Sentences with phrase «of my classmates because»

Many Ross students were personally touched by the generosity of their classmates because they have children that are...

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I was surrounded by a bunch of classmates who were guaranteed success, because no matter what they did, they had generations of wealth and connections to rely on.

Or not, because when Parsons reported to school for the first day of the fall semester, having resisted the temptation to confess, he was allowed to remain with his classmates.

For his part, Blankfein said he did well in school not because he was «some roaring genius» but because he wanted to succeed, whereas most of his classmates couldn't have cared less.

He preened with guns and knives on social media, bragged about shooting rats with his BB gun and got kicked out of school — in part because he had brought bullets in his backpack, according to one classmate.

The documents, which are part of Cruz's criminal case in the shooting, show that he had written the word «kill» in a notebook, told a classmate that he wanted to buy a gun and use it, and had cut his arm supposedly in anger because he had broken up with a girlfriend.

In the short story «Orovilca,» because the unnamed adolescent protagonist has drunk deep of creation in the highlands, he is wise among his classmates at a coastal boarding school.

He's refusing to do so because if he loses his classmates will make fun of him.

(To be sure, few would want to go so far as a seminary classmate of mine who regularly, and without acknowledging his source, preached Fosdick's sermons in his student church because he figured that his little congregation «deserved the best.»

Why should we congratulate a person who refuses to stand next to classmates in quiet reflection because of religious bigotry.

Reading this because of thought provoking comments by an atheist classmate of mine.

So, just because your child isn't as skillful of a reader as his classmates or his siblings were at his age doesn't necessarily mean that he has a learning disorder.

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.

He was 3 or 4 when he started talking about Hannah Montana and High School Musical because one of his classmates (the most trashily dressed preschool girl I've seen in real life) was always talking about them.

I've been assuming my kids are cool with everyone because we live in NYC and they each have had friends and classmates of all different races and ethnicities.

You also want to make time to visit your child's school to talk to the principal, nurse and his teachers because many of your child's classmates will be bringing food allergens to school.

Because of our neighborhood community centers and parks, our employees have the unique ability to work close to home, and many of their coworkers are their friends and classmates.

In any case, it's one of those names whose diminutives aren't annoying: future classmates end up calling your baby «Nora» or» Ellie» — which is okay because those names are nice in and of themselves.

So instead of saying «I don't love you anymore because you are badly behaved,» try «I love you no matter what, BUT I need you to be more gentle when you speak to your classmates next time.

In far too many school districts, there are students who would qualify for free meals, except for the fact that their family never fills out the form, either because they forget, or they don't understand that it is important, or (more often) the child is too embarrassed to self - identify as poor in front of his classmates, and so he either doesn't give his parents the form or doesn't turn it in at school.

While teens used to compare their appearance to their classmates, there's much more to compare now because of the connection teens have to people around the globe.

I was mortified as a child because my lunch was so different than my classmates and so jealous of the garbage they were eating!

«Justice Atuguba has seniority over me because instead of continuing straight from the fourth year as we used to call it, of law school, to the fifth year which is the professional year or rather the final part of the professional course, I broke and went to do my master's so when I came back they — my first classmates — had already been called to the bar so I was called to the bar with Ato Dadzie and that younger generation,» she told parliament's Appointment Committee on Friday, 16 June when Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu asked her to clarify to the committee whether she or Justice Atuguba was senior to the other.

One of my highlights of my time in coalition was... that the attainment gap, namely how well poor kids do in school as opposed to their wealthier classmates, was closing for the first time in a very long period of time and the reason why that appears to be the case, was because of the effect of policies like the pupil premium.

«It was really intimidating for me because many of my classmates just seemed to know it all already, and they were all so eager to speak up,» she says.

«We often encounter children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder in clinical practice who would like to communicate with youngsters of their own age and at the same time experience every day that they meet with rejection because they are unable to understand many of their classmates» behaviour patterns.

Students who are bullied because of sexual orientation have willing defenders in their classmates — motivated by leadership, courage, their beliefs in justice, altruism and having lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender friends, according to a Boston College professor and co-author of a new report on bullying at school.

Nice looking recipe, But I can't say «how nice or funny of you to rip off a page from a magazine»... Because I'm reminded of how a classmate rips off a page from a library book and I told her she shouldn't do that and she looks at me as if I'm the biggest idiot in the world.

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.

Meeting with old pals, classmates, and family is made all the better with the cozy cowl neck, vented sides, and oversized fit of this essential pullover, because its look always prompts a warm welcome!

A few of my classmates in London would compare European museums to the MOMA in New York and I had no idea what the comparison was because I had never been.

The young fellow, an underachieving high school student, suffers from a severe lack of self - esteem, thanks to the relentless tormenting his classmates have poured upon him because they consider him a nerd.

Newcomer Betty Kaye plays a student who momentarily breaks down Henry's barrier with the shattering portrayal of a student who is captive to the hazing of her father and fellow classmates because of her lack of physical beauty and large size.

You can't next really like any member of his group of anger management classmates or other birds like Bomb (Danny McBride), Chuck (Josh Gad), or Terence (Sean Penn) because they are characters with even less of a story than Red.

Blu - ray Review by Kam Williams Kevin Hart and The Rock Co-Star in Unlikely - Buddies Comedy Back in high school, Calvin (Kevin Hart) was voted «Most Likely to Succeed» while his chubby pal Bob (Dwayne Johnson) was being bullied by classmates because of his weight..

But unlike other classmates such as Yo - Yo Ma, Nathaniel would never get a chance to realize his full potential, because during his sophomore year he began exhibiting symptoms of the schizophrenia which would derail his dream of a career in classical music.

Caroline's ballet classmates reject her because of her lower social standing.

Matthew likes being with Danielle, not only because she is gorgeous, but because he is now the envy of all his classmates, who all stumble over each other to be his friend.

Film Review by Kam Williams Suave CIA Agent Enlists Assistance of Nerdy Accountant in Odd Couple Comedy Back in high school, Calvin (Kevin Hart) was voted «Most Likely to Succeed» while his chubby pal Bob (Dwayne Johnson) was being bullied by classmates because of his weight..

These staggeringly figures are especially disconcerting, because these students are likely to need remediation in college — and far less likely to complete a degree — than classmates who enter with higher levels of skill.

All teachers face problems for which their education leaves them unprepared: a 2nd grader goes to a corner of the room and spins, or a group of 6th graders laughs at a classmate because he whispers to himself when he reads.

Whereas, the Year 7s we take them at the end of the year and that's because of their maturity as well as getting to know their classmates.

Because of exciting new technologies, many of those students now are able to work right beside their classmates.

Unfortunately, many kids follow behind their classmates because of insufficient memory.

Because of the way tracking was done (splitting the grade into two classes at the median baseline test score), the two students closest to the median within each school were assigned to classes where the average prior achievement of their classmates was very different.

She said she wanted to recruit him because he was really good at drawing; she also thought of him because he was picked on by classmates because he was different ~ and she thought the project would earn him credibility among his peers and make him feel better about himself.

Almost every one of my classmates admits to never reading the books because they are so painfully boring to read... Also, unless the essays are written exactly how that teacher likes, you are almost always guaranteed a poor grade.

It's likely easier to develop a compelling vision of success in small schools and charter schools because of the trust students tend to develop in their teachers and classmates.

A cynical theory has it that the teachers unions like recruiting future teachers from the bottom of their classes because they will be more compliant than their sharper classmates, thus making it easier for the unions to foist their socially progressive agenda and other dictates on them.

Because when they do buy in, they actually become part of the process of holding themselves and their classmates accountable.