Sentences with phrase «from classmates who»

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.

SYNOPSIS: Carrie White is a shy teenager who endures a daily ritual of bullying from her classmates who torment her mercilessly at school, while also being subjective to repeated abuse from her religious fanatic -LSB-...]

Luckily, I was able to buy them used for a «bargain» of about $ 250 from a classmate who was done with them.

Not exact matches

But when we ask people how did they hear about Figure 1 in our user interviews, they'd say «my med school classmate showed it to me,» or doctors who hear about it from residence and med students.

With my $ 500,000, the $ 12 million note from Shell, and the $ 10 million loan from ARCO, I was able to persuade one of my former classmates at Wharton, who was now the executive vice president of Union Bank in Los Angeles, to loan me the remaining $ 20 million.

While classmates at her all - white elite high school breezed into adulthood and homeownership with help from their parents, she «bought my first home as a co-signer to my grandmother who was next on the list of longtime renters in our gentrifying neighborhood... to be displaced.»

Aside from the few who among us who had master's degrees in business administration, most of my classmates brought to the table the skills and experience specific to theor venture, such as backgrounds in fashion, architecture, medicine, food service and so forth.

By joining the Rotman EMBA program, you gain immediate access to the knowledge and experience of a network of seasoned international business managers — your fellow classmates, who come from around the world.

The people who have risk protection orders filed against them range in age from a 14 - year - old boy who classmates claimed «wanted to kill someone to see how it feels» to a 63 - year - old man who, court records state, was «seeing spirits» and purchased two shots guns and two handguns, insisting «I can buy as many (firearms) as I want.»

Standing with a group of families who had traveled to the State Capitol from Parkland, an emotional Mr. Scott called the classmates of the slain students and their parents his inspiration, and praised them for helping persuade lawmakers to pass legislation, even if neither they nor he agreed with all of its provisions.

But when news broke of a mass shooting in a Parkland, Florida, school — which killed 17 people and injured more than a dozen others — Brown said it shocked him: He graduated from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 1999, and Aaron Feis, a football coach who died in the gunfire, was his classmate.

They remember Cruz as a quiet and helpful colleague — a far different portrait from the one painted by classmates, neighbors and teachers who were so concerned by his erratic and violent behavior and obession with guns.

He was also wanted them to put skin in the game by investing in CDL companies they liked, though he made a handful of exceptions for entrepreneurs whose companies hadn't yet paid out from a sale or IPO, such as Geordie Rose, a former UBC classmate who had gone on to co-found quantum - computer maker D - Wave Systems.

Specifically, it's far less common to hear about how a student who finds their way to or from Christianity, Islam, or Judaism (or even Atheism for that matter) while attending a university.Taking classes and sharing experiences alongside classmates from varying backgrounds can cause even the most religious or nonreligious person to inspect, analyze, and even question their beliefs.

Through recorded phone conversations with Syed (who is currently serving a life sentence), former classmates and records from the original police investigation and trial, Koening unveils more about the case against Syed each week.

This is due to my friend and high school classmate (though he dropped out his Jr. year and did not graduate with our class) Donald Ray Pollock, who lived up the road from me in Knockemstiff, and has used it for the setting in his critically acclaimed fiction.

That pitch came from the left arm of Ross Baumgarten, a junior high school classmate in a suburb north of Chicago, who went on to pitch for the hometown White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates.

-- Boy gets detention for sharing lunch with hungry classmate — It's not easy being overweight and on benefits, says 25 stone mother - of - two who wants MORE money from the government to help her diet — Drink Soda?

At one of the first team meetings his players raved about the kid who had just transferred in from nearby Santaluces High, after watching video clips of their new classmate.

Aside from fantasizing about seizing the Ginty from his bag and using it to commit parricide; aside from spending the weekend concealing my politics from my dad's gin - blossomed, tartan - blazered classmates; other than being treated by my wife, Laura, upon my return, like a man who had blown two weeks wages on a drinking and gambling binge, I could not have had a better time.

I had a classmate in college from North Platte, Nebraska who had not owned a winter coat since the age of ten, because he was comfortable in just a shirt.

I'm not going to lie; there have been many moments when I wished Laurel was like her classmates who easily breezed from one thing to the next without question.

The girls are donating a portion of their profits to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital in honor of Sofie Shields, a classmate who died from cancer.

As a parent, it's tough having to deal with keeping him safe from everything from a classmate eating a peanut butter sandwich while sitting next to him or the friendly child on the playground who just wants to share her cookie that may be loaded with your child's food allergies.

But will my high school classmates who've already switched from MySpace to Facebook switch again?

The class of 2018 graduated from the Decker School of Nursing Friday, but not without remembering their classmate, Haley Anderson, who was murdered in March.

The late Captain Mahama's year group from St. John's School, Sekondi, has urged against the politicization of the death of their classmate who was murdered at Denkyira - Obuasi in an incident that shocked the nation.

BY ANDY HUMM Abel Cedeno, 18, the bullied gay Bronx student who said he defended himself with a knife against an attack from classmate Matthew McCree September 27 in front of their fellow students and two teachers, testified in his own defense on Tuesday morning before a Bronx grand jury, and the second - degree murder charge -LSB-...]

This is a guest post from my friend Rachel who was my Nutrition classmate from Bauman college.

A study from Pediatrics, published in March 2008, looked at 2,000 teenagers and found that teens who ate breakfast weighed less, exercised more and ate healthier food than their classmates who didn't eat breakfast

This young boy put up with 2 years of pain and grief because he had a classmate who had lost their hair from the side effects of cancer treatment.

