Sentences with phrase «pressure on the younger people»

The pressure on the young people is so great.

The culture of violence has become contagious, he said, where gangs make people feel insecure, increasing the pressure on young people to join a gang.

«The pressure on young people to take courses that will lead to a particular profession is enormous.

«I've worked in tough schools with all sorts of socio - economic challenges; the pressure on young people to «get an education» is fierce.

The government needs to gather independent evidence concerning the impact of exam pressure on young people.

A Sikh man, Baljit Singh, discusses the pressures on young people to «fit in» with contemporary youth culture and how this can conflict with religious commitment.

I think there's that there is some wage pressure on the younger people today.

Doubling the interest rate on new student loans will just increase the pressure on our young people.

I can't imagine the pressure on young people when they ought to be able to make fools of themselves.

That puts a lot of pressure on young people, says LeSage.

«Social media puts a lot of pressure on young people to act a certain way (keeping up [Snapchat] streaks etc.) and also top look a certain way.

Not exact matches

In stark contrast to the pressure to succeed that plagues young people today, gen X was raised on criticism and low expectations.

These southern economies saw many young people leaving during the crisis, raising further pressure on public finances.

In the meantime, young people should base their decisions on the current rules under the Affordable Care Act and pressure their senators to create a better bill.

You could say that the list of challenges facing each diocese in western Europe is well - rehearsed: the secularism that we're fighting, inside and outside the church; the pressures on families; the pressures on education; engagement with the young; the problems caused by a kind of poverty that just alienates people from life and also from the Church.

That then is what young people want to try and keep up with and then they measure their worth by how many likes they have on Facebook and it's a really big pressure on them.»

I also know the shame one feels when a room full of people swoon, literally fall on the floor, in unison while you remain standing and the pressure you are put under as a young person to «speak in tongues» because if you don't you are looked down upon as not having the «gifts of the Spirit» But I digress.

The pressures for conformity exercised on young people by this culture are often greater than those exercised by parents or schools.

«Consumers with more access to media sources — including young people and parents of young children — are putting more pressure on food producers and manufacturers to provide a secure food supply such as block chain technology», says Kaul.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

It is a much deserved recognition of its immense contribution to the fight for free and fair trade unions and to securing quality education for children and young people in Bahrain «This award will help to maintain the pressure on the Bahraini authorities to end their completely unjustified detention of Mahdi, who has spent the last four years in prison on false charges for simply exercising his right to freedom of assembly and demanding reforms to Bahrain's educational system.»

Two powerful groups representing young people have joined forces to pile pressure on the Labour leader over his refusal to offer the public a referendum on the final EU deal.

A lot of young people put pressure on themselves to have all the answers right away.

For providers especially, it may be helpful to talk with young people about the kinds of gender - related pressures they are experiencing that could have a negative impact on weight and health.»

Studies have shown visceral obesity to be a risk factor on its own as well, a strong predictor of, among other things, heart attacks in young men, chronic heart failure in older people, high blood pressure in Japanese Americans, heart attacks in «well functioning» elderly women, and — the clincher, the coup de grease, if you will — of «all - cause mortality» in men.

Young and middle - aged people ought to check their blood pressure on a regular basis.

Obesity as well as other risk factors linked to metabolic syndrome are also on the increase in younger people; over 70 % of teenagers in the study had 1 or more of the 5 metabolic syndrome risk factors, namely high blood levels of sugar and fat, high blood pressure, low good cholesterol levels and a large waistline (metabolic syndrome is classified as having 3 or more of the risk factors).

They didn't have any knowledge of nutrition, they weren't able to eat nutritious, calorie dense food whenever they wanted due to the absence of agriculture, and their immune systems were likely weaker than ours (living together in large numbers placed enormous selective pressure on our early agricultural ancestors to develop strong immune systems, keep in mind that early human civilizations did not have indoor plumbing... so they were sometimes exposed to fecal matter both from fellow humans and from livestock and they didn't have the kinds of disinfectants and anti-biotics we have today,) so for them to have serious health complications makes perfect sense, nature can be very harsh and doesn't care how long its been since your last meal or what your calorie and micro nutrient needs are... a lot of people died at very young ages back then simply because they got sick and didn't have proper medical treatment or due to malnutrition or starvation.

