Sentences with phrase «rigid schedule of»

Thus the unit - credit system came to define both the structure and the meaning of a high - school education: a rigid schedule of subjects and classes, an emphasis on time served rather than amount learned, and a belief that once a student obtained the required number of graduation units, his high - school education was complete.

First, I had a lot of issues with plugged ducts, even though I stuck to a very rigid schedule of pumping and used a hospital grade pump.

My rigid schedule of a recipe post each Wednesday, and Saturday Links post every Saturday, has left me feeling more burdened than organized by this static structure as of late.

For millions of years we lived by the earth's natural rhythms rather than the rigid schedule of the clock.

With eLearning, employees are freed from having to follow the rigid schedules of classroom - based courses.

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Your clients are the lifeblood of your business, but they can also put a serious dent in your rigid time management schedule.

«The demand to effectively operate in unfamiliar environments and navigate cultural differences can be an intensive one, particularly when business travel requires meeting rigid schedules,» write professors Scott A. Cohen of the University of Surrey in the UK and Stefan Gössling of Linnaeus University in Sweden.

Disdain for a rigid daily and weekly work schedule underscores what should be another selling point of companies looking to attract young talent: flexible work hours.

They followed 474 employees, half of whom were allowed to work flexible hours, deciding when and where they worked — at the office, from home, or elsewhere — while still logging in the same number of work hours as those who maintained a rigid work schedule.

I like work flexibility because I am tired of living life created by a rigid work schedule.

Part of Brees's rigid daily schedule includes getting home each Monday through Thursday night (NFL players are usually free on Fridays) at 7:30 to read books to Baylen and put him to sleep before resuming tape study.

Do not try to nurse on a rigid schedule but provide milk whenever your child starts to show signs of hunger including mouthing, increased alertness or rooting.

First of all, she moved to a 3 - 4 hr schedule before she was STTN so I'm working on that starting today... back to a somewhat rigid 3 hr routine.

I find it so ironic when I see people bashing BW because of its «rigid scheduling.»

Indeed, according to A. Roger Ekirch's fascinating book on sleep, At Day's Close, it's only since the Industrial Revolution, with its rigid nine - to - five work schedule, that a long chunk of sleep has been so insistently prescribed.

«Overloaded and Underprepared» joins an increasing number of voices expressing concern about the future of the stereotypical high school student of today — the one with the non-stop schedule who is overstressed, anxious, not getting enough sleep and locked into rigid definitions of success that don't leave room for genuine engagement, critical thinking skills and creativity.

Spoiler alert: The Marshmallow test doesn't actually support Druckerman's conclusions about how kids develop self control, which she says comes from the French practice of training kids to wait for attention and follow rigid schedules.

The rigid timetable of strict parent - led schedules can be too much for some parents.

According to guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), rather than nursing according to a rigid schedule, you should nurse your newborn whenever she shows early signs of hunger, such as increased alertness or activity, mouthing, or rooting around for your nipple.

I have heard that Babywise can lead to poor nutrition in babies b / c it advocates feeding on a rigid schedule and letting even the tiniest babies cry for a long period of time.

Experts who advocate this approach say that combination schedules provide the consistency that babies and parents need without the hassle of a more rigid, timed - to - the - minute routine.

«Babies are designed to be fed very frequently for the first few months of life... To cloak «convenience for parents» in the guise of a rigid feeding schedule being «best for the baby» is really misleading.»

It is a technique that puts your baby in control of when feeding sessions begin and end rather than a rigid schedule.

I realized I had to be kind of flexible with him and not be a rigid schedule keeper.

But in an increasingly busy world, mothers juggle a variety of duties and generally have rejected the rigid feeding schedules once recommended by Dr. Spock.

My son is pretty much on a daily schedule but it was one that evolved not in a rigid way but through noting his natural sleep / wake patterns and with some slight tweaking to accomodate some of my needs (mama has to eat too!).

