Sentences with phrase «like school books»

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I read the actual book a few years ago, and it's definitely one that I wish I could go back and tell my seventh - grade self is worth reading, especially since I liked «Brave New World» so much when I read it in high school.

They outfitted a school bus to look like an English professor's library, with oak bookshelves, old books and maps, and leather sofas.

He didn't much like school, but he did love to draw comic books.

And you can educate people on what it takes to create sustainable demand, which is why books like Slywotzky's — not to mention business schools — aren't a waste of time.

A math whiz from an early age, in high school he interned at O'Reilly Media, a publisher of technical books which also produces geeky events like Foo Camp and Strata.

And in his essential book Give and Take, Wharton School professor Adam Grant shows that people like Swift who are inclusive and giving end up being more prosperous than those who are what Grant calls «takers.»

In his book «The All - or - Nothing Marriage,» Eli Finkel, a psychologist at Northwestern University and a professor at the Kellogg School of Management, made a similar argument: Modern spouses look to each other for friendship, sexual fulfillment, intellectual growth — not just financial stability, like they did in years past.

But like Cruz many mass killers exhibit a common set of traits that include depression, troubled family backgrounds, a fascination with guns and violence and aspirations of becoming a soldier, said Peter Langman, a psychologist and author of two books on school shooters.

After school shootings like the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, administrators reached out to former Columbine High principal Frank DeAngelis for advice, since there is no book to teach what he learned after gunmen killed 12 of his students and...

Posting a bible quote and implying that it proves anything is like me posting a quote from a Harry Potter book and implying that proves people fly around on brooms playing quidditch or go to a school for wizards named Hogwarts.

And these books don't serve up blind patriotism nor are they revisionist in scope — the stories put a human face on some of our most tragic moments and failures as a nation like Japanese internment, the plight of home children, residential schools, flu epidemics, wars, child labour, the Halifax explosion, the Acadian expulsion, and so on.

The scholar metaphor is useful for worship and Bible study, but books like Andrew Murray's With Christ in the School of Prayer don't have much to say about faithfulness in the workplace.

I don't mean high school, I don't mean science magazines, I don't mean recreational literature like Richard Dawkins books, I mean if you actually ever sit dow for a few months, got the basic bibliography on its history, gathered the basic bibliography on the astrophysics and cosmology its based, and understood where it came from and what problem it proposes to solve?

It's like the religious nuts who try to ban books in schools.

We're talking about discipline (or the lack of it), church today, new friend debriefings, the book I'm writing, the school he's trying to finish (still) and how frustrating it is to work and work and still feel like you're just barely making ends meet because I do a lot of things really well but unfortunately, none of them make us much money.

Almost all Jews knew the Old Testament and were schooled and trained in the Old Testament, and so whenever we read a book of the New Testament, like Matthew, or Hebrews, or James that was written specifically to Jewish believers, we must make sure we have a proper understanding of the Old Testament also.

It's easy to put each other in a box or make a little rule book for ourselves about what Good Christian Women Do and Look Like and then even sub boxes below that about Schooling and Discipline and Food and so on.

Urging readers to pick up your book feels a lot like sending out a résumé or auditioning for a play or selling grapefruit door to door for your high school marching band trip to London (which is way harder than it sounds, by the way).

By focusing on issues in the «should we» form, this book, like a number of other recent studies of theological schooling, raises questions that must be asked constantly while we are attempting to solve the real problems of any particular theological school.

At this point administrators» grumbles even extend to the recent literature addressed (like this book) to basic issues in theological schooling.

Full of thoughts that pertain to setting up play dates, after school schedules, napping, diapering, feeding, picking up toys, reading books, snuggling, killing bugs and ultimately we forget about things like grilling pizza.

It might sound suspiciously like «educational fun,» something we learned in school to be wary of, but still: Chipotle manages to book enough eager bands that enough folks turn out hoping for free burritos and it works.

I could get my science book out and try to explain why the milk makes it tender, like some people do on their blogs, or I could school you on the origins of cooking meat in milk.

I'm from the old - fashioned school as I like books; I like to hold them and flip through the pages and marvel at the pictures.

I would also like to carry your books in my retail section of the school.

Note: I enjoyed this book in spite of the narration on audible - the narrator's tone sounded like a high class 40 year old rather than a middle school / high school kid.

Patricia van den Akker, the director of The Design Trust, the online business school for designers and makers, has created a special business book for creative product businesses like yours.

I agree too that a lot comes from what friends do / say / wear / play with, which is why I am so grateful for my kids» school's policy on commercialism (they also emphasize no / minimal television at home and only realism in books / movies / tv); but, like you said, you can't shield them from the world.

Books are the best way to introduce and discuss difficult concepts like bullying or fitting in at school.

This months virtual book club for kids author is Giles Andrea — if you would like to find out more about the Virtual Book Club for kids click here, how you can join us or the school year's authors (watch out for later this month or early next when we will be releasing the authors and books for 2014 — 20book club for kids author is Giles Andrea — if you would like to find out more about the Virtual Book Club for kids click here, how you can join us or the school year's authors (watch out for later this month or early next when we will be releasing the authors and books for 2014 — 20Book Club for kids click here, how you can join us or the school year's authors (watch out for later this month or early next when we will be releasing the authors and books for 2014 — 2015).

