Sentences with phrase «for fear of embarrassment»

«I have found that students of lesser ability are not about to speak out for fear of embarrassment if they are grouped with students of greater ability,» she told Education World.

the situation is worrying, personally, I am unable to visit some places for fear of embarrassment by the aggrieved customers».

More than 50 per cent of women believed it would be uncomfortable to breastfeed in public, and a majority of men and women did not want their child to be breastfed in public for fear of embarrassment.

Not exact matches

While there have been no formal studies to determine how many child molesters have coached youth teams, a computer - database search of recent newspaper stories reveals more than 30 cases just in the last 18 months of coaches in the U.S. who have been arrested or convicted of sexually abusing children engaged in nine sports from baseball to wrestling — and this despite the fact that child sex - abuse victims, for reasons ranging from shame and embarrassment to love or fear of their molesters, rarely report the crime.

We might come down harder on them or sometimes actually «over-function» by completing their work for them — anything to avoid our own feelings of shame, embarrassment, failure or fear.

The dilemma of breast pumping at work placeMany mothers who have to join the workplace soon again after delivering a baby face embarrassment, confusion and fear because of lack of support for pumping breast milk at... Read More

Many mothers who have to join the workplace soon again after delivering a baby face embarrassment, confusion and fear because of lack of support for pumping breast milk at work.

Top cop Bill Bratton — who was on the Boston force around the time the FBI was investigating infamous local mobster James «Whitey» Bulger — says the joke in law enforcement after Bulger went into hiding in 1994 was, «Whitey was on the «Least Most Wanted» [list] for the fear of him coming back and the embarrassment he could cause.»

Despite tonight's show of unity, Brown suffered the embarrassment of Labour's former general secretary Peter Watt disclosing that in 2007 one of the triumvirate, Alexander, favoured Brown going for an early general election, partly because he feared the public would quickly come to dislike the prime minister.

Then again, fear is the key component of Shaun's life, that and his acute and constant embarrassment over things like memory lapses and a fondness for fart jokes.

Set in an interesting period that suggests the existence of the Cold War between the US and Russia, the film lurks in the shadows where trust is a commodity that no one can afford to lose for the fear of sparking a huge international embarrassment or a full - scale war.

You want so badly for your teacher and your classmates to know what you know, but the fear of embarrassment keeps you from raising your hand.

A Republican party completely silent on AGW, for fear of being primaried if you don't subscribe to the mentality that the Academy is governed by hoaxsters, is an embarrassment.

I've always liked to try new and different things and I don't hold myself back for fear of failure or embarrassment of not being good at something.

Nursing home residents may be reluctant to complain for fear of retaliation or embarrassment.

This can be for any number of reasons including embarrassment, fear of consequences, self - doubt, power imbalance and hope that it will resolve.

Modeling empathy for your teenager will illustrate that you understand the fear of punishment and embarrassment of getting caught.

Despite feeling scared and alone, the embarrassment and fear of judgment can prevent us from sharing our story and asking for help.

For other couples, conversations about sex are filled with anxiety, shame, embarrassment, and fear of hurting your partner, so it's hard to find resolution or feel more connected.

Some teenagers shared that their «main risks of parental discovery were embarrassment (for both parents and young people) and «overreaction» from adults who feared the photo had been shared.