Sentences with phrase «years teaching about»

We spent a few years teaching ourselves about the laws relating to animals, both nationally and in our state, the problems.

But I have spent the last five years teaching myself about investing, and over that time I have identified certain reliable sources to which I return every time I am deciding whether to purchase or sell a particular stock.

Throughout the year I taught about nutrition and actually made food within the classroom.

What do the George W. Bush and Barack Obama years teach us about K — 12 reform strategies and Washington's efforts to support them?

Mr. Browne, the fifth - grade teacher in R. J. Palacio's Wonder, begins the school year teaching about precepts, which he and his students define as «rules about really important things.»

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He failed his university entrance exams twice before gaining admission to Hangzhou Teachers University in 1984; after graduation he spent five years teaching English for 120 yuan (about $ 15) per month.

«Tech has radically shifted how we think about productivity and learning, yet we're still teaching our children the same way we taught them 100 years ago,» says Geoff Ralston, founder of 2 - year - old education technology incubator Imagine K12.

I mean I'm shooting Top Chef Junior with 13 - year - olds who are teaching me something new about food every single day.»

Over the past 87 years, McKinsey has taught the world how to think about business.

Since opening about a year ago, Bello says he's taught more than 2,000 students how to work their dough.

Frank Giustra has spent roughly two decades giving money away, but every year teaches him something fresh about philanthropy.

Now in its ninth year, Aspen Heights» MicroSociety helps teach kids, their families and the community at large about conservation and environmental stewardship.

In fact, these days, the students are more quickly becoming the teachers as companies going through the millennial workplace revolution are getting their 18 to 35 - year - old employees to teach generation Xers and baby boomers a thing or two about integrating tools like social media and crowd sourcing into their modus operandi.

The «Beautiful» singer recently opened up about teaching her two children — particularly her 3 - year - old daughter, Summer Rain — to not be «easily swayed by outside opinion.»

My formal training is law, MBA, but I've been working in the technology industry for 20 years now, so I've taught myself technology and certainly surround myself with guys who are very knowledgeable about the technology industry.

«We have a dedicated center for supply chain management,» Hartmann points out, adding that about six courses are taught in that specialty each year, that the school also offers a master's degree in supply chain management, and that the school's departments of operations and IT management has nine faculty members with industry expertise.

As a certified public accountant and account professor, Dr. Majo Jacinto has spent 15 years helping individuals and businesses with their taxes, and Jacinto's online course will teach you everything you'll need to know about submitting a tax return.

The institute was started about 30 years ago by David Sandler, a frustrated salesman, who taught selling basics infused with his own version of «I'm OK, you're OK» pop psychology.

«He has 50 years of manufacturing knowledge, and when he does a CAT with one of our plants, he teaches [managers] not just technical ideas but about urgency,» says Linda.

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In all my years of teaching, I've been sensitive to the clichés that are tossed around about young people, but the current clichés are a bit overwhelming.

Instead of focusing on today's framework for success, young people should be taught to pounce on and spot trends and think about the next 10 years instead of the past 10.

I grew up on a farm in Cornwell, Conn. and after majoring in environmental science in college, I spent several years leading high school students on expeditions into the woods to teach them about the environment.

About Toronto East General Hospital @EastGeneral Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH) is a full - service community teaching hospital that has proudly provided high quality health care to the residents of East Toronto for over 86 years.

«I have been in entertainment and branding for 25 years now, but this is a whole other language that most people don't know, and to be able to teach this to kids that don't have the Harvard education is a beautiful thing because it's not just about owning your life, it's not about owning property,» Lopez said.

According to Lawrence Summers, former director of President Barack Obama's National Economic Council and former U.S. Treasury Secretary — he is also President Emeritus of Harvard University at the top of a shortlist of potential candidates to replace current chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke — the events of the last few years have thrown into question much of what he learned and taught about coherent economic models.

