Sentences with phrase «even kid tested»

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I challenge our team to infuse a little playfulness everyday even in a work environment, it can be while testing our products, team painting events, battling on old arcade games during lunch or getting kids in the office to play with us at an all hands meeting (usually over summer).

He called you by your last name (a practice I use to this day), he had a way of instilling fear into kids who would goof - off and cause distractions in other classes (a practice I was very much unable to duplicate during my one - year stint as an 8th - grade English teacher), and you had to run the gauntlet of sentence - diagramming grammar, which advanced to a pretty complex level, before the more «cool - teacher» aspects of Mr. Pacilio were unveiled — and even then, the tests on those rock songs were no joke!

Yet he seems to have no difficulty intervening to slaughter people by the thousands, burn cities to the ground, massacre firstborn children, testing people by ordering them to murder their own kids or even drown an entire planet in Noah's time.

But these perfectly crunchy asparagus fries are ready to take on the kid taste test challenge, as they combine two aspects in food that at least opens the door for kids to try and maybe even like -LRB-?)

Extras: There's a section of fun videos such as taste tests, back to school meal ideas (perfect if you have kids) and there's even a discussion section where Candice and James talk about a range of topics.

It even past the kid test.

It has even been kid - tested in Kool - Aid, Zucchini Bread and numerous other recipes without detection or rejection!

It was even kids approved which I consider the ultimate taste test

They've even passed the ultimate taste test — my kids!

Our kids have always been fan's of Amy's pizza from the freezer section (their favorite even has broccoli on it), so this was a perfect way to test out a similar style pizza and see how they would react.

Should stop worrying about left back and bring in quality attacking option... If isco is available should get him Sanchez giroud / welbeck isco ozil should be ok to keep us there or thereabouts... With Campbell as back up... ox on loan Walcott sold to some Middle East team with more money than sense... Or test Bilbao on the Williams kid suspect they might take 25 even with his buy out clause upped... need something... We r 2 points above spurs right now with a much poorer goal difference

It's important to remember that most kids test limits and some may even engage in isolated incidents that are dealt with by giving an effective consequence.

So, while I'm not suggesting we be robotic or inhuman in our reactions, we do have the responsibility as parents to ensure that our kids feel confident in our ability to handle raising them, even (and maybe especially) when they test us.

Even though almost every student at the KIPP Academy... is from a low - income family, and all but a few are either black or Hispanic, and most enter below grade level, they are still a step above other kids in the neighborhood; on their math tests in the fourth grade (the year before they arrived at KIPP), KIPP students in the Bronx scored well above the average for the district, and on their fourth - grade reading tests they often scored above the average for the entire city.

Research shows that kids who get fed are sick less, pay more attention in class, and even do better on standardized achievement tests.

As my kids and I ran down the stairs towards our driveway I saw the minivan glowing in the distance and I remembered the double sliding side doors, a feature my kids spent the better half of the prior evening testing out over and over again.

And she found that it's incredibly predictive, that people are pretty honest about their grit levels and that those who say, «Yes, I really stick with tasks,» are much more likely to succeed, even in tasks that involve a lot of what we think of as IQ: She gave the test to students who were in the National Spelling Bee and the kids with the highest grit scores were more likely to persist to the later rounds; she gave it to freshmen at the University of Pennsylvania and grit helped them persist in college; she even gave it to cadets at West Point and it predicted who was going to survive this initiation called «Beast Barracks.»

Tier Four parents make their kids take SelectivePrep test - taking classes, solicit teacher recommendations, and craft inspiring personal essays (even though schools aren't supposed to accept them).

Kids need structure and rules, even though they'll test them at every chance.

On Friday we'll make a homemade, hand - packed lunch full of kid - tested sandwiches, fruits, veggies, sides, and even sweets that are not too sweet.

So my little girl (easily the youngest one there, as she was freshly 3, which was the youngest age allowed) sat there, popped open her snack and got out her water bottle (tested at the store to make sure she could operate it on her own) and was halfway done with her food before most of the other kids got to even START on their snacks!

Weight limits top out between 50 and 60 pounds depending on the brand, but most are weight tested to even higher numbers and can be ideal for families with special needs kids.

We've hand selected each of the brands we carry and have even tested them on our own kids!

Even if the infants tested positive — indicating that they were probably allergic to peanuts — the researchers advised the parents to give their babies small amounts of peanut snacks regularly, as long as they did not have dangerous reactions to it in an initial food challenge, until their kids reached their fifth birthday.