Some people don't only use social media to get back in touch with their old classmates from high school, but also to get in touch with people who are looking for love online.

Hilary has been home - schooling Moll since the young woman was expelled from school for having stabbed a classmate who had bullied her.

The new Footloose, it turns out, is not all that different — in plot, characters and themes — from the original, which was a box - office hit and made a star of Kevin Bacon, playing a spirited city teenager who moves to a small town where dancing is banned and who endeavours to overturn the law so he and his classmates can hold a proper senior prom.

And there's a new love interest, Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), a classmate of Parker's who moonlights (implausibly) as an intern at genetics giant Oscorp, where Dr Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans) dreams of regenerating his arm from lizard DNA despite the increasingly capricious demands of old man Osborn himself.

Being shunned like he has the plague is hard enough, but the worst treatment comes from those who do notice him, and begin to taunt, tease and bully him.And that leads Auggie to be suspicious even when a couple of his classmates (Noah Jupe, Millie Davis) do attempt to befriend him.

At their 10th high school reunion, schlubby Zack goes after a married former classmate, while Miri humiliates herself over studly Bobby (Brandon «Superman» Routh), a porn star, who's back from L.A. with his gay lover (Mac spokesman Justin Long).

This sequel to the 1999 hit that aspired to be the new PORKY»S — but was really the new FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH — finds the Michigan teens back from college on their first summer break: well - meaning mope Jim (Jason Biggs); sensitive jock Oz (Chris Klein); sophisticate - wannabe Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), who remains obsessed with a classmate's randy mother following their fling in the first film; and Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), the nice, regular guy audiences are meant to identify with.

With some help from his fellow classmates, Winger forms a study group who eventually learn more about themselves than their course work.

One of the comic grace notes in this feud involves Max's friendship with Dirk Calloway (Mason Gamble), a much younger classmate at Rushmore, who spies Herman emerging from Rosemary's house, blocks his car when he's leaving, announces, «I know about you and the teacher,» and spits with fury on the hood of Herman's car.

Dirty Girl (R for profanity, graphic sexuality and frontal nudity) Coming - of - age road comedy, set in 1987, about an Oklahoma high school student with a bad reputation (Juno Temple) who runs away from home to L.A. to search for her long - lost father with the help of an equally - ostracized, gay classmate (Jeremy Dozier).

And to add insult to injury, Eugene learns that she's no longer a virgin from a former classmate - turned - gangsta» rapper who goes by the monicker Horsedick MPEG (Craig Robinson).

The previously announced recurring cast members include: Christian Slater as Elliot Decker, the school crossing guard and self - proclaimed «Safety Czar» of Jefferson G. County, who has made it his mission to protect the world from Milo; Vanessa Williams as Zack's mom Eileen Underwood; Sarah Chalke as science teacher Miss Murawski; Jemaine Clement as Dr. Zone, a popular television show character who travels through time with his trusty sidekick Time Ape; Chrissie Fit as Amanda Lopez, an overachieving perfectionist in Milo's class; Vincent Martella as Bradley Nicholson, Milo's envious and pessimistic classmate; Diedrich Bader as Milo's dad Martin Murphy; Pamela Adlon as Milo's mom Brigette Murphy; Kate Micucci as Milo's sister Sara Murphy; Mackenzie Phillips as Principal Elizabeth Milder; Dee Bradley Baker as Milo's dog Diogee; Brett Dalton as high - level time travel agent Brick; Gregory Michael Cipes as classmate Mort Schaeffer; Sophie Winkleman as Dr. Zone's sidekick Time Ape; Michael Culross as high school teacher Kyle Drako; and Kevin Michael Richardson as Coach Nolan Mitchell.

A Wrinkle in Time (PG for peril and mature themes) Ava DuVernay adapted this coming - of - age fantasy from Madeleine L'Engle's children's novel of the same name revolving around a young girl (Storm Reid) who, accompanied by a classmate (Levi Miller), her little brother (Deric McCabe) and three astral travelers (Oprah Winfrey, Mindy Kaling and Reese Witherspoon), embarks on an epic quest to a distant planet in search of her missing scientist father (Chris Pine) With Gugu Mbatha - Raw, Michael Pena and Zach Galifianakis.

Director Colin Trevorrow (working from a script by Gregg Hurwitz), who put himself on the map with «Jurassic World,» turns the movie's first half into an affecting character study as Henry and his mother wrestle with the issue of how to deal with suspected child abuse involving a next - door girl classmate (Maddie Ziegler) and her sinister stepfather (Dean Norris).

Simon (Jason Bateman, quite good as a character whose offhand sarcasm is just the tip of the iceberg of his true nature), the former classmate, and his wife Robyn (Rebecca Hall, who remains consistently dependable at playing characters who are vulnerable without having the strength sapped from them) have bought a house in the suburbs.

Writer Jesse Andrews adapted the screenplay from his own novel, telling the story of a teenage filmmaker forced to befriend a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer.

The entire class bought into the concept — from the remedial reader embarrassed that he was behind his classmates to the most voracious bookworm, who consumed a book a week.

In the end, unless a school, from the earliest grades to the latest, organizes around strengthening language and literacy for Hispanic students and all their classmates, we simply are never going to catch all of the students who may be struggling.

It was clear to me and my classmates 40 years ago, as we gazed out the window during English class in our all - boys high school (a Catholic seminary) and watched the teenage kids from town «making out» on a stone wall; at least it was clear to Father Ignatius, who would threaten a «bastinado with salt rubbed in the wounds» if we didn't focus on the sentence that needed diagramming.