one of the hottest areas in employment litigation.

The lawsuit, launched by a customer, is aiming for class - action status.

«[This is like] the loser of the class trying to change his status by going after the popular kid instead of getting rid of the tape on his glasses and removing his pen holder.»

A lawyer for ride service Uber, which has been sued by drivers who contend they should be considered employees and are seeking class action status, said it would be preferable to have a trial just on the three drivers who filed the complaint in order to avoid setting a risky precedent.

This book by two psychology professors explores the hidden biases we all carry from a lifetime of exposure to cultural attitudes about age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, social class, sexuality, disability status and nationality.

In a new complaint seeking class action status, two women — who are maintaining anonymity — are asking a court to force the $ 69 billion ride - hail company to change many of its driver screening and other practices on behalf of all U.S. riders who were «subject to rape, sexual assault or gender - motivated violence or harassment by their Uber driver in the last four years.»

This psychological relationship is then exploited by the priest class as one means of maintaining the status quo.

A male, who held the highest position in society, and held the highest class status, was seen to be «feminized» by penetration, and designated as a social inferior, (female), by a male of lower class status, and thus his status was lowered, to that of a woman.

3) It is a source of dignity — made obvious in this case by Renee's low status as an unattractive working - class woman without children and past child - bearing age.

But another reading seems equally plausible — that many sought to shore up their status as part of the «responsible middle - class» by underscoring the discrepancy between their own «fit» families and those of the underclass.

On the matter of redistributing goods and helping others, Theissen argued that in early Christianity we find a merging and mutual correction of two different structures of social benevolence: that of the ancient Near Eastern authoritarian monarchies, in which charity and compassion are shown by the upper classes to the lower classes, and» that of the Greco - Roman republican townships, in which philanthropia is extended between persons of equal social status.

In a response to the policy update announced last week by the Department of Health and Human Services, the church leaders said the policy offers «second - class status to our first - class institutions in Catholic health care, Catholic education and Catholic charities.»

Arguing that «the marriage institution did not develop to deny dignity or to give second class status to anyone,» but rather «to serve purposes that, by their nature, arise from biology,» attorney James J. Bursch described the push to legalize same - sex marriage as the desire to «take an institution that was never intended to be dignity - bestowing, and make it dignity - bestowing.»

Class status is defined by such matters as occupation, the length of a family's residence in a community, income and property, the quality and place of residence, the mores and values which guide them, and education.

He also faulted churches for coalescing around distinctions of class, race, education, and economic status rather than welcoming outcasts — represented in the biblical passage by «foreigners» and «eunuchs» — on equal terms with ourselves as children of God.

On this last point, middle - class, status - seeking families seem to be disturbed the most deeply by parental alcoholism.

These religious issues — personal formation and making sense of life — are often disguised by our relative affluence and the apparent assumption that getting everyone to middle - class economic status will solve all problems.

It is an accusation often levelled at the Catholic Church, an institution led by a class of male - only priests distinct in status.

kroenke's brand of corporate looting is familiar... read the seminal study by akerlof and Roemer if u are so interested in the topic... and it is guaranteed to lead to second class football status however much you are in thrall to the Walmart dynasty...

By midday, with classes canceled and most players staring at TV sets in their apartments or dorm rooms, the status of Saturday's game wasn't on the players» minds.

Ask about the childbirth educator's certification background and current status, ask how many couples in the class (fewer than 10 is the goal), ask how long the class runs time-wise, ask if the childbirth educator is employed by a hospital or practitioner's office and other pertinent questions.

Therefore, BWI does not condone silencing, tone policing, or otherwise oppressing marginalized groups, nor does BWI discriminate or permit discrimination by any member of its community against any individual on the basis of age, citizenship status, class, color, disability, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, national origin, parental status, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.

Gay fathers tend to be economically well - off, one means by which their children may garner social advantages relative to other children, while additional research has shown that children of gay fathers did not report differences in sex - typed behaviour compared with parents of other family configurations.58 A large literature shows that parents tend to transmit values to their children along socioeconomic status lines, with middle class parents typically imparting different values from parents in lower socioeconomic strata.59, 60 However, little of this work has examined fathers in particular, as distinct from mothers.

It corresponds to the worst fears of single advocate Bella DePaulo, who has written that even when gay and lesbian people gain true marriage equality, «all those people who are single — whether gay or straight or any other status — will still remain second class citizens,» wanting for the tax breaks and legal dispensations and next - of - kin rights enjoyed by their married peers.

