Sentences with phrase «young builds character»

Glad to read that I'm not the only one who believes working tough and dirty jobs when you're young builds character!

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«What young people really need is not more talk about the mechanics of sex and contraception, but encouragement to develop the character qualities of stability, faithfulness and commitment - the qualities they will need to build a strong and lasting marriage based on something that runs deeper than feelings and physical attraction.»
During the year's first multi-week session, young people, ages 7 - 17, will benefit from educational programs geared to build character, instill life - enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.
What would be high on my list — Is top squad building capabilities, bringing through young players, competitive nature, bad loser, finds a good balance with attacking and defending, an eye for a bargain if needs be, good character judgement, either has winning mentality or looks eager to gain one, respects the hell out of The Arsenal, and respects loyalty.
Regarded as one of the most gifted young tacticians in the European game, Thomas Tuchel, who'd taken the reins at the club following Jürgen Klopp «s departure in 2015, seemed to be building a side capable of challenging domestically and in the Champions League, but the former Mainz coach's spiky character clashed with the powers that be, leading to his dismissal at the end of last season.
A former NCAA athlete and high school social studies teacher, Jim currently advises the Positive Coaching Alliance, working to transform youth sports by helping to create a more positive and character - building experience for young athletes.
By studying campers» experiences and camp's impact on the lives of young people, ACA provides parents with the knowledge to make good decisions, to thoughtfully guide their children, and to offer opportunities for powerful lessons in community, character building, skill development, and healthy living.
It's really geared to younger kids in terms of storyline and character, so while he thought the objects - built - out - of - letters concept was cool, and liked the animation, it lost him at a certain point.
Success, he argues, is about how young people build character.
One of Tough's collaborators, Dominic Randolph, head of school at an elite academy in upstate NY, surmised that «the best way for a young person to build character is for him to attempt something where there is a real and serious possibility of failure.
The collection itself continued the kind of character - driven narrative that Westwood is built on, but front row whispers suggested unsolicited borrowings from much younger London designers too.
Raised with morals values and built in character from a very young age.
The cover story, «Grade B — But Choice,» is devoted to an obscure 1934 musical called «Young and Beautiful,» featuring «budding starlets, grade - A character actors, grade - B musical numbers, a pair of vaudevillians, a look behind the scenes of Hollywood, bogus appearances by Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton and a script by Dore Schary» [later famous as a producer of films such as «Crossfire,» «Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House,» «They Live By Night» and «The Red Badge of Courage»].
If we hadn't seen any of The Hunger Games movies, Divergent might have felt fresher, less like a medium - grade helping of dystopian sci - fi built around a young female character who learns to kick butt.
Films that might have fit this putative strand included the charming but overlong Timeless Stories, co-written and directed by Vasilis Raisis (and winner of the Michael Cacoyannis Award for Best Greek Film), a story that follows a couple (played by different actors at different stages of the characters» lives) across the temporal loop of their will - they, won't - they relationship from childhood to middle age and back again — essentially Julio Medem - lite, or Looper rewritten by Richard Curtis; Michalis Giagkounidis's 4 Days, where the young antiheroine watches reruns of Friends, works in an underpatronized café, freaks out her hairy stalker by coming on to him, takes photographs and molests invalids as a means of staving off millennial ennui, and causes ripples in the temporal fold, but the film is as dead as she is, so you hardly notice; Bob Byington's Infinity Baby, which may be a «science - fiction comedy» about a company providing foster parents with infants who never grow up, but is essentially the same kind of lame, unambitious, conformist indie comedy that has characterized U.S. independent cinema for way too long — static, meticulously framed shots in pretentious black and white, amoral yet supposedly lovable characters played deadpan by the usual suspects (Kieran Culkin, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Kevin Corrigan), reciting apparently nihilistic but essentially soft - center dialogue, jangly indie music at the end, and a pretty good, if belated, Dick Cheney joke; and Petter Lennstrand's loveably lo - fi Up in the Sky, shown in the Youth Screen section, about a young girl abandoned by overworked parents at a sinister recycling plant, who is reluctantly adopted by a reconstituted family of misfits and marginalized (mostly puppets) who are secretly building a rocket — it's for anyone who has ever loved the Tintin moon adventures, books with resourceful heroines, narratives with oddball gangs, and the legendary episode of Angel where David Boreanaz turned into a Muppet.
The story builds off its comic predecessor and follows the same characters: the stoic swordsman Garrison, elderly wizard Knolan, notorious outlaw Red Monika, kind robot Calibretto, and Gully, a young girl searching for her missing father.
Those characters include Larry (Algee Smith), the talented lead singer of an aspiring doo - wop group, whose appearance on the stage of the Fox Theatre is canceled when the police evacuate the building, as well as the young singing group's equally young assistant Fred (Jacob Latimore).
