Sentences with phrase «people at school struggled»

Despite wanting to get involved in physical activity and trying wheelchair sports when she was in Year 8, Chloe recalls how many people at school struggled with the concept that she was able to walk but also used a wheelchair.

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If copies of the book start to appear in the Justice Department and on law school syllabi, Eisinger could spark important debate about why — at a time when so many people struggle to obtain basic procedural rights in the criminal justice system — white - collar defendants manage to consistently evade its grasp.

I look back at all of the conflicts we had with schools over the years (things like treating our children respectfully, struggling to provide healthy food choices, uhg) and I am ashamed to admit that my fear and ignorance about HS allowed me to justify sending my children off everyday to deal with people and situations that were not positive learning experiences for them, but often humiliating or dis - empowering.

You can make good money but still struggle with debt, you can make crap money and have no debt at all; hell some people are high school grads and make better money than those with bachelors degrees.

You are the one who knows your child best, and you may be able to pick up signs that she is struggling much more quickly than the newer people in her life at school.

The president and Congress have been struggling to respond to public demands to stop mass shootings at schools since a former student armed with an AR -15-style rifle killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

A second gun - related bill has been postponed in the Florida Senate in the wake of last week's mass shooting at a Parkland high school, as legislative leaders craft a multi-pronged response to the massacre and Gov. Rick Scott plans a series of workshops about school safety and ways to keep guns away from people struggling with mental illnesses.

However, new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that people who struggle with mood problems or addiction can safely quit smoking and that kicking the habit is associated with improved mental health.

«We're looking at a bigger and bigger crunch for people struggling to survive economically,» said Diana Pearce, author of the report and the director of the Center for Women's Welfare at the UW School of Social Work.

Sadly, most people struggle financially in this economy and lack of financial education at school makes the situation even worse).

Pupils at London's Highgate School took part in a one day coding challenge this year and used the micro: bit to help people with autism recognise other people's emotional states, as people with the condition can often struggle to read expressions.

Upon being released in 2011, the Pathways to Prosperity Project at HGSE's original report revealed the struggles of young people to attain employment in America, despite many good jobs going unfilled, and helped launch a national conversation about the goals and structure of American high schools.

«We can not expect young people who struggled at school to become high performing teachers within a few years,» she said.

Dyslexia has no link to intelligence, though many people feel «stupid» and ashamed at school because they struggle with literacy skills — the cornerstone of how we measure ability.

Jack, a Year 9 student who was struggling to integrate when he first started at the school, describes his experience: «When I first came to school, I was different; I just didn't get on with people, and I just got more and more angry.

About $ 3 million would be spent to develop a rigorous college and technical program at every high school; $ 250,000 to create a central office group charged with raising awareness of institutional racism and giving people the skills and knowledge to dismantle it; $ 575,000 to create partnerships with bilingual communities; and $ 1 million to carry out intervention plans in struggling schools.

So at every school meeting, I could only think about how our curriculum and policies ultimately connected to the struggles our students — and I — had faced as people of color.

With the USDA reporting 42.2 million people in America, including more than 13 million children lived in households at at risk of struggling with hunger, the Walmart Foundation grants are helping provide meals to those who need them the most, helping students access the nutritious food they need for focused minds — both in and out of school.

According to Mike Duggan, the executive director of Domus, their students are young people «who have struggled, mightily in the traditional public school system, as well as at home and in the community.»

The de Blasio administration believes so strongly in its own approach that it spent a million dollars in recent months to train parents in organizing techniques and to hire people to knock on the doors of roughly 35,000 parents of students at struggling schools, to tell them about the changes and urge them to take a bigger role.

Reacting to comments made by Cardiff Law School academic Annette Morris at the Westminster Legal Policy Forum that ministers must «adapt» the claims system and portal to handle litigants in person (LiP) before considering raising the small claims limit, David Stothard, an expert in the medical and legal aspects of personal injury claims and director of MAPS Medical Reporting says that for LiPs not to struggle with the claims process would require a complete overhaul of the system.

I have a great deal of experience with all of the issues that young people face: academic stress, friendship issues, conflicts with parents, identity issues, sexual identity, struggles with fitting in at school, body image issues, drinking / using drugs to cope, kids who have alcoholic parents, divorce, loss, loneliness, adoption issues, and general adolescent moodiness.

In hospice, rural public schools, with families struggling with divorce and people surviving trauma, supervising interns, and in my private practice, I always create a safe place to carefully look at what is making it hard for you to feel good about yourself and your life.

Boys Issues Looking at the evidence which confronts us of so many young men attempting suicide, being suspended from school, in trouble on the streets and struggling to achieve at school, any sensible person would have to conclude that young males are in considerable difficulties.

At a minimum, we can encourage young people to stay in school, since high school dropouts are far more likely to struggle economically throughout their lives than graduates.

A recent report, Wake - Up Call: The Importance of Sleep in Organizational Life by Vicki Culpin, a professor of organizational behavior at Hult International Business School in Cambridge, Mass., shows that more than half of people who do not get enough sleep struggle to stay focused in meetings, take longer to complete tasks, and find it challenging to generate new ideas.