Sentences with phrase «very formative years»

I remember a series of very formative years growing up, where Lenny Kravitz was a dominating force on what we didn't know at the time was the dying breath of commercial radio and televised...

I get to work with young people in the very formative years of their lives.

Not exact matches

Although we grew up in the same family, our experiences related to money were very different during our formative years.

It is very difficult to shake off the beliefs and taboos instilled by parents and community during formative years.

In my formative years, I saw excessive use of alcohol and tobacco by adults who were self - absorbed, bored with life, and, in fact, not very interested in their children.

This fact was articulated by General John Lejeune, former Commandant of the Marine Corps, who noted that «a large portion of those enlisting are under twenty - one years of age» and «are in a very formative period of their lives.»

Like other innovators he was deeply marked by the influences of his formative intellectual years, and made use, sometimes in very unexpected ways, of the theories which first excited him, even though he had essentially outgrown them.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene

Aesthetics can be very important to teenagers, as for many it's a psychological necessity that takes root during these formative years.

Thatcher I was Margaret Thatcher's political secretary, so my whole political formative years were working with her, so I'm a very strong Thatcherite, I'm a Eurosceptic, I'm a small - state tax - cutter.

It might be a hangover from all the Jane Austen of my formative years, but I tend to think one looks her very prettiest at the end of a long walk on a cold day (preferably through some sort of moor, obviously).

During those formative years, he forged a very close bond with the man he called Pops (Charles S. Dutton), a coal miner who instilled both a solid work ethic and a quiet sense of dignity in his impressionable young grandson.

«I always felt like an impostor,» she says of the pressure of her formative years, since it «cuts very deeply when you're trying to figure out what about you is great.»

Instead of «thick slice» assessment (data taken from a single point in time, and / or data with very large blocks of time between measurements), formative assessments are conducted at meaningful «thin slice» points measured throughout the academic year.

Regarding formative assessment and standards - based grading, what they can hear is a very specific approach that we've been working on for 15 years that, if taken seriously, will transform schools.

I would argue very strongly in early years that formative and summative assessment should be the same information

«So I would argue very strongly in early years that formative and summative assessment should be the same information,» he argues.

As a teenager I spent my formative years pounding rubbish cars on these very roads and one of my all - time favourites is the A4212 that takes you from Bala, around the Celyn reservoir and on towards the west Welsh coast.

I spent a lot of my formative years learning the car business in this very dealership and I am so proud to be a part of this partnership in a place so close to home.

In this award - winning memoir in verse, Woodson shares her very personal story of becoming a writer and what it was like to grow up African American in a white majority world, with roots in the South but formative years in the urban Northeast.

But we held very high cash balances in those formative years, punishing during a raging bull market.

Not very prolific, yet ironically, they were the most formative years of my gaming habits.

Both can trace their roots back to the pen - and - paper RPGs popularised by Dungeons & Dragons but, in their formative years, they chose to follow paths that would take them in very different directions.

«I very much trace my personal career to my formative years in Houston.

For children who suffer these devastating injuries, the impact can be very detrimental during formative years.

During the early, formative years of laminate, that was very much an easy decision.