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scholastic
1. in the scholastic state tournament
2. Martin had become close to Jorge his first year at the University because of his scholastic aptitude
3. In time the parents all depart, and the four girls start, what we hope will be, four years of friendship and scholastic successes
4. The hastening of scholastic mediocrity in America‘s (urban) Public School System is understood by the efforts of (its) soft-headed administrators and educators seeking to promote equality of results at the expense of its brightest students, many of whom are routinely held in check in order to allow their less talented classmates ―sufficient‖ opportunity to play catch-up; oftentimes necessitating a lowering of academic standards for the ―benefit‖ of other students who are intellectually less gifted, thereby promoting false impressions of academic achievement where performance results are (oftentimes) questionable
5. ―Objective‖ pursuits such as ascertaining the validity of a mathematical or legal postulate or some other undemonstrated proposition, for example, are conditioned rather than perfected by scholastic examination
6. Racial quotas and preferences are denying many promising students equal access to quality schools by promoting a ―spoils‖ system that seeks to redress ―historical‖ grievances by replacing academically gifted students with lesser scholastic talents by virtue of their race, ethnicity, gender and religion rather than academic achievement
7. It caused him to become ever more sharply critical of Scholastic theology because of its failure to be centrally oriented to the Bible…Luther replaced, after 1515, the sick priest of the city church of Wittenberg
8. “On this occasion he interpreted his theological presuppositions…in which he criticized Scholastic theology on biblical grounds for its reliance upon Aristotle and its defense of moral freedom
9. That was before he received his Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
10. I took his word for it and along with being on a fast track for scholastic probation, bagged wrestling as a sport
11. Silver and gold ornaments may be replaced; domestic and scholastic supplies may be replenished; even the lives of nuns, each so precious and pure, were of infinitely less worth than those sacred items from our Church's earliest history
12. comes is a product of imagination of the scholastic
13. science, but is a scholastic philosophy; and formally place it in the
14. Conventional wisdom in philosophy and most other scholastic subjects, raises a number of
15. Harriet was very proud of my scholastic abilities, as she should have been, after all it was because of her that I did so well at school
16. that women who attend all-female schools fare better not only in scholastic
17. But almost certainly homework is the greatest example of wasted scholastic effort
18. After avoiding the real issue at hand, namely that it would be almost impossible and perhaps even grossly uncharitable to seek out the services of the pair that had been so helpful in previous trying circumstances, Sister Scholastic sighed and slumped a fraction, depicting the mood of the entire group who felt like “sheep without a shepherd
19. simple life and not blessed with scholastic ability, he was not any-
20. of just scholastic knowledge, and he was the lama most involved in
21. ‘diplomatosis’ [the state of being in love with one’s scholastic degrees]
22. In spite of my being strongly opposed to anti-Muslim prejudices, as this book in the hands of the reader clearly illustrates, it must be stated that Shourie’s scholastic effort when it comes to the regressive fatwas (though not his opinion in terms of whether they are truly in the spirit of the faith) must be lauded
23. 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
24. of God, rather than by scholastic writers
25. serious objections against their peculiar tent, with the word of God, rather than by scholastic writers
26. Later in the class she asked for names for the scholastic poem writing competition
27. Henceforth let the logically remove the serious objections against their peculiar tent, with the word of God, rather than by scholastic writers
28. They led Don Quixote into a room, and Sancho removed his armour, leaving him in loose Walloon breeches and chamois-leather doublet, all stained with the rust of his armour; his collar was a falling one of scholastic cut, without starch or lace, his buskins buff-coloured, and his shoes polished
29. In the pursuit of knowledge we are always pressing forward to something beyond us; and as a false conception of knowledge, for example the scholastic philosophy, may lead men astray during many ages, so the true ideal, though vacant, may draw all their thoughts in a right direction
30. Loosening their satchels, they commenced throwing their school-books at him—grammars, dictionaries, spelling-books, geography books, and other scholastic works
31. Back in January he had warned the boys, “We can’t tarry with scholastic laggards
32. That is why I have sternly set my face against any proffered scholastic appointment
33. Published by Point, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
34. SCHOLASTIC, POINT, and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc
35. The fresh scent of my new textbooks, part of the scholarship I’d been awarded, proof of my scholastic success
36. level, at coining science, at putting ideas into circulation, at increasing the mind in youthful persons, and he feared lest the present poverty of method, the paltriness from a literary point of view confined to two or three centuries called classic, the tyrannical dogmatism of official pedants, scholastic prejudices and routines should end by converting our colleges into artificial oyster beds
37. His scholastic honors were many, and there were people who thought privately and venomously that they were awarded in hope of a donation, that he was, in fact, like a football player whose grades have little relation to his scholarship
38. Here, listen : ' A teacher (lady) prepares for all the scholastic establishments (do you hear, for all) and gives lessons in arithmetic ! ' Prepares for all the scholastic establishments—in arithmetic, therefore, may we assume ? No, arithmetic is something apart for her
39. Yet at her last gasp she wastes her one remaining rouble and prints in the paper that she prepares for all the scholastic establishments, and what's more, gives lessons in arithmetic
40. If the teacher has been in the neighbourhood, and the masses know what the results of his teaching are, they value him according to these results as a good or as a bad teacher; but, in addition to the scholastic qualities, the masses demand that the teacher shall be a man who stands in close relations to the peasant, able to understand his life and to speak Russian, and so they will always prefer a country to a city teacher
41. Sir, if simplicity was not originally contemplated by the framers of the constitution, why the imposition on the people in publishing it to the world? Was it not a prodigal waste of labor and materials, to furnish every citizen of our country with a copy of that which can only be understood by professional men, or such as are eminently skilled in scholastic research? It had better remain a secret, concealed amongst the musty rolls in the archives of State, than be a puzzle for mankind
