Sentences with phrase «going to school»

The unfortunate truth is that going to school does not necessarily translate into being educated or the age of enlightenment.

Imagine telling an African American that you love him in Christ, but you would prefer that his children be banned from going to school with yours.

When I was going to school in Chicago, I had a friend who was a security guard, and one day before class, he told me that the night before, he and a fellow guard had caught some hoodlum stealing from a car, so they started chasing him down the street.

Close to one in four (23 percent) say they are fearful of going to school because of school violence.

When I was going to school (back in the stone age) teachers were asked to be aware of religious holiday and not schedule tests or teaching of important new concepts.

While A and B have been going to school, preparing for vocation, going to church, playing on the playground, they have been associating with other children and with various adults.

Muslim holidays need to be recognized and students should be allowed to celebrate the holiday instead of going to school on those days.

Furthermore, the Jewish community has never had school days off, although I believe when I was going to school, they were allowed to take certain holidays off without their absence being marked against them.

That more of their children are going to school.

Walton paid $ 262,900, Heritage said, with $ 220,000 of that going to the School Sisters of Notre Dame.

The prime motive for going to school, for doing well in studies, and for staying in school to the highest level possible is to secure a good job.

I'm not just going to school, just trying to build a relationship.

When it comes to going to school or going to see a movie, almost everyone can related.

They could learn about a new one every day of the week while going to school, then let them decide which one they like.

Maybe the political protests were sometimes inspired by feelings of personal guilt (for evading the draft by going to school) and thus were less «political» than was claimed.

Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by religious extremists for going to school and defying her Imams — Is this how religion teaches us how to respect for each other?

But when the fears consistently interfere with normal activities — sleeping, going to school, doing the things required by the child's particular life stage, accomplishing the things he wants to accomplish — then help should be sought.

But as long as I know how important maternal health is to Haiti's future, and as long as I know that women are being abused and raped, as long as I know that girls are being denied life itself through selective abortion, abandonment, and abuse, as long as brave little girls in Afghanistan are being attacked with acid for the crime of going to school, and until being a Christian is synonymous with doing something about these things, you can also call me a feminist.

How many students are going to this school, not participating in these clubs and still paying for them?

Also they were to busy trying to stay alive then going to school for 16 - 20 years.

Whenever I see these 6 - 8 year olds going to school with colorful pictures of unicorns on their backpacks, I make it my duty to let them know there are no unicorns and they are just totally ignorant for a 7 year old.

As I recall, Plymouth actually stayed rather small and insular for some time while the Boston Bay Company took off with their colonies in what's now called Boston, New Bedford, and I believe the Cape Ann area but I'd have to re-read a book I read while going to school down on Cape Cod a few years back.

On the other hand, take the time to think about more important things, such as the terms and conditions of your mortgage, where your kids are going to school, your retirement accounts, etc..

This is has been a boon for my career since being able to observe very smart, creative and motivated people work is like going to school (if you are paying attention).

«There are a number of funerals, and we don't want students and teachers to have to choose between going to a funeral and going to school,» Runcie said.

I worked that usually 30 - 40 hours a week WHILE going to school full time.

A group of students from Littleton High School held a protest Wednesday morning demanding action — with dozens saying they shouldn't have to fear going to school.

I think for an average 22 year old who hasn't worked instead of going to school I have quite a jumpstart to my financial life, but it can't continue forever.

«But I'm definitely going to school Wednesday.

He decided to take a stand, he said, not only because of the economic implications, but also because he could not ignore the human toll that deportation would take on people who have been working and going to school legally and have mostly known only one country — the United States.

How could I not be after going to school for so long?

On the morning of the shooting, he told the Sneads he wasn't going to school because it was Valentine's Day.

First of all, big props to you for working 50 hours a week while going to school full - time!

Going to school, having clean drinking water, and even getting regular trash service remains a daily challenge months after Hurricane Maria swept through.

Unfortunately, going to school can be costly.

So for an education — are you going to a school that helps you to develop serendipitous opportunities for your lifetime?»

It's just not worth the opportunity cost going to a school that does not have access to the best professors, highest quality students, or influential alumni.

Training and expense costs are tax deductible for Olympians but most Olympic competitors spend years working regular jobs or going to school while enduring grueling practice sessions that push bodies to their breaking points.

James said the proposal will help address the issue of poverty, noting that individuals are prevented from going to school, getting jobs, seeking employment and seeing their doctors if they are unable to afford train fare.

Poon Tip recalls being scolded that «as your company grows, fewer and fewer kids are going to school.»

Few are more at risk in that catastrophe than the children of eastern Aleppo; prevented from going to school or even hospital, as both are deemed too unsafe, they live under constant fear of attack.

Gen Z is the first generation to grow up in an economy where the idea of becoming a social media influencer makes just as much sense as going to school and getting a business degree.

Are you going to school and not collecting debt?

But if you are going to school to become an «entrepreneur» because you live, breathe and dream of starting your own business, it might not be the best option in today's world.

«When I was going to school in Chicago, I got one of these old - school department store cards — and went from getting 10 percent off on jeans to owing more than $ 500 and getting calls from collectors.

If we are going to school a new generation and create a resilient future of work, we must approach it with a completely new mindset.

Yousafzai has been advocating for Pakistani women and children since the age of 11, when she documented in a BBC blog life in the Swat Valley under Taliban rule during a time when girls in the region were prohibited from going to school.

While I was going to school, I worked at Red Lobster as a server, bartender, and cook.

After the fight, he told his parents that he was going to school.

All students work one day per week in real jobs at companies like American Express and JPMorgan Chase, with their earnings going to the school.