Sentences with phrase «waste of a good education»

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I pray to whichever holy name (God, Allah, Jehovah, Krishna, Jesus, etc.) suits the ONE Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent being that ignorance is wiped away from our species and we become a closer, more loving, peaceful creature and that we realize how much time we waste and how much further we push our fellow neighbor and brother under God, regardless of creed, away debating over who's God is better and discover the error of our ways before we destroy each other... before it's too late, because The End is Nigh!!!!! LOL!!!!! Really though, isn't the world full of enough tragedy, and aren't their so many more important things that need our energy and attention like the innocent children in Pakistan dying from diseases from the flood or the homeless children in our own country, or the lack of education, which is exactly what leads to this kind of debate?

There have also been advances in policies as well as education efforts like the Save the Food campaign to raise awareness of food loss and waste.

Investing in efficient, low - cost and sustainable processing technologies, adequate storage and packaging solutions, road infrastructure and market linkages as well as providing training and education to chain actors, including consumers, are among the tried and proven interventions which increase the efficiency of the chain and therefore lead to a reduction in food loss and waste.

«There «s still a feeling that nutritional education includes the serving of a well - balanced meal, even it means a lot of waste.

New York spent $ 21,206 per pupil compared to a national average of $ 11,392 in school year 2014 - 2015.38 Better targeting spending to the highest needs districts would contain costs while ensuring that all students have access to a sound basic education.39 The State wastes $ 1.2 billion annually on property tax rebates and allocates $ 4 billion annually on economic development spending with a sparse record of results.40 Curtailing spending in these areas would reduce pressure to increase taxes and lessen the tax differential with other states.

As director of SU's sustainability education, May «works with professors and students from all disciplines, as well as with staff in energy management, food services, parking and transportation, buildings and grounds, and waste management to promote understanding and research about the university as a whole system of resources and best practices,» according to a university webpage.

First, it was a waste of time (over five years) and money — both the government's and WGU's — which distracted from the real need: making progress in higher education to better serve students, such as low - income ones, of whom only 8 percent graduate four - year college programs in six years.

For all their flaws, they are far better for equity and quality than statewide skills - standards with high - stakes tests that encourage wasting huge amounts of school time in practicing narrow test - taking activities at the expense of education.

This «schooling without learning» is a wasted opportunity, the report argues — widening social gaps for already disadvantaged children, for whom the promise of education was meant to offer much greater access to good jobs, higher wages, better health, and lifelong security.

Education needs to be seen as a privilege not a right and one's future and success needs to be seen as one's own responsibility not just the responsibility of the system and / or the teacher who is hamstrung by the poor attitudes of these particular students who disrupt at worst and waste their time with poor or no application at best - and then blame the system or teacher.

They claim that much of Australia's increased expenditure on education in the last 20 to 30 years has been «wasted» on efforts to reduce class sizes, arguing that this extra funding does not lead to better academic results.

«The result is the waste of hundreds of millions, perhaps billions, of education - reform dollars that could be put to much better use,» he said.

The failure of the public education system to retain its best employees represents a wasted opportunity to improve student outcomes.

When our state education officials impose an educational program that does nothing to develop our children's intellectual abilities, intentionally mislead parents about what the law on testing permits, then waste scarce taxpayer dollars, not on educational services, but rather on a media blitz to further snow the public, we know that they do not have the best educational interests of our children in mind.

The time wasted on the middle step with charters comes at the expense of the children who could be getting a better education.

Value - added to education, or a waste of good money?

It would be a far better use of most scientists and PhDs time who comment on this forum and on others like Open Mind to just STOP wasting YOUR time arguing with idiotic «drunken» deniers, and spend their time much more effectively by scouring the internet for such «events» as «Gas Fracking reviews by Government» etc etc in all nations across the world and use your education and skills and knowledge and actually make a positive difference to AGW / CC action by sending them a FORMAL SUBMISSION or offering up YOUR OPINION and EXPERTISE to be considered in their deliberations.

Also encourages Governments to take comprehensive action to address the marine plastic debris and microplastic issue through, where appropriate, legislation, enforcement of international agreements, provision of adequate reception facilities for ship - generated wastes, improvement of waste management practices and support for beach clean - up activities, as well as information, education and public awareness programmes; 18.

He is responsible for driving the company's environmental leadership in four major areas: the development, purchase and promotion of environmentally preferable products; waste reduction and recycling initiatives; the development of global carbon reduction and renewable energy strategies; as well as environmental education initiatives for customers and associates focused on sustainablity.