Sentences with phrase «encourages things like»

The Common Core encourages things like teacher websites and blogging instruction for elementary school students.

I thought Darryl would make fun of him, but instead he just smiled good - naturedly and pointed to the squiggles and said encouraging things like «Yeah, and here's an alien coming down in a spaceship.»

But big - hearted Poppa, given to saying encouraging things like «you've got to earn your mark by doing something bigger than yourself,» thinks it will all work out.

Gordon's victory, which happened at age 72 — «I can't tell you how encouraging a thing like this is,» she famously remarked from the podium — would set the stage for what would become a curious Oscar phenomenon: actresses earning statuettes for horror films.

The opening line of Gordon's acceptance speech, «I can't tell you how encouraging a thing like this is,» brought down the house.

It's nice to see a developer encouraging things like this and actively supporting it.

Now that Microsoft is struggling to compete with Sony's impressive PlayStation 4 sales, it needs to encourage things like cross-network play.

Not exact matches

My mentees — or the people in the community who are watching and aspiring — they're very encouraged when they see things like this.

Case in point: Birch Coffee's «ignition initiative» in which customers can take a sign from the wall of the store (samples include: «Ask Me What I Ate for Lunch Today» and «Ask Me About the Most Embarrassing Thing in My iTunes Library»), and place it in front of their table if they'd like to encourage random conversations with strangers.

«There's a big difference between [medical marijuana] and recreational marijuana, and I think when you see something like the opioid addiction crisis blossoming in so many states around this country, the last thing we should be doing is encouraging people,» said Spicer during the briefing.

But in a society like ours that bombards kids with advertising and continuously pushes materialism and a narrow view of success, how can you encourage your children to stop wanting more things and start being thankful for the things they already have?

«I do things in my office that encourage kid - like thinking,» Littman says.

One of the biggest things you can do to groom an entrepreneur is to encourage them to do hard things — like really hard things — and make a conscious choice not to rescue them when they fail.

When it comes to money, John cautioned business owners against blowing large sums on things they don't need — like expensive websites when a Facebook page would be more strategic — and encouraged them to be just as cautious when thinking about accepting funding.

Listen, I KNOW your whole thing is about drawing people in with inflammatory pieces then encouraging comments for EVERY article so we'll waste our time on your site (like I'm about to do no more) but TRY, just try to remember that you were credible once.

I often feel under pressure to write things that are positive, funny, and encouraging because I know people like it.

All the good things and encouraging words passed through me like water, leaving only the muck behind.

I concluded at the time of the riots that of all the things the government now needed to do, it was the married family which most urgently needed to be rebuilt: I was and remain as certain of that as anything I have ever written, and I have been saying it repeatedly for over 20 years: I was saying it, for instance, when I was attacking (in The Mail and also The Telegraph), as it went through the Commons, the parliamentary bill which became that disastrous piece of (Tory) legislation called the Children Act 1989, which abolished parental rights (substituting for them the much weaker «parental responsibility»), which encouraged parents not to spend too much time with their children, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smack.»

And I speak up when a few vocal evangelical leaders say hateful things about LGBT people or encourage bullying or condone misogyny because I feel like I have this investment in the community and it's important for those invested in the community to speak up when its leaders are hurting our witness to the world... But I'm not sure I can do that anymore.

where in the Bible was polygamy encouraged by God... it was seen as wrong even if people engaged in it — kind of like the things we engage in today

Looking people in the eye, listening to what they have to say and making an intelligent response that lets them know we really heard what they were saying, not acting like we're in a hurry to move on but have time to listen, letting them know they are more important than our stupid cell phones, encouraging them and letting them know we think they can succeed — all of those things are extremely important in building relationships, including relationships with homeless people.

Jesus goes on to encourage the leaders to continue giving, but tells them to focus more of their devotion and energy to things that matter more, like justice, mercy, and faith.

I would like to know: what is the most encouraging (and maybe surprising) thing said to or done for you by fellow Christians since your coming out?

One thing from this era that America likes to try and forget about is their participation in the eugenics movement, which both paralleled and encouraged the same in Nazi Germany.

In evangelical circles, he's like the kid from high school who makes crude jokes at every opportunity, uses the words «gay» and «queer» to describe the things he most detests, encourages his friends to subject the unpopular kids to ridicule, and belittles the guys who aren't «macho» or «manly» enough to be in his club.

