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Two years ago the government started to monitor the aptitude tests that schools
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Rian was incredibly young, yet showed remarkable aptitude for battle, both mentally and physically
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The learning of a skill, the development of an aptitude as well as the evolving of an individual progress in a pattern similar to waves
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Martin had become close to Jorge his first year at the University because of his scholastic aptitude
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As a sports fan who came of age in the sixties, I often ask myself, what have become of the Larry Czonka‘s or the Bill Riggins‘ or the Jerry West‘s or Rick Barry‘s, White Athletes who once dominated their respected sports? Is it conceivable that, in a day and age when the financial rewards are exceptionally high, (White‘s) have suddenly lost their competitive spark? Or could it be that many have fallen victim, in their own right, to stereotypical standards that seem to favor skill specific attributes like speed or vertical aptitude above other, less ―remarkable‖ qualities equally essential for performing on a higher level? Will such patterns eventually mandate the same type of protective status for Whites that are presently afforded to African Americans and other racial minorities competing in the public and private sectors? The latter is a stretch, granted
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‘s by focusing (more) on ―performance‖ standards in the classroom rather than relying on objective, more traditional measures commonly employed to assess a student‘s (native) aptitude
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The manner an individual responds to a situation at the office, for example, will more often than not rely on thinking rationally (or natural aptitude) rather than learning (or vocational training)
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Such methods constitute a composite measure of native aptitude in conjunction with learned behavior
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But you have a lot of aptitude, so if you change your mind, I’m stationed at HQ in Heidelberg
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His own aptitude with written Polish was limited, and he envied her access to the contents of the estate’s collection of books, none of which seemed to be in English
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I know by looking at his smile, like I knew the second I entered the aptitude test room, that something bad is about to happen
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I feel like I am back in the aptitude test room, with the mirrors all around me and the wires connected to my forehead
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After…you know, after the aptitude test
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In the room is a reclining metal chair, similar to the one I sat in during the aptitude test
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He and I both transferred from Erudite, only his aptitude test was inconclusive
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“The aptitude test tells you nothing
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I don’t want to ruin the moment, but I have to know about his aptitude test
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“The aptitude test, I mean
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The aptitude test is by far my greatest achievement as a scientist,” she replies
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But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test—a vicious, predatory stare
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I got sick after the aptitude test too
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All the trouble with your aptitude test results made me suspicious from the beginning
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“So I take it Amity wasn’t one of the factions you had an aptitude for,” he says, grinning
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“Sometimes that testing involved re-administering the aptitude test
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“Even among the Divergent, you are somewhat of an oddity, because you have aptitude for three factions
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“Who told me what three factions you had an aptitude for, and what our best chance was to get you to come here, and to put your mother in the last simulation to make it more effective
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I see Tobias standing in the middle of the lawn, wearing mixed faction colors—a gray T-shirt, blue jeans, and a black sweatshirt with a hood, representing all the factions my aptitude test told me I was qualified for
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She administered my aptitude test
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That’s one of the reasons why everyone in the city has to take the aptitude test at sixteen—if they’re aware during the test, that shows us that they might have healed genes
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vocation, directed by innate aptitude and passion
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Often people pursue professions that provide the best opportunity for realization of higher social status and not in accordance to his aptitude and passions
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That was before he received his Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
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“Bottoms up on that drink and we’ll give you an aptitude test
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If the Academy was good at anything, it was at giving aptitude tests and, up to this moment, Ken had hated every last one
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“But his aptitude as a Sentry is even greater! His woodscraft in particular is almost miraculous! With no use of the power, he can stalk close enough to a rabbit to catch it by hand!”
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Anyway, his mechanical aptitude was limited to his cigar clipper and winding watches from his antique wristwatch collection
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, one finds a very different story of entrepreneurial ingenuity and aptitude, which benefited the whole population
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He showed great aptitude for the training and it was not very long before he was singled out for a special training based on his physical fitness and his natural aggression
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We have the choice of selecting a path depending on our physical, mental, intellectual, and spiritual development, aptitude, opportunities in life, etc
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aptitude for just about everything the Colonel could throw at him
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They had a natural aptitude for it and were entered with others from the school to perform at the Rose of Tralee festival that year
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In time, they came to polish themselves as the jewels of the home, resplendent in their appeal and aptitude
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No one demonstrated more aptitude at killing than Skeeter Kirby
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He had everything a civil servant needed to succeed, a classical education, powerful connections, a razor sharp mind, an aptitude for political manoeuvring and, best of all, the killer instinct
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We could not have known that he had such aptitude
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There was even one other reference to her father, with her mother writing, “My darling husband, Maureen has certainly inherited your quick aptitude in grasping foreign languages
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Those old enough to work were given occupational and aptitude tests
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aptitude test that the meat company had set me 'What do you think to yourself when you
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“Consider yourself in, with the provision that you pass the aptitude tests, of course
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He also played cricket and golf, and showed aptitude as a marksman in the rifle club
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With his aptitude for plea bargaining his clients were known many times to have gained the benefits of a reduced sentence having reciprocated with information that assisted the police in their inquiries
