Sentences with phrase «teach than a young person»

A poorly trained, poorly disciplined person at the age of 45 is harder to teach than a young person just out of a university.

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While there's sometimes no substitute for lived experience, there are also plenty of books that can save you a whole lot of heartache by teaching you basic skills that lots of young people end up learning way later than they should.

While teaching organizational behavior at Cornell University for more than 35 years, I've had the privilege of training numerous young people who have now moved on to be leaders in the private and public sector.

As someone who ran an international organization that has taught entrepreneurship to more than 600,000 young people, I see his point.

This is no different than some young people going to college and leaving their brains at the door and swallowing evolutionary theory and purposely rejecting the obvious of what creation clearly shows except this is leaving your brain at the door of theology school and accepting man's opinion over what is clearly stated in the holy scriptures, and then teaching others false doctrine.

Further, the attitudes and practices of the parents were much more influential on the young people's thinking and action than were the teachings of their schools or churches.

It illustrates that people are hungry for an alternative to the status quo where content is increasingly brought through computers rather than teachers, academic learning is being pushed down to younger and younger children, and the focus in the classroom is «teaching to the test.»

Sport is inspirational for many young people so by combining elements from sports coaching with work skills training, we can deliver a programme that does much more than just teach people how to write a CV.»

While the Junior Imperial League's political education aimed to teach people why they should vote Conservative, rather than teaching them to make up their own minds, there is little doubt that then - Conservative leader, Stanley Baldwin, was sincere when he expressed a desire to «make democracy safe for the world» by educating young people.

«Teachers now say that they believe they are working to meet the needs of inspection rather than the needs of the children and young people they teach.

It means looking out to guard against people who profit from dividing us; it means guarding against self - centered politicians whose utterances highlight our differences rather than what we have in common as a people; it means protecting our young people from militant and terror groups who through fake religious teachings may indoctrinate and recruit our youth to commit crimes.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

I am a caring, honest, respectful, loyal, intelligent, kind generous, faithful with a sense of humor and a God - fearing woman... I was born and brought up with a strict Christian background and I was taught from the young age to always respect myself and other people and I still maintain these value wherever that I goes the inner beauty is more important to me than the beauty of appearance

Paul Thomas Anderson for teaching me that it's ALL about the script and if you have the right actors directors don't have to do anything on set but be a fan, Lumet for his films and his book, a young directors» must read, Coppola for his courage in filmmaking, Steven Soderberg for refusing to ever be put in a box and pushing the form as far as he can, Kathryn Bigelow for giving masterclasses in action, James Cameron for Terminator 2 and prove big budget cinema can still be perfect cinema, Sean Penn for bringing his acting chops to directing, David Mamet for his scripts and his dialogue, Nolan for having more heart than most people seem to give him credit for (Memento, Rises, Inception and Interstellar all made me cry.)

Creating authentic products that have to meet high external standards teaches young people more convincingly than a teacher's words or grades ever can about why written conventions matter, why presentation is critical, why we need disciplined methods of inquiry, why «facts» need to be scrutinized.

What can be more important than teaching intellectually advanced, creative, young people to use their powers for good?

Many young people in this country suffer the daily injustice of attending schools that teach them how to fail — and teach them they will fail — rather than how to succeed.

Young people from low income backgrounds are less likely than their wealthier peers to undertake an apprenticeship, according to new analysis from Teach First.

Online classes may be a relatively young instructional practice for K - 12 schools, but experts already generally agree on one point: Research shows that virtual schooling can be as good as, or better than, classes taught in person in brick - and - mortar schools.

Children are capable of tremendous focus and responsibility, and they can be taught these traits at a much younger age than many people might think.

Whether we are teaching young people or adults, it is important to keep in mind that student engagement is more than just listening.

Most of my teachers came from different backgrounds than the young people we were leading, and most of my staff had been teaching for 10 + years, in a building whose students and needs were very different.

«More than anything, I'm most worried about the long term pipeline,» said Carr of the prospect of getting enough young people to come teach — and stay — in North Carolina.

In 2010, more than 500 people signed a statement stating that the «standards conflict with compelling new research in cognitive science, neuroscience, child development, and early childhood education about how young children learn, what they need to learn, and how best to teach them in kindergarten and the early grades.»

It will cement our position as a global leader in teaching character and resilience, and will send a clear signal that our young people are being better prepared than ever before to lead tomorrow's Britain.»

The changes, for children between the ages of three and 18, which are already in place in primary schools, aim to focus more on teaching methods rather than content, and seek to make young people more resourceful and responsible.

According to the Bureau of the Census, people between the ages of 20 and 29 move 16 percent more within a given year than individuals who are age 30 and older.22 To attract and retain young professionals into the teaching profession, the teacher licensure system must be brought into the 21st century to meet the demands of a more mobile population.

In some countries, teaching young people of school age may be carried out in an informal setting, such as within the family (homeschooling), rather than in a formal setting such as a school or college.

We need young people to study and commit to this field and profession, rather than filling our classrooms with teachers from programs like Teach For America.

Teach First carried out research with ComRes surveying more than 2,000 18 - 25 year olds to compare young people's access to work experience and opportunities while at school.

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said: «We have witnessed a revolution in school standards over the past four years, with more young people being taught in good or outstanding schools today than ever before.

Maureen Heffernan has spent more than 30 years in the field of Arts Education, working first as a teaching artist and then as a non-profit arts administrator where she has worked with young people, their teachers and their families throughout the tri-state region.

With an average annual salary of slightly more than $ 36,000 for new teachers and slightly more than $ 58,000 overall, most teachers are compensated less than they were 30 years ago, when adjusting for inflation.69 In addition, teachers earn 60 percent of what similarly educated professionals earn, which is much lower than in other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development member countries.70 This has made it harder for schools to attract young people to the teaching profession and for high - need schools to attract excellent teachers.

In the United States, new teachers only make an average of about $ 36,000, and the average salary for all teachers is just over $ 58,000 — which, in today's dollars, is lower than the average salary during the 1989 - 1990 school year.63 Teachers make 60 percent of what similarly educated professionals earn, much lower than the proportion in other Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries.64 Partly as a result of low teacher pay, young people are avoiding the teaching profession, excellent teachers are staying away from high - need schools, the teaching profession is not as diverse as it needs to be, and far too many great educators leave the profession altogether.65

«It's clearer than ever that young people need coding skills, and libraries are the perfect place to teach those skills,» said ALA President Julie B. Todaro.

More than 8 in 10 reject the idea that teaching both abstinence and contraception encourages young people to have sex.