A: It's one of the only arctic animals that keeps a rigid schedule even when there's no light / dark cycle for 6 weeks — meaning, they emerge from and return to their burrows the same time every day and they eat the same time each day, even though the sun stays in the sky for weeks and weeks.

When you think about the fact that we spend a third of our life rolling around on our sheets, this rigid schedule makes a lot of sense.

Unlike the strict schedules or rigid appointment requirements of other Low T centers, you'll find that your schedule comes before ours — flexibility is our priority.

At no point did I feel overly pressured to follow a rigid eating schedule, count calories, or do one of those ridiculous «cleansing» that leave you hungry and cranky.

For those who cherish the quick exercise and mind - clearing benefits of a spontaneous jog, a rigid training schedule may be far from liberating.

I had some of my best gains I have gotten doing this tapered method, I would be doing this now but my work schedule is so chaotic it is hard to stick to a rigid schedule.

I quit my entire practice (including eating well, exercising, being rigid with my schedule) and entered into a study of discipline.

You can finally set aside that unnecessary stress of trying to fit in a rigid meal plan that simply does not work with your schedule.

At least with my mom I know I can be myself: a grumpy, rigid old lady and we're on the same schedule of waking up early AF, avoiding adventureous eating and back to bed early AF.

Especially when I compare it to my 5 years of working in a very corporate environment where my schedule was rigid, my days now are fluid and more free form (which, of course, comes with it's own set of problems, too).

Several of the kids I spoke to singled out the school's rigid schedule for special loathing: up at 6:30; breakfast at 7:30; jobs at 8; then classes, lunch, more classes, performing arts, sports, «Discovery Group»; dinner; then study hall or «Mandatory Fun.»

The union's role was to enforce fairness, through rigid salary schedules, a fetish - like attachment to seniority policies, and aggressive enforcement of due process rules.

Giroux caricatures the traditional classroom as one where «students sit in rows staring at the back of each others» heads and at the teacher who faces them in symbolic, authoritarian fashion»; «events are governed by a rigid time schedule imposed by a system of bells and reinforced by cues from teachers»; we «glorify the teacher as the expert [and] dispenser of knowledge»; «social relationships... are based upon power relations inextricably linked to the teacher's allotment of grades»; and tracking «alienates students from schooling.»

This much we know: Mayor de Blasio gave in to the union's demands for sizable raises but got very little in return - no premium sharing of health - care costs, no higher co-pays, no guaranteed dismissals for ineffective teachers who don't even teach full time, no changes to the rigid seniority - based salary schedule, nothing.

They decided to get rid of the rigid scheduling system and allow flexibility in the day.

Other parents suggested bringing the son to the schools for visits and «spending quite a bit of time in the high schools --» a task that is not possible for families with rigid work schedules.

In sum, when rebalancing a portfolio either on a fixed schedule or as a result of divergence from prior allocations, investors should take into account a broader market and interest rate context, rather than just follow rigid rules.

No longer bound by rigid school and work schedules, these travelers can take advantage of all the benefits of the slow season.

This means you'll need the best part of two weeks just for the main sights if you stick to a pretty rigid schedule.

Minimum of four years of editing experience within an environment of rigid deadlines, compressed schedules, and strong teamwork Experience in localization a plus Demonstrated ability to edit and revise content based on The Chicago Manual of Style Depth of experience with video gameplay is required, and knowledge of the Pokémon brand is a strong plus Must be detail oriented, with proven ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects

Sometimes there are legitimate reasons for employers being this rigid on scheduling (like the interviewer will be coming in from out of town and is only there for a limited time)... but it's also true that if an employer is really interested in you, they'll try to find a way to make it work, or will at least be really apologetic if they can't be more flexible.

When they reached adulthood, all of the children in this study who had been court ordered to visit a parent on a rigid schedule grew up angry.

Wallerstein: In good families, children are not ordered to spend major blocks of time with one parent or another on a rigid schedule on which they have no say; why should the children of divorce be treated with less consideration.

Clients are in control of the process, as it is outside of the court system and that institution's often - times rigid schedules and procedures.