But a combination of economic pressures and technological advances will affect the way young people go about finding love, and impact on the age breakdown of various services.

Most young people are facing peer pressure and do not want to miss out on the group from which they scour their identity.

Muslim parents discourage casual dating, but, at the same time, they put pressure on their children to get married, Shahzad told us, making young people feel torn between these scenarios.

Because it's still popular practice in Korean culture to feel pressured into getting married as one gets older, young people are often set up on blind dates by family and friends instead of meeting singles on their own.

Ultimately, On Chesil Beach is a film that deals with how young people have so many social pressures placed onto them by society.

In fact, the pressure not to apply moral standards is more likely to produce an ethic of indifference, not one of true tolerance — as young people learn not to pass judgment on all kinds of horrendous practices, especially when they are nonwestern.

Young people also have problems that are particular to youth and their generation such as peer pressure and developing new relationships, and those challenges should be on the table as well.

Lifelong learning arrangements, particularly those in informal and non-formal settings, can confer a number of benefits: they can provide people who live in countries that do not have universal education with access to learning opportunities on a continuous basis; they can address the problem of conventional formal schooling being too far removed from local cultural and social environments; and they can alleviate economic hardship, particularly for young people in developing countries who may experience strong pressures to earn income to help support their families or, particularly if they are girls, to take on significant responsibilities at home (1, 4).

Russell Hobby, NAHT general secretary, said: «While there's a better acknowledgement of the extent of mental illness among children and young people than ever before, the services that schools, families and children rely on are under pressure from rising demand, growing complexity and tight budgets.

On top of all that, the exigencies of an always - on culture and pressure to be liked / followed on social media combine to create a lot of potential stress and pitfalls that simply weren't there for previous generations — this seems to be borne out in recent scary statistics about mental ill - health among young people in the UOn top of all that, the exigencies of an always - on culture and pressure to be liked / followed on social media combine to create a lot of potential stress and pitfalls that simply weren't there for previous generations — this seems to be borne out in recent scary statistics about mental ill - health among young people in the Uon culture and pressure to be liked / followed on social media combine to create a lot of potential stress and pitfalls that simply weren't there for previous generations — this seems to be borne out in recent scary statistics about mental ill - health among young people in the Uon social media combine to create a lot of potential stress and pitfalls that simply weren't there for previous generations — this seems to be borne out in recent scary statistics about mental ill - health among young people in the UK.

In recent years, dramatic changes in both policy and attitudes to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have taken place, putting additional pressure on SEN professionals to provide the best possible support for pupils with SEND.

The pressure to keep up with friends and have the perfect life online is adding to the sadness that many young people feel on a daily basis.»

Young people in the United States today, she says, are suffering because of «school stress, the college admissions process, high - stakes testing, cutthroat competition, the emphasis on stardom rather than on enjoyment of activities, sleep deprivation, parental pressure, the push for perfectionism, the need for escapism, the Age of Comparison, [and] the loss of leisure and childhood...» Among her favorite culprits for this state of affairs are testing in general, the SAT in particular, the «Nation at Risk» report, and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which she believes turned elementary schools and junior high schools into testing factories.

We understand the pressures that secondary schools are facing to achieve in the core subjects and the E-bacc, and the effect this is having on the provision of high quality PE opportunities for young people.

With huge pressures on the education system already, it's vital that all other parties step in where possible to ensure that young people are encouraged to include activity in their lives in whichever format is most enjoyable for them.

Local authorities with downward pressure on their budgets are more likely to place young people outside the capital.»

We'll have the biggest population in Europe by the end of the century and clearly that's having a lot of pressure on school places,» said David Simmonds, the chairman of the LGA's children and young people board.

From negative comments on social media to pressures to look a certain way, the well - being of young people is at risk,» said the minister for vulnerable children and families, Edward Timpson

The incoming NAHT president, Kim Johnson, is to highlight, in his speech, how pressures being placed on children and young people are having an impact on their mental health.

It shows that curriculum opportunities are narrowing, teacher workloads are increasing and the excessive pressure of exams is taking its toll on young people's wellbeing and mental health.

Planned reforms to children and young people's mental health services «lack any ambition» and will put additional pressure on teachers without providing schools with extra resources, two powerful...

While smaller wages and social pressures to spend weigh on young men and women alike, Tran also says there are less motivations to save money for young people.