The various historical dimensions of stratification — class, racial, geographical, cultural — in British society have, far from being eroded by societal development since 1945, been preserved through amalgamation into a more unitary, crude, and yet subtly pervasive overarching dimension of status.

Its 100 members included both citizens and elected politicians: 66 were chosen randomly from the population of adult citizens to be broadly representative in terms of region, sex, age, class and work status, and 33 were nominated from the Oireachtas (Parliament) by the political parties in proportion to their parliamentary strength (and also included one representative of each of the four parties in the Northern Ireland Assembly that accepted the invitation to participate).

«Our pre-K class would be operated in partnership with Adirondack Community Action Programs, and we're hoping to hear from the state by late October on the status of our application,» Osborne said.

«Although this study of clinicians from surgical and other related specialties did not demonstrate any association between implicit race or social class bias and clinical decision making, existing biases might influence the quality of care received by minority patients and those of lower socioeconomic status in real - life clinical encounters.

Their rise in status has been driven by young labor forces, investments in education and technology, and thriving middle classes with money to burn.

«Our results demonstrate that corporate campaigns appeal to people who measure their personal value by their physical appearance, fitness levels, material and financial wealth, class, and status,» said Sarah Wolfe, a researcher in Waterloo's Faculty of Environment.

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.

OPT status can also be used by graduate students still working on their dissertation research when they're no longer taking classes or when they are enrolled for fewer than nine credit - hours per semester.

Our overall goal is to test the novel concept that a recently discovered class of small non-coding RNAs, so - called microRNAs, which are encapsulated in nanometer - sized vesicles secreted by RPE cells, can predict the status of mitochondrial function in these cells and influence mitochondrial function in neighboring RPE cells through vesicle - mediated intercellular transfer of the microRNAs.

The yoga therapy component of Essential Yoga Therapy's courses, classes, instructions, and materials is derived from accreditation by the International Association of Yoga Therapists, and is not derived from any status granted by the Yoga Alliance Registry.

US NEWS - July 31 - A class action suit against Successful Match alleges that the company broke the law and its promises of confidentiality to customers on PositiveSingles.com by sharing their HIV and STD statuses on «thousands» of spinoff sites, including HIVGayMen.com, STDHookup.com and Blackpoz.com.

In the Central District of California, attorneys filed a similar suit and asked the court to grant class - action status so other members impacted by the «nightmare» brought on by hackers can see relief.

This cheeky, hilarious biopic, written by Steve Rogers («Hope Floats») and directed by Craig Gillespie («Lars and the Real Girl»), seeks to redeem an unfairly maligned woman, an almost superhuman athlete whose low class status kept her from being embraced by the figure - skating community, and who showed strength despite being abused by her mother and husband.

Undaunted by Eggsy's lowly class status, Galahad submits him as a contender to fill the spot.

From Nowhere (Unrated) Coming - of - age drama, set in the Bronx, highlighting the ordeals of three, undocumented high school seniors — a Muslim Guinean (J. Mallory McCree), a depressed Dominican (Octavia Chavez - Richmond) and a Peruvian class valedictorian (Raquel Castro)-- living in fear of being apprehended by the authorities before being granted legal immigration status.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Danny Glover Stars in Saga Set in Segregated South It is 1950, in Harmony, a hardscrabble Alabama town whose name gives no hint that its color - coded caste system relegates blacks to second - class status.

It works as a murder mystery, a comedy of manners, a human drama, and a social commentary simply by providing a rich tapestry of characters and relationships, status and class.

By Bob Bloom «Southpaw» is a solid and violent boxing feature that leans more toward middleweight status than the heavyweight class of such classics as «Raging Bull» or «Somebody Up There Likes Me.»

Content filters and firewalls are great for keeping kids away from pornography, as required by the Children's Internet Protection Act (download the PDF), or preventing them from updating their Facebook status during class.

When the middle class youth leaves the bars / clubs they enter paying a fortune by their own standards, saying the «slum dwellers are here»; when they are turned away from malls they go to for shopping on the grounds that they are deemed «dangerous»; when they are subject to ostracizing behavior at stores they do manage to enter they are repeatedly reminded that it is nearly impossible to attain the desired social status and trying to be like the middle class and not being able to do so generates considerable rage.

The DfE expectation, as outlined in the white paper, is that most schools converting to academy status will be expected to do so by either forming or joining a MAT unless they are «successful and sustainable alone» — but even when classed as such, going it alone will not necessarily be the best course of action.

Systemic change will not occur by replicating the status - quo, this change requires suffering, risks, mistakes, experimenting, courage, and love; I witnessed and experienced this all in his class.