Sentences with phrase «kids grow a culture»

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It was easy for me, then, to become cynical about the faith that I was raised in, to punch the holes into the theology of the people I grew up with and spot the gaps in the preaching and methods, and point a finger of blame when «they» got it wrong, to separate myself from the culture and, like most kids raised by immigrant parents (because, in a way, my parents were like immigrants to this strange new land of Christianity), I took for granted my life in the new Kingdom, completely unable to imagine a life without freedom, without joy, without Jesus.

«My mission is to make hemp such a common occurence that our kids will grow up listening to us gripe about how the kids don't respect the changes we made, while they roll their eyes, storm out of the house in their hemp jeans, stealing the keys to the bio-fueled car, blaring tunes while they munch on a hemp powerbar, on their way to the cafe to meet with their friends to smoke a joint, have a coffee and listen to «real, up - and - coming culture jammers, not like the ones our friggin» parents» claim to be.»

Even young children can understand so much, and setting a family culture of open communication at the outset will serve you well as kids grow older.

We live in a culture where we are constantly pressured to push our kids to «grow up.»

There's nothing new about many of the concerns of this anarchic comedy: the growing gulf between parents and their adult kids; the conflict between work and family; the alienating, dehumanizing nature of the modern workplace; the role of women in corporate culture; the economic direction in which modern Europe is heading.

As media and pop - culture scholar Henry Jenkins says, this generation is «growing up connecting online with kids from all parts of the planet being able to connect and collaborate with people who they don't see face to face takes on new importance in a network society.»

What is the culture of your school — does it shape and grown the future - ready kids?

So Opportunity Culture was the perfect thing for these teachers who want to stay connected with the kids and grow themselves.»

I agree that poorly prepared teachers is one cause of the high dropout rate, but as with most problems, many causes exist, including an anti-intellectual culture that values over-paid athletes and celebrities w / no obvious talent (e.g. Kim Kardashian); parents who think all their male children will grow up to be Yankees so never put books in the kids» hands; pseudo education reformers who sell a narrative that a first year teacher is no different from a veteran with a grad degree and thirty years teaching experience, administrators who hire based on coaching rather than teaching, school boards that cut library programs rather than sports, etc..

The segment covers many facets of the issue, including tying the results to teacher evaluations, the growing number of students boycotting the tests, the history of No Child Left Behind and the sometimes ridiculous and surreal scenes the testing culture creates, like pep rallies with a dancing monkey meant to pump kids up for the test.

I'm a third culture kid who grew up in a food - loving family that travelled a lot.

The work, set to a soundtrack of music from Kendrick Lamar's 2012 album good kid m.A.Ad city, celebrates the landscape and its culture; weaving visual narratives such as swimming in the community pool on a hot summer's afternoon, that complement Lamar's stories of growing up in the area, set to his soul inspired beats.

Home About Us How It Works FAQs Contact Resources Request a Proposal Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 The End of the Al and Tipper Gore Career Brand As a kid growing up in the 70s, a lot of the pop culture I embraced revolved around famous people who were married and worked together.

Most of us grew up in a culture where parents didn't often talk openly with their kids about bodies and sex, and a good number of us still don't really know what to say to our own kids about the topic.

Other staff talk also about the damage to identity and sense of belonging of many of the kids who have grown up in out - of - home - care, away from community, culture and country.

In addition to other writing, Ruth is co-author of Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds.

I even read Ita Buttrose the other day saying she had more time with her kids when they were growing up compared to today's working mums, because it wasn't the 24/7 contactable all the time culture that exists now.