Sentences with phrase «students coming of age»

With a steady supply of students coming of age and a proactive approach to local marketing, this franchise has the green light to accelerate quickly!

That's a tall order, but is essential learning for students coming of age at a time of daunting challenges — social, political, economic, and environmental — and also remarkable opportunities.

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«One of my most valuable failures came at an early age, when I failed to convince a major publishing house to buy out Student magazine,» Branson recalled.

Amazon description: «A coming - of - age comedy set in the «go - go» 80s about a college student enjoying a last hurrah before summer comes to an end — and the future begins.»

In 2014, Chaudhry says, MOOCs will come of age, thanks to new entrants who have learned from their predecessors» mistakes and figured out how to make students stick with a course.

In its early years, a number of her students in the program were teenagers who had come to the country, unauthorized, at a young age and finished high school, but then could not obtain citizenship or receive any state or federal funds for college.

And yet, as I progressed through high school and college, got a job in full - time student ministry, and even traveled through Europe for a few weeks, checking each of these dreams off my list (sans Aussie heartthrob), I found myself at age twenty - four absorbed in feelings that I didn't expect to come for at least another fifteen years, if ever.

Church of England school pupils are lagging behind students in Jewish and Muslim classrooms when it comes to the exams they take when they're aged six and seven, new government statistics reveal.

And it will mean that taxpayers will subsidize the wages of at least 75,000 teen - age students — many of whom come from middle - class families.

NORTH CREEK — Thirty students took their final walk through the gymnasium at Johnsburg Central School June 24, marking their coming of age as the Class of 2017.

While it is human nature to be apprehensive the first time one moves out, I imagine my fellow students» transition was made easier by growing up with a culture that believes coming of age means leaving the nest.

With all of her teaching, Marlene seeks to empower students to understand their own bodies and to embrace the changes that come at all ages and stages of life.

Being hailed by most as Transformation Retreat - Students from all age groups and backgrounds are coming and learning to incorporate the lessons of this workshop in their personal lives and benefitting from the changes it is bringing to their lives.More than 95 % students have reported Reduced mental stress, high levels of physical energy and improvement in emotional and physicalStudents from all age groups and backgrounds are coming and learning to incorporate the lessons of this workshop in their personal lives and benefitting from the changes it is bringing to their lives.More than 95 % students have reported Reduced mental stress, high levels of physical energy and improvement in emotional and physicalstudents have reported Reduced mental stress, high levels of physical energy and improvement in emotional and physical health.

I am crazy enough to decide after many years of work for the same company that life is about making dreams come true - which led me to becoming a film school student at the age of 30; — RRB - This is what I am actually loo..

We have been covering Julia Ducournau's powerful debut about a young veterinary student's unusual coming of age ever since its Cannes 2016 world premiere (Shelagh Rowan - Legg's review).

Red Oaks is a coming - of - age comedy set in the «go - go» 80s about a college student enjoying a last hurrah before summer comes to an end — and the future begins.

A coming - of - age tale wrapped in memory, James Schamus» «Indignation» brings back a time when $ 18 / week was decent pay for a part - time job, and when students dressed up for class and walked around campus with their heads buried in books rather than electronic devices.

Based on the novel by André Aciman, Call Me By Your Name tells a kind of gay coming - of - age story, with 17 - year - old Elio (Chalamet) falling deeply and intensely for grad student Oliver (Hammer), who's staying at Elio's family villa in northern Italy for one summer in the mid -»80s.

I was a great fan of Olivier Assayas» last film, Something in the Air, which gracefully elided a classic coming - of - age story with the student protests of 1968.

Dirty Girl (R for profanity, graphic sexuality and frontal nudity) Coming - of - age road comedy, set in 1987, about an Oklahoma high school student with a bad reputation (Juno Temple) who runs away from home to L.A. to search for her long - lost father with the help of an equally - ostracized, gay classmate (Jeremy Dozier).

Ashley Judd and Demian Bichir have joined teen coming - of - age story «Good Kids», about some highschool students who reinvent themselves as rebels.

Red Oaks: Season 3 * Amazon Original: A coming - of - age comedy set in the «go - go» 80s about a college student enjoying a last hurrah before summer comes to an end — and the future begins.

Downtown Express (Unrated) Coming - of - age drama about a Juilliard student (Philippe Quint) who's torn between following in his overbearing father's (Michael Cumpsty) footsteps and abandoning classical entirely to join his girlfriend's (Nellie McKay) rock band.

Of course, the story of a vegetarian veterinary student who is forced to eat meat as part of a hazing ritual that unlocks an insatiable hunger that bottoms out in cannibalism isn't exactly an old saw when it comes to the well - known stories of our agOf course, the story of a vegetarian veterinary student who is forced to eat meat as part of a hazing ritual that unlocks an insatiable hunger that bottoms out in cannibalism isn't exactly an old saw when it comes to the well - known stories of our agof a vegetarian veterinary student who is forced to eat meat as part of a hazing ritual that unlocks an insatiable hunger that bottoms out in cannibalism isn't exactly an old saw when it comes to the well - known stories of our agof a hazing ritual that unlocks an insatiable hunger that bottoms out in cannibalism isn't exactly an old saw when it comes to the well - known stories of our agof our age.

