Sentences with word «shrift»

It provides teachers with a convenient way to use a laptop or a smartphone to give students immediate props for good behavior or to flag them for misbehaving, and makes it a whole lot easier for teachers and parents to communicate about the kind of critical behavioral and character stuff that can get short shrift given today's fascination with test scores.

It seems to me that 16 - bit RPGs on anything but the SNES have gotten short shrift from critics over the past 20 + years.

Dufy, Marquet, and Van Dongen are given short shrift by modern curators while much that is merely pandering and gratuitously provocative gets attention and draws crowds.

Yikes: The Golden Globe winner's Long Shrift actress Ally Sheedy posted since - deleted cryptic tweets before five more came forward in a January 11 Los Angeles Times exposé

There are problems with the length of the early expository material, and the subplot involving Katrin's son Max gets short shrift when perhaps it could have been expanded.

90 % of the Arsenal fans have bought in or were coerced into the 4th place model while the the small minority wanting titles are given short shrift as evidenced by the majority turning their backs on the protests on Saturday.

Most reviews have acknowledged Maguire's pluses — especially the star - making performances of Gooding and Zellweger — but so far they've tended to make short shrift of Cruise.

That debate — freedom versus security and what Americans expect from their government — is sadly given short shrift here.

When you are doing «900 shows a year,» an issue Stuart Polansky addresses in a book with that same title, questions of why and other philosophical questions get very short shrift for very practical reasons, most of which relate to school system structure and community value systems.

That gets short shrift too.

There, an even larger cast of long - established leads who get short shrift because of the introduction of even more mutants who barely register as cameos.

He gives Bryant short shrift with his answer - at least it was an answer this time.

Among the group, the careers of the duly talented female painters Jones and Thomas have historically been given short shrift compared with their male counterparts.

President Obama has identified climate change as one of his top three priorities in his second term after coming under fire from environmentalists for giving the issue short shrift during the campaign.

The two - time Golden Globe winner's Long Shrift actress Ally Sheedy posted since - deleted cryptic tweets before five more came forward in a January 11 Los Angeles Times exposé.

The Cave of Shadows will be wolf form - centered, so if you ever felt like the wolf form got short shrift later in the game, this should help make up for it.

But a recent full - scale solo show and a simultaneous project - room installation have brought her work into focus for those of us who gave her short shrift earlier in the year, and it turns out to be a compelling mix of visual pungency and literary guile, a subtle blend of sensuality and irony.

Perhaps most importantly, the case against Mr Atwal is likely to serve as a warning to future claimants that persons grossly exaggerating claims will receive short shrift at court.

«Just because the work's funny, doesn't mean it's not serious», was the short - shrift response of Tate Britain director and chair of judges Penelope Curtis.

But it is a truth that gets short shrift today.

And that's why it is time for me to kneel in the confessional and seek shrift.

The stems of Swiss chard get short shrift way too often; when they're beautiful rainbow chard, they deserve a dish all their own.

Parents don't expect grilled salmon and asparagus spears at the drive - through, but even most sit - down restaurants give kids short shrift on their menus.

Perhaps it is inevitable — based on the trio's own research — that their insights will get short shrift until another catastrophic blackout.

But in an unusual addendum to the report, psychologist John Kihlstrom of the University of California, Berkeley, warns that the behavioral sciences may get short shrift without further reforms.

Sally Hawkins and Ethan hawke do very well here as marginalized fringe personalities, given the short shrift so often in life and society that they fully expect it as the natural course and are little surprised in their positions, who discover an uneasy grace with one another.

allows gifted but short - shrifted day players like Lennon Parham to reclaim lost screentime, in character, as members of the sex - addict support group Aniston's nymphomaniac hosts in the film.

Carraway, ironically, is given the short shrift onscreen as his character isn't as realized or interesting as it is in the book.

The almost unnecessary plot isn't much of a hindrance to the film (its short - shrifting goes almost entirely unnoticed), which is, after all, just a series of high - decibel Chris Tucker improvisations alternating with a series of truncated Jackie Chan action moments.

Schools will leverage online learning for academics, which means they will be able to act as community centers in essence and focus far more on providing well - kept facilities that students want to attend with great face - to - face supports, high - quality meals, and a range of athletic, musical, and artistic programs — things that receive short shrift all too often today.

Thank you, Ed & Mary Jo Shrift.

But, to be frank, I have elevator boys who show more shrift.

Consequently, we've tended to short - shrift whole life insurance because it's a murky mix of life insurance and savings or investment vehicle that builds cash value after several years and into the future — again, as long as you pay the premiums, which can be 10 times as high as those on a same - sized term policy.

... self - induced psychological insulation from their charges» concerns via their short - shrifted self - serving group - thinking patterns.

And if he did so, I would expect him to receive pretty short shrift from any self - respecting Prime Minister worth his onions.

Given the lack of depth at quarterback in the NFL, it's remarkable that Rice and Harris, whatever their shortcomings, were given such short shrift by the pros.

Still others act as case workers or counselors (but actually spend the majority of their day in the learning environment with students) to focus on the non-academic problems — like food, health, or emotional issues — that too often trip up students (and sadly receive short shrift in many schools today).

Complaints are often logged in these pages about how customers in the United States are given short shrift when it comes to models sold elsewhere, primarily in Europe.

Kate Menken and Tatyana Kleyn («Short Shrift for Long - Term Learners,» online) write about a population of English language learners that's often invisible: long - term English language learners, meaning English learners who have attended U.S. schools for seven years or longer.

Sheedy, who worked with Franco on the 2014 play The Long Shrift later deleted her tweets.

The ex-Germany international thinks that the Citizens will hand the Chilean short shrift as a result of the turbulent season they have had.

If they came to me saying «let's talk about another coalition agreement» I would give them pretty short shrift because you have to let the British people have their say first.»

That gets very short shrift here.

While cats have surpassed dogs in popularity in American households, sometimes it seems as though cats get short shrift compared to dogs when it comes to pet supplies.

Family time shouldn't be given the short shrift during the school week, no matter how busy you and your tween might be.