Not exact matches
Older friends who'd heard him lecture in our
school said his name in the
same hushed tone they used for rock
bands like Depeche Mode or U2.
That way, you can ask your child about a
band's new album rather than the
same old «how was
school?»
The jeans are less skinny and T's have less
band logos than my high
school years, but the foundation's the
same.
Meanwhile,
schools are basically funded by
bands of enrollment; a
school with, say, 401 students will get more than a
school for 399, but the
school with 401 will get the
same amount as one with 499 (though
schools can get more per student for different reasons).
«The education minister did the right thing by taking his primary
school banding plans back to the drawing board and should seriously consider doing the
same with this flawed system of grading secondary
schools.»
He points out that human beings hunger for group identity and closeness, and that there are gangs of good kids in our
schools too, driven to
band together by the
same needs and invisible yet powerful forces.
Your new acquaintance may have the
same name as the lead singer of your favorite
band in high
school, or a similar name to your mother - in - law, or a name that rhymes with your sister's.
We've never been more accepted, and while some part of me mourns the loss that comes with acceptance, the slight sense that we aren't the
same band of die - hards that have to stick together for fear of ridicule anymore — bedraggled but proud creatures huddled together in the trenches awaiting the latest onslaught from the media or the
school bully — the much larger part of me basks in how new people are discovering my beloved hobbies and ashamed of that little errant thought.
An avid photographer in high
school, he built a darkroom in his family home at about the
same time he co-founded his
band, Beastie Boys.