Sentences with phrase «classmates who»

Indeed, peers will also socially devalue (and reject) classmates who are dissimilar from themselves for other reasons that do not relate to behavior problems, such as being of a different race or ethnicity [49].

While referring to the roster, participants were asked to nominate up to four classmates who most represented each item's criteria.

This person can then pick three classmates who were also safe, responsible and respectful to take a turn feeding Maurice.

She often encouraged her friends to help her make cards and drawings for classmates who were ill.

If they attended your alma mater, you can mention how great its online discussion group is and offer to introduce them to some former classmates who are active in that group.

Set yourself up against your classmates who'll be applying for the same jobs you will by making sure to craft a clear, professional resume that highlights your particular skills and experience.

If the interviewer attended your alma mater, you can mention how great its LinkedIn group is and offer to introduce some former classmates who are active in that group.

By the end of the day Wednesday, the teens would meld in with their other classmates who organized the «Never Again» protests.

Julie Vidaud decided not to instruct one student to perform CPR on two her classmates who had been shot and were beside her.

On Wednesday, students said some classrooms were awfully quiet, while others described hearing stories from classmates who were inside the freshman building where the massacre took place.

Barna said students maintained their composure throughout the school day, but it was difficult to ignore the spaces created by classmates who were killed two weeks ago or those still recovering from injuries.

But she knows the events will be bittersweet because of the classmates who are missing.

«It is not the obligation of children to befriend classmates who have demonstrated aggressive, unpredictable or violent tendencies,» she said.

I grew in confidence and skill, becoming more comfortable even though I was still behind many of my classmates who already knew how to build resumes and network.

I'm really proud of my colleagues and former classmates who have taken the risk of leaving a secure job in the pursuit of their goals.

When I think of my 1L class at McGill, I can think of exactly zero classmates who came from a computer science background.

Your classmates who go out and party every night, yet make seemingly brilliant comments in class or a study group are probably a bit behind in their studies.

The selection of visiting artists and mentors was quite impressive: we met with Trevor Paglen during the final stages of his The Last Pictures project and with artists Eva and Franco Mattes, who enlisted us to take part in their newest piece, «Emily's Video» (named after one of my fellow classmates who worked on the project).

Sharrow has been thought of often as being a part of the «Chicago School» of imagist painters, fitting generationally into the «Monster Roster» group of artists from that city, including the most well - known of her classmates who lead the charge of image and ideas over pure abstraction, Leon Golub and Nancy Spero.

I am looking at the painting from behind the backs of several classmates who stand clustered around it.

The story is about two high school classmates who set off to become manga creators for Weekly Shonen Jump, the biggest name in the manga world.

Zeppelin Studio was founded in Vienna, Austria by a group of former classmates who wanted to apply their skills to the real world after winning several student game competitions.

Kids tend to relate better to their classmates who have autism when pets are in the classroom, Beck has found in his research.

Immediately shunned, ridiculed, and bullied by classmates who chide him for being the odiferous son of the mysterious «Garbage Man,» Joey soon realizes that the revolting miasma of his new home results from the tools and plunder of grave robbing, the family trade, which first repels, then attracts the teen as he becomes an apprentice to his father, Harnett.

She said she was the only one of her classmates who survived the war.

The Dream of America by Jacqueline Woodson Nancy Paulsen • August 28 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Woodson takes a cue from The Breakfast Club in her upcoming novel centered on a group of six vastly different middle school classmates who are thrown together — seemingly at random — by their teacher.

A compelling plot and interesting secondary characters, especially classmates who are quick to make unfounded accusations and their teacher, who provides wisdom just when it is needed, will leave readers wanting more.

My upcoming book is set at a fictional college that is based on the college I attended, so I want to blog about specific places on campus, professors or classmates who inspired certain characters, and campus ghost stories that appear in one form or another in my novel.

He initially wants to enter the anime club, but winds up joining the cycling club after meeting two classmates who are already famous cyclists.

To connect with classmates who only seem to care about her trailer - park home, she starts a poetry club.

Surrounded by classmates who had so many options available to them while in school together, Arthur felt his script had already been written, destined to become the Headmaster.

Even those authors and publishers who don't have legions of fans, followers, or online friends usually have relatives and former classmates who are willing to brag that someone they know and love has a new book out — and word can spread pretty quickly through cyberspace.

I have to admit to envying my former classmates who remain in our town and are adult friends with many of the same people they knew as kids.

And when at least 1.2 million fourth - grade students, or one - third of the nation's students in that grade are likely to drop out — and nearly 1 million more of their classmates who are barely reading at Basic proficiency unlikely to succeed in college and career — we have a moral, intellectual, and systems - change obligation to focus on stemming achievement gaps.

To confuse things further, the school prohibited us from speaking Spanish, and when there was a need to translate course content to help our Latina classmates who only spoke Spanish, teachers would scold us and accuse us of keeping our classmates from learning English.

As the only student who thanks me on a daily basis for my teaching efforts, she certainly stands out from the rest of her technology - infused classmates who exit the room connected to some type of electronic music device.

Spencer, who has been reading a book alongside classmates who are taking the test on various days, said it would have been more comfortable to have been allowed to leave the testing area and sit in the library.

Try this: have students fill out an exit slip where they identify a short list of classmates who they do feel comfortable talking to.

As we got off I - 10 at Esplanade Avenue, near my home, it dawned on me that he would be one of the few classmates who had seen where I lived.

«You might think that's a little thing, but in every way possible we can send a message to our students today who may be considering a career path that requires a two - year technical college education, that is just as noble and needed and accepted as those of their classmates who go on to a four - year college or university,» he said.

Readers who attended normally bad K - 12 schools and then went to selective colleges are likely to understand why: Your classmates who had gone to Phillips Exeter had taken much better courses than your school offered, and you may have envied their good luck, but you had read a lot on your own, you weren't that far behind, and you caught up quickly.

Since some students finish quicker than others, I had an extension problem for them to complete or, in some cases, these students assisted classmates who were struggling.

Somewhere along the line, the classmates who were once part of his group disappear.

KIPP appears to provide hard - working, striving low - income students with an environment in which they are surrounded by classmates who support student achievement.

Students in KIPP schools may be surrounded by classmates who are, on the whole, more supportive of academic achievement than peers in traditional public schools with similar poverty rates.

Recruit established groups of friends in each grade level to roam the campus looking for classmates who are alone, especially during lunch and recess.

The discussions these questions lead to are rich and often motivate students to get more information, check their facts, and listen to classmates who may not see the problem, or the solution, in the same way.

Most high school teachers believe their physics courses are preparing students for college physics, perhaps, as Sadler discovered, because all previous studies showed that college students who studied physics in high school outperformed their classmates who did not.

«Given the caliber of leadership among my classmates who are also graduating, I am humbled by this distinction and I feel like I share it with them,» Deckman says.

Telephone calls, letters, faxes, and e-mails are wonderful tools to help children stay in touch with classmates who have moved to a new school.