Sentences with phrase «social conventions like»

Even the hardest - working, highest - achieving kid must adhere to basic social conventions like not showing up for graduation ceremonies looking like a complete shlub — and if your kid doesn't realize that yet, it's time someone taught him about how to present himself appropriately, and the significance of donning a tie (or at least a nice shirt) for important occasions.»

Not exact matches

Increasingly, data gatherers find themselves tripped up by basic social media conventions like sarcasm and mockery.

In 2005, he used the first policy convention of the then - new Conservative Party to take potentially divisive social - conservative issues like abortion off the party's agenda.

That does not indicate he actually believes it or not, like if I say god bless you, it is not an admission that I think that there are gods, it is just the social convention.

The Nigerian Army as the «Best Public Institution in Nigeria of the Year Award», to THE NIGERIAN, was the collective decision of its fans and readers to commend all the officers and men of the Nigerian Army for their relentless sacrifices in combating terrorism, extremism and separatism within the rules of engagement and best human rights convention in its pursuit of defending the territorial integrity, sovereignty of the state and the numerous corporate social responsibilities like provision of pipe borne water, educational support, medical assistance to various communities and the internally displaced persons in Nigeria, as well as sanitation exercise and construction of roads.

Former Assemblyman and senior fellow at the Demos foundation, Richard Brodsky, says if there is another convention, it won't be motivated by concern about legislative ethics, but by social issues that people care more about, like schools, and pension benefits.

Such people do not value fundamental social conventions, such as acting like a responsible person, who cares about how their actions that affect other people.

And yet, his latest work plays just as much like a blown - up, fun home image of Mike Judge's «Idiocracy,» as it too uses the conventions of science fiction to mount a caustic social satire.

Many teachers now take their cue from the likes of National Education Association Executive Director John Stocks who, at the recent NEA convention, told his flock that teachers need to become «social justice warriors.»

Events like book signings and tours and writing conventions can be some of the only times that authors get to enjoy the actual social aspect to their work.

Your stay at Kimpton Hotel Monaco Salt Lake City drops you just around the block from the Salt Palace Convention Center, the hub of conference and event activity in downtown Salt Lake City, with events ranging from tradeshows and conferences to business meetings and social events (including modern - day gatherings like Comic Con).

Caught between fretful urgency and an odd, immobilising calm, these canvases feel like glimpses into a sideways dimension, where everything from social conventions to the laws of physics have been subtly redrafted by some shadowy consciousness.

But last week, over 60 international civil society groups at Cochabamba's alternative climate summit lent their collective voices in a grassroots campaign to unanimously oppose geoengineering and are urging the public to join with Hands Off Mother Earth (H.O.M.E.) by «lending a hand» in their photo petition.With support from environmental and social justice luminaries like David Suzuki, Vandana Shiva, Maude Barlow, Naomi Klein, Herman Daly and Frances Moore - Lappé, the petition hopes to raise more public awareness about the issue prior to the next climate change convention slated for December.

Very few people in this category will likely check all of the boxes, but a common set of themes for people who have an Asperger's - like way of operating emotionally in relationships can include: Not sharing emotions, using overly blunt language, under - investing in social conventions, being reserved in social situations or avoiding social situations altogether, difficulty with tolerating frustrations, particularly social frustrations, insisting on rigid ways of interacting or getting things done, and being obsessive over details.

Finally, we would like to highlight two programs relevant to diversity and social justice in group work at this year's convention.

For less than the cost of only one «webinar» and for 97 % less than an old fashioned «hard floor» event, you will enjoy full access to over 20 scheduled speakers at this green event, all Expo Booths and the new Special Convention Social Networking Community - one like you've never seen before and not available at any other real estate event!