In fact, even a few years ago when I taught graduate - level economics (a whole other post), I don't remember it being in the curriculum, or even being asked about the topic.

I've dedicated more than 30 years to researching, dissecting, testing, and teaching people about legitimate business and income opportunities.

«I've been in education for more than 30 years, and we teach our students to do what you can to help other people, don't just think about yourselves, so that's what I wanted to do,» said Sister Margret.

How can the bible teach something that did not formally exist until about 2000 years later.

But because in the midst of a fun yet challenging year, God has taught me a ton about managing His money in His church.

Yes, I knew a lot about Him — all that eight years of Bible college and seminary could teach me about theology — which turned out to be quite a bit, in fact.

There are reasons, formidable reasons, why generations of believers over thousands of years have identified with Churchian teaching about sin and guilt.

It's not even about people being taught that there was a man named Jesus who had a 3 - year ministry in the middle - east some 2000 years ago who died and resurrected from the dead.

This blog talks about WorldTeach, it is a great organization to go abroad and teach english for a year.

Buddhism (in its true form) provides a guide to the elimination of suffering, not deity worship; in fact never talks about God or gods in the sense the west does... FYI Buddha was born 630 years before Jesus, and it is proven that Buddhism traveled from eastern India all the way to Syria and the Middle East via the Silk Road... i am quite sure Jesus had heard some of his teachings... some of the things that Jesus says are a direct reflection of the eightfold path from buddhism... Jesus was the greatest salesman of all time... sold the most books in history... he really honestly does nt deserve worship but an Academy Award

Since last week, I've been thinking about how differently my life and / or the world (all mankind) might have been, had I / we been taught what has been revealed to me over the last 20 + years and now know in my mind / heart is the truth / gospel for me, about Father God's love, character and nature, the death of Jesus and Salvation.

All of my teaching and writing about our society since those years have been deeply shaped by my experience among the black poor and oppressed of the South.»

When we stopped teaching the contemplative mind in a systematic way about 400 to 500 years ago, we lost the capacity to deal with paradox, inconsistency, and human imperfection....

I sat in a workshop you taught back in Dallas about 6 or 7 years ago.

«You can continue teaching Semitic languages which you enjoy, or you can act on what you know — that we have saved your life over the years, and we can save the lives of others as well if you chose to teach them about us.»

When I count my blessings, lgbt Christians are high on my list — especially the pastor who was there for me in a crisis 25 years ago, but also the many lgbt couples I've known who could teach all us straights a thing or two about dedication and commitment.

So I got down on my knees and prayed for God to teach me to love like Christ loved and that's when it started less than an hour later I was given the chance to love someone that I would call unlovable like christ loved this man was lying about me to the point it could have ruined my career of 10 years.

A recent study, «What Catholic Women Think About Faith, Conscience, and Contraception» (see whatcatholicwomenthink.com), has shown that 37 per cent of women aged 18 to 34 who attend Mass weekly and have been to confession within the past year completely accept the Church's teaching on family planning.

At Key Stage 3 (age 11 to 13 +, Years 7 to 9) schools have to teach: that fertilisation in humans and flowering plants is the fusion of a male and a female cell; about the physical and emotional changes that take place during adolescence; about the human reproductive system, including the menstrual cycle and fertilization; how the foetus develops in the uterus, including the role of the placenta.

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David: Good luck teaching a 8 - 12 year old about «about myth and truth and symbol and metaphor».

Although remnants of the Client - Patron system still exist today, something happened about 1000 years ago which caused the church to look for new ways of revenue and income, and for the first time in nearly a thousand years they began to consistently preach and teach the necessity and importance of the «tithe.»

She holds a PhD in physiology and is a respected scholar who has been writing and teaching about the Jewish background of Christianity for the past fifteen years.

You honestly believe, despite everything we have been taught by cosmology, astronomy, geology, biology, history, paleontology and archeology, that the World began about 6,000 years ago with one man, one woman and a magic talking snake.