Your kid failed a test that you didn't even know about and therefore didn't help them study (obviously, all your fault)

He spent his first year living with one rare diagnosis (1/100, 000 chance) before doctors realized, with more testing, that he actually has an altogether different rare condition (they don't even know of 25 kids that have it).

In a dramatic about - face and as parents revolt against what they see as over-testing of their kids, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is reportedly pushing for the role of test results in establishing teacher performance evaluations to be reduced — possibly even to zero.

And these changes are the latest in a «reform» process that has already scrapped the exam that tested prospective teachers» literacy — and even ended time limits on state tests for the kids.

«We would have a conversation and, by the time they left my office, the kid was taking the test, so I think it is about really the parents don't understand the importance of the test or what the test is even about.»

The research, says Rogers, may lead to blood tests that would allow therapists to identify which kids are likely to continue stuttering even after childhood.

Today I'm rounding up some foundations I've tested and even though my skin is more on the dry / combination side (once upon a time I had the oiliest skin but thanks to 2 kids, age and hormones, that has since changed), the foundations below I've tested by formula and coverage on my yellow / olive skin tone.

I'm not sure if I was waiting for that perfect moment or waiting for the person I was dating to pass some sort of test that even I wasn't aware they were taking, but one thing was for sure — I wanted to be the one to bring up my kids and it had to be on my terms.

This app is a great companion for an outdoor adventure and even has a quiz for kids to test their knowledge.

As far as middle school, our kids have several wonderful opportunities to tour the school, ask existing middle school students questions and even a day to test opening their lockers and go through their class schedule before the first day (without hallways filled with upperclassmen).

A teacher could fake it here for 35 years, because even when the teaching is inadequate the kids will find a way to do well on their tests.»

You see, to pass these new tests kids will have to excel at language skills — even on the mathematics portion of the tests — and those intense demands come faster and stronger earlier in their school career.

If kids from all walks of life — wealthy, poor, white, black, Hispanic, Asian, gay, straight, immigrant, native born, Native American, with and without special needs, bilingual, monolingual, rural, suburban, urban — even if kids from all of these groups got equally high test scores, would that satisfy us that we could stop waging this civil rights struggle?

It leads to the admission of at least some kids who are test wise and clever but may lack ambition, persistence, imagination, or even regular attendance.

Or we will hear that Success creams top students, gets rid of low - achievers through attrition, and test preps kids within an inch of their lives, or even cheats.

• Even places that have clung to statewide exit exams as a condition of high school graduation tend to get cold feet when reality hits — and then waive, defer, or offer workarounds such that not too many kids are actually denied diplomas just because they fail the test.

However, defining a problem and creating multiple iterations of solutions to test out is good learning, and a task accessible to kids even if they are not programmers.

Night of Math Games Preps Families and Kids for Tests «The most memorable moment from our testing kickoff and math game night event was the evening's icebreaker activity — a round of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

With powerful game mechanics and tracking that has been kid - tested and kid - approved, the digital tutor will push even the gifted kids to challenge themselves and become the ultimate fraction masters.

But even with really good tests, I don't want my kids spending all day «on task,» working on «learning modules» and drills that are easily assess - able.

I can't prove it, but I strongly suspect that one of the reasons American kids do so well in life (starting entrepreneurial companies, embracing a spirit of optimism, creating wealth, etc.)-- even though they score poorly on international tests — is because of what they pick up from sports, theater, band, student council, and the like.

The commonsense answer, in my view, would have been to use everything but test scores, such as principal or peer or expert observations, parent surveys, and maybe even kid surveys.

There are therefore several things to think about as we further explore the AEI study: long term outcomes do indeed matter a lot, especially for poor kids; if large test - score gains don't eventually translate into improved long term outcomes, it is a legitimate cause for concern; and we must stay open to the possibility that some programs could help kids immensely over the long haul, even if they don't immediately improve student achievement.

After that, the commissioner predicted a failing rate of 70 percent on the new 3 - 8 Common Core exams, before New York's kids even opened a test booklet.

On a verbally administered test, even profoundly dyslexic kids can score high on a verbal section if they are exposed to vocabulary in other ways.

Since the 3 - 8 grade SOL tests mean nothing in either the short or long term, we did not prepare our kids or even worry about their scores.