«Sandcastle» (Singapore) This bland coming - of - age drama by Boo Junfeng portrays a despondent 18 - year - old discovering his father's past as a student radical.

Julia Ducournau's morbid coming of age drama stars Garance Marillier as a young veterinary student, reserved and uncertain, who had never even swallowed a piece of meat in her life until an unexpected hazing ritual on her first day of college.

Luca Guadagnino's adaptation of Andrew Aciman's coming - of - age (and coming out) romance stars Armie Hammer as an American graduate student spending the summer with a professor and his family in the Northern Italian countryside.

A coming - of - age film about a California high school student who seeks to escape from her family and small town by going to college in New York.

Daniel Ribeiro's coming - of - age story, based on his 2010 short film, follows a blind high school student in Brazil, who is taking his first steps towards both independence and sexuality.

Snagging a nomination for best dramatic motion picture as well as nods for actors Timothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer, this coming - of - age movie centering around a teenager and an adult graduate student was based on 2007's «Call Me by Your Name,» the debut novel of Andre Aciman.

This coming - of - age story centers on two 1970s parochial - school students who express their frustrations by drawing a lurid comic book, but get into trouble when their discontents spill into the real world.

Terri (Unrated) Coming - of - age comedy about an empathetic principal (John C. Reilly) who decides to befriend an ostracized, 15 year - old student (Jacob Wysocki) at his high school.

Tom Hanks, «He Knows You're Alone» In one of the first films to come out of the slasher film golden age, Hanks made his big - screen debut as Elliot, a psychology student who develops a crush on a girl being stalked by a serial killer.

Travelling from schools right across the UK, the teams of students aged 10 to 18 will come together in London to pitch in front of a panel of judges comprised of industry leaders and high profile figures, such as digital entrepreneur Baroness Martha Lane Fox, Tech City CEO Gerard Grech and TV presenter Davina McCall.

This website has plenty of activities for students of all ages when it comes to learning about the heart.

Students learn to throw and catch spears, participate in ancient ceremonies and undergo a coming - of - age ritual that marks the transition from child to adulthood.

Inside Out and Back Again A favorite among teachers and students, this poignant 2013 coming - of - age novel in verse centers on 10 - year - old Hà, who loses her father and must flee her home in Vietnam when Saigon falls, in 1975.

Ryan and Saoirse will assist in the Outdoor Learning Project which aims to re-design the school grounds to improve facilities for students of all ages; devise an action plan following the December 2017 student survey and be at the forefront of Abbot's Lea's fundraising campaign for the coming year.

As the nation began to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, a group of scholars and educators gathered at Harvard to explore how to teach the legacy and the history of the tragedy to students who have come of age in its wake.

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is coming up, but the time is always ripe for encouraging students of every age to write.

In the digital age we live in, going back to learning times tables by rote seems like an archaic form of learning, which is likely to be difficult for the already stretched teaching profession, so coming up with enjoyable paths of learning for both the educator and the student is more than likely the best option.

The EdTech plan, as it is known, includes an assessment of computer accessibility in schools as well as recommendations for making its title, Toward a New Golden Age in American Education: How the Internet, the Law, and Today's Students Are Revolutionizing Expectation, come true.

Our findings come from assessments of performance in math, science, and reading of representative samples in particular political jurisdictions of students who at the time of testing were in 4th or 8th grade or were roughly ages 9 10 or 14 15.

Some of my most gifted and talented students are those who come from complex home environments and have to deal with difficult emotional situations at a young age.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

In this age of state testing and standards, the students really enjoy the freedom that comes with creating an original document.

Mariam Durrani, an expert on Islamophobia and Muslim youth and a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), says that even if there are no Muslim students in a class, «changing educational and society - wide demographics suggest that as young people come of age, we'll have even greater need for conversations about learning across difference and about addressing systemic inequalities,» whether about religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, or other identifiers.

The plan sets a target of 66 % of working - age New Mexicans earning a college degree or post-secondary credential by the year 2030 — a rigorous goal given the current attainment rate of 45 %.1 The plan also sets a vision for New Mexico to be the fastest growing state in the nation when it comes to student outcomes, with a goal to increase the percentage of students who demonstrate readiness to more than 60 % on the state English language arts (ELA) and math assessments.2 These efforts are significant considering New Mexico's historically lower student academic proficiency rates compared to other states and to national averages3, and demonstrate how leaders are driving a sense of urgency to improve.

The 18 finalist teams, made up of students aged 12 - 19, will now compete in one of six thematic categories for the chance to work with experts and see their apps come to life.

The students who came of age in the 1970s set a benchmark for attainment of education that subsequent generations have surpassed only recently, and then barely.