Sentences with phrase «precocious high»

It was a precocious high school freshman who introduced me to the adorable boxed set of flash fiction published by McSweeney's, One Hundred and Forty Five Stories in a Small Box: Hard to Admit and...

It was a precocious high school freshman who introduced me to the adorable boxed set of flash fiction published by McSweeney's, One...

It was a precocious high school freshman who introduced me to the adorable boxed set of flash fiction published by McSweeney's, One Hundred and Forty Five Stories in a Small Box: Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape, How the Water Feels to the Fishes, and Minor Robberies.

«There were a number of things that appealed to me about the part,» the 21 - year - old actor says of Elio, a precocious high schooler summering with his parents — and a visiting graduate student, a friend of his father's — in their family seat in northern Italy.

She does so to spend time with a precocious high school student named Annika (Chloe Grace Moretz).

Lady Bird: Yes, it's a genuinely funny coming - of - age story, with Saoirse Ronan killing it as a precocious high - school senior convinced she's better than her home town of Sacramento.

Writer - director Greta Gerwig's «Lady Bird,» which follows the senior year of a precocious high schooler as she learns one life lesson after another, is one such rare case.

Julianne Moore and Annette Bening play Jules and Nic, a fortysomething couple who have, over the course of two decades, crafted a comfortably conventional family environment for their two teenaged children, precocious high - school grad Joni (Mia Wasikowska) and jockish younger brother Laser (Josh Hutcherson).

Jumping into the world of astronomy and physics as a career can seem daunting, especially for precocious high schoolers with a passion for the field.

Not exact matches

In a project known as the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth, Vanderbilt psychologists David Lubinski, Camilla Benbow, and their colleagues found that, even among a sample of intellectually gifted people, a higher level of cognitive ability in childhood forecasted great accomplishment later in life, both in school and beyond.

Later alternating between television and film with features such as Trapped and roles on such high - profile series as Spin City and Malcolm in the Middle, her part opposite Brittany Murphy in the 2003 comedy Uptown Girls found the precocious youngster playing well off of her older co-star.

The story follows the life of a precocious and entitled high school senior (Ronan) whose over-extended confidence more than makes up for her lack of abilities.

There are no exotic cars or high - tech gadgets no boisterous comrades - in - arms not even a precocious 12 - year - old to help pass the time.

«When high school beauty Ashley (DeJonge) arrives to babysit precocious 12 - year - old Luke (Levi Miller, Jasper Jones) it's the usual routine of ordering pizza and watching a scary movie, but that is where any semblance of normality ends.

Effortlessly charming, stunningly empathetic and an all around a joy to watch, our central quartet make what could be written off as a silly premise - two opposites must now raise the precocious product of their one night stand from high school!

There are shades of M. Night Shyamalan's better work in Midnight Special, which focuses on a precocious child amid high - octane genre trappings.

MILLER»S GIRL by Jade Bartlett The story of a young precocious writer who becomes involved with her high school creative writing teacher in a dark coming - of - age drama that explores the often blurred lines of connectivity between professor and protege, child and adult.

Sam Levin is a precocious student who started the Independent Project in Great Barrington's Monument Mountain Regional High School.

Growing up in central Indiana, Russell says he was «one of those kids they didn't know what to do with,» too precocious for his tiny school district to accommodate, but kept in high school by state laws that typically require kids to sit through 40 or so courses to graduate.

The following are common characteristics of gifted children, although not all will necessarily apply to every gifted child: • Has an extensive and detailed memory, particularly in a specific area of interest • Has advanced vocabulary for his or her age; uses precocious language • Has communication skills advanced for his or her age and is able to express ideas and feelings • Asks intelligent and complex questions • Is able to identify the important characteristics of new concepts and problems • Learns information quickly • Uses logic in arriving at common sense answers • Has a broad base of knowledge; a large quantity of information • Understands abstract ideas and complex concepts • Uses analogical thinking, problem solving, or reasoning • Observes relationships and sees connections • Finds and solves difficult and unusual problems • Understands principles, forms generalizations, and uses them in new situations • Wants to learn and is curious • Works conscientiously and has a high degree of concentration in areas of interest • Understands and uses various symbol systems • Is reflective about learning • Is enraptured by a specific subject • Has reading comprehension skills advanced for his or her age • Has advanced writing abilities for his or her age • Has strong artistic or musical abilities • Concentrates intensely for long periods of time, particularly in a specific area of interest • Is more aware, stimulated, and affected by surroundings • Experiences extreme positive or negative feelings • Experiences a strong physical reaction to emotion • Has a strong affective memory, re-living or re-feeling things long after the triggering event

«Julian you are precocious» were the words that I heard that morning from Mrs. Wutke, one of my instructors in high school.

He ends up in the care of a high - class madam at a famous brothel; befriends Maisie, the madam's precocious daughter, and a bold scullery maid named Fahn; and unbelievably finds a sense of comfort and belonging he has never had.

Why it looks cool: Australian high school student Daniel West refused to allow his lack of computer programming knowledge to stand in the way of his precocious game design talent.

From the agitation of the elliptical spots that inaugurated his precocious beginnings in the early 1960s, to the torrents of impasto with which he sprayed his way through the 1980s and 1990s, followed by more experiments in texture and paint application — not all successful, but never diffident — Poons's career has been something of a protracted high - wire act, dedicated to the pursuit of painting on its own terms.

(M1 & M2): We are the very model for all modern Climate Modellers We forecast things for foolish kings and not precocious toddlers By using tricks that would excite a high priest of the Aztecs For example those subjective «priors» in Baysian stitastecs??

For example, if you have precocious children, live in a hurricane belt or rent a property above a restaurant, your risk for incidents may be higher.