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But finally, the necessary combination of stability, aptitude and interest came together
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But competition for jobs paying higher wages is severely restricted by time-in-grade, education, and other restrictions; whereas general aptitude and a good work ethic makes much of the population aptly suited to perform any job
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he would be depending greatly on the aptitude of his back-up to save his skin
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Because of his high scores on physical and aptitude examinations, he had been sent to the cruiser-training academy on Zenel III—a small planet coincidentally close to his home planet
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This book focuses on financial aptitude #1, Earning more Money
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“I was always fascinated by mathematics,” he explained, “and was lucky enough to have an apparent natural aptitude for it
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Their aptitude would take a cold streak whilst their affectionate character might hibernation
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ner’s edge is all in attitude, not aptitude
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‘I always felt I’ve an aptitude for interior design,’ she said excitedly
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Whatever, if not for the love of that girl and the warmth of my cousin, there was no way I could’ve continued with the drudgery of my job, and years later, when all were critical of my brother for having given up a job that didn’t suit his aptitude, I wanted to know how many had had to endure the like hardships at the start of their careers; the problem with us is that we tend to judge others without an iota of an idea of their compelling circumstances; well, my brother made the grade in a job that went well with his genius
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Hijra changed it all – the aptitude of the Prophet, the content of the Quran, the character of the faith, and above all, the destiny of Islam
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Faced with the prospect of training one of the artists who had been with the company from the start or Jane, Ron decided to ignore seniority and send Jane for training because of her aptitude for the medium
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that on his high school aptitude test it came up with 2 good possibilities
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He does hug himself, and whether he does it consciously or unconsciously depends on his aptitude for clear self-criticism
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Still, bones weren't everything, and didn't make up for her make-up--she dwelt a moment, pleased, on this sentence, glad to find she retained her early aptitude for turning a phrase
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He was positively excited and said he had never known such aptitude
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"He has a natural aptitude for business," she told Brad Rogers
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Which is it? If in 2006, Richard had not been able to give his daughter anything for four years with there being nine years left of his sentence, in 2007 wouldn’t he have not given his daughter a present in five years with eight years remaining on his sentence? I know jailbirds don’t usually have reputations as scholastic superstars, but it doesn’t take much mathematical aptitude to arrive at that piece of ciphering properly
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The task of every developed Form of Self-Consciousness is to learn how to consciously choose among already available variants of scenarios of development not the one which is impulsively “unpacked” from TEC, but only such creative realizations in which it has the maximum Interest and for which it displays aptitude
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aptitude well inclined for a position in the Army
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If one person is better at something than others: have them teach their knowledge or aptitude to others until everyone is as good at it as they are
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An odd aptitude for a mathematician
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You have it a bit more than most, because you have a high magical aptitude
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The supposed skill or athletic aptitude which is taught and is crucial to playing the sport is based upon hitting the ball exactly the same way every time over and over and over: so you become a reliable mechanical machine that can hit the ball back into the court every time without hitting it outside the court
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aptitude related to a number of career concepts
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And so-called aptitude or vocational preference tests, while they may indicate areas of
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If you have some aptitude and are willing to
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Skills from aptitude and interest may be homemaking, playing basketball, fixing cars and many more
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"The fact is, count," answered the mother, agreeably flattered, "he has great aptitude, and learns all that is set before him
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"I inquired of you if poisons acted equally, and with the same effect, on men of the North as on men of the South; and you answered me that the cold and sluggish habits of the North did not present the same aptitude as the rich and energetic temperaments of the natives of the South
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He, who had in her opinion such a marked aptitude for a political career, in which he would have been certain to play a leading part—he had sacrificed his ambition for her sake, and never betrayed the slightest regret
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This aptitude came to them in the growing complexity of their passions and the earlyrefinement of their ingenuity
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If they showed no aptitude for any of these trades, they became field hands and, in the opinion of the negroes, they had lost their claim to any social standing at all
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"He was very earnest," the Superior said' Cordelia imitated his-guttural tones; she had an aptitude for mimicry, I remembered, in the schoolroom - ' "Please do not think there is any doubt of that - he is quite sane and -quite in earnest
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If there were unhappy times in the orphanage, then Patrick still showed some aptitude for the slightly incompatible pursuits of boxing and playing the trumpet
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Casaubon's learning as mere accomplishment; for though opinion in the neighborhood of Freshitt and Tipton had pronounced her clever, that epithet would not have described her to circles in whose more precise vocabulary cleverness implies mere aptitude for knowing and doing, apart from character
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Lydgate, who had the muscular aptitude for billiards, and was fond of the game, had once or twice in the early days after his arrival in Middlemarch taken his turn with the cue at the Green Dragon; but afterwards he had no leisure for the game, and no inclination for the socialities there
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Students may show aptitude early on, but it takes a long time and a lot of hard work in the right environment for even the most talented students to reach their full potential
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So the first task Pierre had to face was one for which he had very little aptitude or inclination- practical business
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’ Balashev involuntarily flushed with pleasure at the aptitude of this reply, but hardly had he uttered the word Poltava before
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He had what was called under the old regime, the double hand, that is to say, an equal aptitude for handling the sabre or the musket as a soldier, or a squadron or a battalion as an officer
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It is from this aptitude, perfected by a military education, which certain special branches of the service arise, the dragoons, for
