Word: esteems
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...could argue for years about whether standardized tests, or any kind of tests, are a worth-while way to judge us. But regardless of how useful these evaluations might be for their purposes, they contribute to our reliance on other people for our own self-esteem...
...College Division, Tarumoto speaks from experience when she says, "All are true and untrue depending on what you are looking for in your education. Having an identity shaped almost solely by how good you are at this one thing can be suffocating, frustrating and bad for your self-esteem...
...Nicholas Christenfeld, one of the researchers quoted in a story by The Associated Press, there may be "some psychological factor that can exert its impact cumulatively over the years...At every stage it's a little tiny depressant to be called PIG, or a little tiny boost to your esteem to be called...
...hated too--hated because he called for change, and the changes he proposed reduced the power, status, income and self-esteem of those who profited most from the old order. Hatred is happily more fleeting than love. The men who sat in their clubs denouncing "that man in the White House," that "traitor to his class," have died off. Their children and grandchildren mostly find the New Deal reforms familiar, benign and beneficial...
...course this job comes with definite drawbacks. It is here where the esteem society places on different professions translates into snobbery. Many resort guests constantly be little resort workers, failing to act kindly towards or even acknowledge those paid by the hour. They (and sometimes we) are too busy enjoying the fruits of their labor to act with common decency. But on the whole, a local's life of powder, blue skies and simplicity is appealing to someone who swims in problem sets and essays even while on vacation...