Sentences with phrase «pursuit of better education»

Nonetheless, one government official who spoke at the closing ceremonies encouraged teachers to be «restless» in their pursuit of better education.

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These gifts combined with a free university education to so many people for whom there were then no appropriate jobs, as well as a civil war, led to the failure of the experiment failed, but in a time when it is clear, at least to me, that global pursuit of more and more wealth is suicidal for the human race, I think it would be worthwhile to study such efforts.

The culture of consumerism and the chase for material symbols of wealth and security have sometimes come to be dominant; the pursuit of spiritual fulfillment in many has slowly begun to degenerate into empty and sterile ritualism; the legitimate thirst for education has often become perverted into an obsessive drive to acquire with the greatest speed the formal diplomas necessary to gain entry to jobs offering the easiest opportunities to make the quickest rupees; political statesmanship in some areas has begun to depreciate into an opportunities race for power and position; the spirit of SEVA (Service) to the nation has intermittently begun to be suffocated in many, by the abuse of discretions, sometimes mediated by a bloated bureaucracy itself enmeshed in a vast network of multiplying paper and self - proliferating regulations; menacingly many good and decent people even in public life, have come to be corroded by a culture of demanding corruption; and some potentially creative lawyers, have begun to take perverted pride in mere «cleverness», rendering themselves vulnerable to the prejudice that they are a parasitic obstruction in the pursuit of substantive justice.

On a deeper level, one's degree of culture is to be judged by the extent of his education, the breadth of his interests, and his knowledge and appreciation of such «cultural» pursuits as good art, literature, and music.

We comfort ourselves with the knowledge that judging the adequacy of a pattern will be an elusive goal always, and that pursuit of the definition of the criteria of good education is itself worthwhile.

In such education scientific knowledge and engineering skill will be taught not as means of making good the claims of the autonomous human will against nature, but as resources for the informed pursuit of the good.

As an ethnic minority, she too faced obstacles and challenges in her pursuit of becoming a better athlete and of obtaining an education.

This pursuit of a rounded education through sport frequently helps our students develop the life skills, confidence and well being to succeed in study, society and within the workplace.

Marcus Davenport showed up at the University of Texas at San Antonio — which played its first game in 2011 — weighing less than 200 pounds, having switched positions late in high school and viewing football as a means to a good education rather than a potential lifelong pursuit.

Some pieces of paper are good, and education is good — if in the pursuit of it you find yourself closer and more able to pursue your chosen craft.

In the first study to examine weight changes during four years of college, however, researchers suggest that weight gain during the pursuit of higher education may go well beyond the first year, and could be a bigger health threat than parents, students, or scientists realized.

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Simultaneously we must capitalize on the resources at HGSE to embark on an endless pursuit of best practices and strong practitioners with whom we can foster equity in public education and begin to chip away at the opportunity debt that still plagues our nation.

«Alyssa Chan exemplifies well the qualities that distinguish students and graduates of the International Education Policy Program: a strong commitment to expanding educational opportunity for the most disadvantaged children around the world, an extraordinary ethic of hard work and rigorous pursuit of academic excellence, and an understanding of leadership as service to others,» says Professor Fernando Reimers, director of IEP.

With a dedication to continuing education and fervent pursuit of excellence, Dr. Kaplan aptly earned the title of one of the areas «Best Vets» from Baltimore Magazine in 1997.

In its worthy pursuit of the greater good, PNC found an ideal partner in Sesame Street, an obvious choice given the bank's focus on early education.

From one grade ten dropout to another (who as well has spent most of his life from age 35 onward, to now almost 65, pursuing and enjoying the pursuit of education), who can not also claim to be a «Jew With Tools», but who has at times been thought one of those «Fools With Tools», I say, your comments are spot on, for the most part.

CREW is an association of women (and some men) who work in commercial real estate and are committed to philanthropic pursuits that support the advancement of women in real estate and business, as well as of women's issues, education and networking.