Word: ethical
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...argues that the closing of black neighborhood schools--with their traditions, yearbooks, mottoes, fight songs and halls of fame--ripped the centerpiece out of those communities. "It removed support systems," McFrazier says. Black role models--doctors and educators--left the neighborhood and moved to suburban communities, taking their achievement ethic with them. "That lowered expectations," says McFrazier. And even though the races now sit side by side, Brown did little to alter the subtle but powerful prejudices within classrooms that lead teachers to expect more from white students than they do from minority students...
...didn’t matter to Klein that talk show hosts around the country weren’t questioning his work ethic, or that everyone wasn’t asking “when is he going to win?” He felt the pressure anyway...
...anyone on the team about what makes Zak Farkes good enough to hit those home runs, you inevitably return to the one thing the sophomore is even more notorious for than home runs: work ethic...
...Walsh said. “If we’re out on the field at 10:30 a.m., he’s at the batting cages at 9. You just can’t beat him to the ballpark. If you’ve got that work ethic in anything, it’s going to pay off for you, and he’s showing it at the plate...
...team that is as important as his contributions on the field. Not many of us really look at Brendan as a freshman because of the way he carries himself, always ready to crack a joke to loosen the team up or set the tone with his work ethic...