Just as important, they add character and personality to a film built on a saintly young hero and an impassive dictatorial antagonist.
The actor has been building a resume playing troubled young men, from Bloodline to It, and a less - intelligent script would've turned this character into a walking cliche.
Bobby, your character in The Florida Project, is a building manager but also, occasionally, a protector of young kids who live in tough circumstances.I like where he's placed in that world.
«Just last week I attended an event being held by the Transformation Trust which gives disadvantaged young people the chance to participate in character - building activities which they otherwise wouldn't have access to.
A recent recipient of the Sanford McDonnell Award for Lifetime Achievement in Character Education, among Dr. Elias» numerous books are ASCD's Promoting Social and Emotional Learning: Guidelines for Educators, the Social Decision Making / Social Problem Solving curricula for grades k - 8, the new e-book, Emotionally Intelligent Parenting (via Kindle and Nook) and a book for young children: Talking Treasure: Stories to Help Build Emotional Intelligence and Resilience in Young Children (www.researchpress.com, 2young children: Talking Treasure: Stories to Help Build Emotional Intelligence and Resilience in Young Children (www.researchpress.com, 2Young Children (www.researchpress.com, 2012).
Her best - selling book, Building Moral Intelligence, and her Character Builders program for young children (Respect, Responsibility, Caring, and Peace - Making) are used in hundreds of schools and organizations worldwide.
Rather than accept a future of low - skill, low - wage work for our impoverished young people, we aspire to build their «human capital» — their knowledge, skills, capabilities, talents, habits, character, however you want to phrase it — so that, among other things, the labor market will one day repay their contributions to society with a wage that far exceeds any minimums.
«Is this policy primarily about building character or is it about influencing young people about the benefits of the armed forces?
In our preK - 3 character building, the character lessons serve as something tangible for our young students to connect with and hold on to as they learn all about the pillars of character.
The solutions would start with economically diverse housing options in all towns in CT, quality pre-natal care, quality pediatric care, high school courses on parenting, in - home parenting classes for teens, a robust curriculum rich in the arts, social sciences, science, math, and character education, lots of playtime in a safe literature rich environment for pre-schoolers, summer school and before and after school care provided by TFA or some other organization of young recent college graduates, small class size, teacher leaders instead of building administrators, and collaboration time built into the school day.
They must unleash greatness by undertaking to build character and resilience, inspiring and enabling young people to be successful, rounded people.
By engaging scholars with an academically rigorous, college - preparatory curriculum and supporting them in a community focused on high academic achievement and strong character building, Summit Academy will prepare our young people to participate meaningfully in the greater economy and expand their choices and opportunities.
If you have a passion for building character in today's youth and enjoy interaction with our young leaders of tomorrow, contact us and find out how you can make a difference!
PSHE builds character and resilience, and will help young people to live happy and healthy lives.»
In their case, specifically shaping their brand strategy around organic search and discovery in regards to their native mobile apps (iOS App Store and Google Play Store) allows them to leverage the established characters and trusted brands as a mechanism for building new and younger audiences.
Such things as building confidence, physical skills, the bond and trust are those elements that, when taught at this young age, become a permanent part of your puppy's character.
Performance: Sherry Vignon, «Sherry Sherapy Sherry Truck,» at Goethe - Institut New York (Wyoming Building) Performance artist Ann Liv Young takes her Sherry Vignon character to the Goethe - Institut.
This young team took a «white cubed» space and stripped it back to reveal the building's original Georgian character.
I think young people will become attached to the animal characters and will build an awareness, potentially, to the issues and the qualities in these animals» lives.
What's more, unless you plan on clocking in time behind the controller yourself, investing in a library of next - generation movies, browsing the Web on your TV, purchasing extra levels / cars / characters / songs / films online or are intent on building the ultimate technophile's living room setup, it's the sort of holiday gift that may be little extravagant for anyone younger than 15.
Our Programmes: • Mentoring: Building the resilience and character of young people • Anti-Bullying: Engaging young people to change the attitudes, behaviours and culture of bullying • The Award: Awarding young role models for selflessly creating and sustaining positive change Peer - led approaches to tackling bullying
A recent recipient of the Sanford McDonnell Award for Lifetime Achievement in Character Education, among Dr. Elias» numerous books are ASCD's Promoting Social and Emotional Learning: Guidelines for Educators, the Social Decision Making / Social Problem Solving curricula for grades k - 8, the new e-book, Emotionally Intelligent Parenting (via Kindle and Nook) and a book for young children: Talking Treasure: Stories to Help Build Emotional Intelligence and Resilience in Young Children (www.researchpress.com, 2young children: Talking Treasure: Stories to Help Build Emotional Intelligence and Resilience in Young Children (www.researchpress.com, 2Young Children (www.researchpress.com, 2012).
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