The book opens with a pointed but often humorous discussion of the food found in many of America's school cafeterias, prompting readers to ask themselves questions like, «Is the chicken masquerading as a dinosaur?

It is not like carrying a heavy backpack with a lot of school books can cause serious illnesses, like scoliosis (at least there are no published reports linking heavy backpacks to scoliosis yet).

Here's what happens when I read books like the newly released «Best Lunch Box Ever: Ideas and Recipes for School Lunches Kids Will Love» (Chronicle Books, $ 24.95), by Katie Sullivan Morbooks like the newly released «Best Lunch Box Ever: Ideas and Recipes for School Lunches Kids Will Love» (Chronicle Books, $ 24.95), by Katie Sullivan MorBooks, $ 24.95), by Katie Sullivan Morford.

Feed the Children's Pilot program provides better access to more meals and also educational resources like books and school supplies.

With children either already back at school or very soon starting (including J in a few weeks) Smiling Like Sunshine has some great books on Starting School that were shared lastschool or very soon starting (including J in a few weeks) Smiling Like Sunshine has some great books on Starting School that were shared lastSchool that were shared last week.

Instead, I always imagined things like playing outside with school - age children and chatting to my future daughter about books or sports or hair.

You can buy and sell things which are specific to your school, allowing you to grab bargains like nearly - new school uniform, text books and other stuff for a fraction of the price.

She owns up to her mistakes (promoting a book as a memoir when it was fiction), acts silly (a cross-country road trip with her best friend Gayle), cries when her dog dies or she hears a heartbreaking story, gets behind causes she believes in (a girls school in South Africa), and acts like a student and not just a teacher (organizing a 10 - week online class to discuss Eckhart Tolle's book, «A New Earth.»)

Teachers know that kids who like to read books generally do better in school.

food manufacturers have managed to invade what should be a commercial - free zone through vending machines and «pouring rights»; branded foods (like Pizza Hut pizzas) sold in the national school lunch program; the sale of a la carte foods; the use of Channel One television in the classroom; the creation of textbooks replete with math problems that use the products» names; give - aways of branded items like textbook covers; offering their products as rewards for academic performance (read X number of books over the summer and earn a gift certificate to McDonald's); and much more.

What I liked most about the book is that it doesn't shy away from addressing the real - life challenges that can trip up the best - intentioned parent, whether it's the growing influence of peers as a child moves into elementary school, the «I don't need your advice» attitude of the high schooler, or the scheduling conflicts that can make healthy, communal eating seem impossible.

You may have limited family time to spend with your child (by the time you get home from work and you eat dinner together as a family and go through your evening routines — make sure homework is done, school bags are packed for the next day, teeth are brushed, baths are done, and so on — there's very little time to sit and review schoolwork with your child); but you can try to look over what your child is doing with his tutor, and try to use free time on the weekends to incorporate fun into learning by playing math games, reading fun books and helping your child pick out books he likes to encourage reading and more.

Known as bibliotherapy, choosing books that can help children find solutions to problems they are facing can not only help build fluency but also deal with issues like bullying and school refusal.

«When Success Leads to Failure,» The Atlantic «The Gift of Failure,» New York Times «If Your Kid Left His Term Paper At Home, Don't Bring It To Him» New York Magazine «Books That Changed My Mind This Year,» Fortune «New Book Suggests Parents Learn to Let Kids Fail,» USA Today «7 Rules for Raising Self - Reliant Children,» Forbes «Before You Let Your Child Fail, Read This,» Huffington Post «How Schools Are Handling an Overparenting Crisis,» NPR «Why Failure Hits Girls So Hard,» Time «The Value of a Mess,» Slate «4 Reasons Why Every Educator Should Read «The Gift of Failure,»» Inside Higher Ed «Why We Should Let Our Children Fail,» The Guardian (UK) «Shelly's Bookworms: The Gift of Failure,» WFAA Dallas «Why I Don't Want My Kids to be Lazy Like Me,» Yahoo Parenting «Jessica Lahey,» Celia Walden for The Telegraph (UK) «How to To Give Your Child The Gift of Failure,» Huffington Post «The Gift of Failure,» Doug Fabrizio, Radio West «In the Author's Voice: The Gift of Failure,» WISU / NPR «The Gift of Failure,» The Good Life Project «Giving Our Children the Gift of Failure,» ScaryMommy «Lyme Resident's Book Challenges Parents and Kids on Failure,» Valley News «The Gift of Failure,» The Jewish Press

In his most recent book, Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why, Tough attempts to find out how schools, teachers, and parents can help children best develop the necessary non-academic skills — like grit and self - control — to thrive.

Read books (and Internet sites like this one), and talk to lots of other home schoolers.

Because the school year can get overwhelming, I like to let the kids take a break from their busy days and sit down with a good book to unwind.

Reading books and sharing stories about what you enjoyed about school will help your child mentally prepare for what his new experiences will be like.

There are many ways to save money, that are quite effective for teaching (like using lots of library books, using free resources on the Internet, etc. - see our «HS Money Saving Tips» page for more on this), but you will still have to spend some money directly on home schooling, and unless you were already planning to have one of you be a stay - at - home parent, it will mean doing with less money.

So it seemed like a good idea to keep roughly to UK school text books.