I am glad we do not wait for God to do these big things... or to even do the small things, like encouraging an old friend.

Teachers can be encouraged to become aware of the ways they gear their activities and materials to girls and boys on the basis of sex, like letting the boys do the active things and the girls the quiet ones or grouping the girls in the doll corner and the boys in the construction corner.

and since my doctor is encouraging me to really go for it in terms of using things like coconut flour, and really paying attention to carbs, fats, and eating food as close to the way it come from nature, I am hoping this will be a fun and encouraging place to do those things.

It encourages picky eating and food waste (at least, in our opinion), two things which we try to avoid like the plague (currently we are only succeeding with the latter.

I like to set a dishwasher - safe cutting board into a rimmed baking pan, as I work, to keep things even tidier (this isn't meant to encourage any fear of working with raw chicken, it's just my habit).

I always like to gently encourage people to eat seasonally, but realize that this is a challenging thing to live by in a black and white way if you don't live in California or a similarly warm and fertile climate.

In addition to our work incorporating behavioral economics principles into our school nutrition programs to encourage students to both take and consume more fruits and vegetables, Sodexo is also looking at ways to add produce to other things we serve like adding natural and nutrient - packed mushrooms to burgers.»

New manager time, we are signing some quality players without Wenger being involved and that was his last thing, finding the good players while Gazidis was signing players like Welbroke and Perez... Now we need a man who will install that desire to fight for our club, to train and want to train to show themselves ready for the 1st team... Wenger constantly picking Xhaka can't be encouraging AMN to try harder when he may not believe it will matter.

Players do have a brain afterall and what Wenger does is encourage them to use it rather than just instruct them like most other managers do, now when it all comes together, we go a whole season unbeaten, when it fails, we go a decade without a trophy all in it is why a large number of former Wenger students and players have gone on to greater things within and beyond football, Even Guardiola took a chunk of his coaching badges under Wenger even after playing under Fergie just before hanging up his boots, Viera went on to a senior role at Man.

The likes of Steve Bruce, Martin O'Neill and Paulo Di Canio have all failed to push on from encouraging starts, but Poyet looks like he could lead Sunderland to better things.

A more nuanced deal he also revealed came in simple things like kicking the ball long; academy footballers of all denominations are increasingly encouraged to play short passes and build from the back, but there is scarcely room for subtlety lower down the professional ranks, meaning he was now hitting as many as 40 or 50 long balls per game.

I don't always explain the full scientific principles to my children, but watching and taking part in activities like these really does encourage children start to question why things happen, and the concepts we introduce will become start to make more sense to them as time goes on.

Your teen might start to act mature and dress like grown - ups, but always encourage her too silly things together with you.

She thought things sounded like they were on the right track and encouraged me to keep track of the frequency + intensity and other symptoms over the next hour and to call her with an update.

She snoozed on my couch while my doula and I made our way to pushing... Then she awoke like a superhero and checked the heartbeat and said some encouraging things and joined my hubby in the other room.

But figuring out how to encourage time with daddy can be a big challenge: I was a super nervous parent, my husband worked all day, I liked things my way, and on and on.

The Piano Man: The only thing I kind of like about it is that it encourages kids to breastfeed their babies.

Over and over again we hear School Nutrition Association members say things like, «If it weren't for my director, I wouldn't have applied for my scholarship,» and «My manager told me about SNA, and encouraged me to become a member.»

Or, they may say things to their kids like, «You'll be bouncing off the walls when you're done eating all that candy,» which may encourage kids to become more energetic.

But has become easier with practice.Yet for behaviors that really matter to me / I want to encourage, I do say things like «I like how you said «please»» or «That was nice of you to let her have a turn.»

She can do seemingly little but very important things like encourage you when you doubt yourself and remind you of your strength.

I would add that people like BWF / January Harshe are inflicting pain on mothers by encouraging them to do stupid things.

she does anything that a 9 - 12 month old does.so i think that by encouraging your child to do things and playing with them all the time will help them reach their milestones early or extremely early like my daughter.

If someone doesn't like something, we encourage them to eat it but don't force them to -LCB- and I should add that we have a strict rule about saying rude things like «it's yucky» -RCB-.

Sometimes peer influences can be positive like encouraging each other to try new things or step out of their comfort zone in a positive way.