Sentences with phrase «underachieving younger»

It's all nonsense, of course, but when you've got the 570S, 911 Turbo S and R8 V10 Plus strutting about in the sunnier corner of the showroom, each of these three cars will only ever be marked down as the slightly underachieving younger sibling.

And striking research from Sport England showed that underachieving young people who take part in sport see a 29 per cent increase in numeracy skills and a 12 - 16 per cent rise in other transferable skills.

If you're the parent of a boy, Dr. Leonard Sax's book Boys Adrift: Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men is required reading.

11 Leonard Sax, Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men.

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So if there is a template for quick defensive turnaround, it involves some combination of new scheme, new coach, and talent that either underachieved under a previous coordinator (Illinois) or was young / injury prone (N.C. State).

When i was younger i just pushed through it and still underachieved.

The young fellow, an underachieving high school student, suffers from a severe lack of self - esteem, thanks to the relentless tormenting his classmates have poured upon him because they consider him a nerd.

Outside of a younger, underachieving, perpetual screw - up of a brother, Frank (Vincent D'Onofrio), there» little to trouble Kersey's mind.

In Andrea Kayne Kaufman's Oxford Messed Up, Rhodes Scholar Gloria Zimmerman (who has Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder) and Henry Young (an underachieving, drug - addicted musician) become unlikely friends when they're forced to share a bathroom in the Oxford University dorms.

Can target specific learner groups: underachieving groups; higher achievers; young people with Special Educational Needs

Gifted and talented children can face particular challenges when they go to child care, preschool and school, including being younger than peers, learning differently and underachieving.