Word: mentored
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...president and founder of T-Time Productions, said that her previous jobs—including stints at an Coca-Cola, ESPN, and an insurance company—all gave her valuable work experience. The panelists also emphasized the importance of finding a mentor, being proactive, taking risks, and exploring career options outside of campus recruitment. At the event’s conclusion, many students gathered around the speakers for informal chats and seemed to respond positively to the panel’s message. “The discussion was very inspiring,” said Julia M. Anoshechkina...
...Schapiro plans on staying in contact with Margaret long after she graduates from Harvard, to act both as a mentor and a friend...
...States at another university. Whoever will take me [laughter].13.FM: Where can Harvard’s students look for positivity instruction in the future?TBS: There are many wonderful professors in the psych department who teach courses related to positive psychology. Professors like Ellen [J.] Langer, who is my mentor and was my dissertation adviser with Philip [J.] Stone, and Professor Daniel [T.] Gilbert, who is doing a lot of ground breaking work in the area of happiness. Very often people look for happiness very far away when it is right next to them. If you are talking about positivity...
...teachers' performance-which is measured by a combination of structured observations made four to six times a year and student test results, using a Sanders-style value-added formula. The best TAP teachers can climb the professional ladder in three ways: remaining in the classroom but becoming a mentor to others; leaving one's own classroom to become a full-time teacher of teachers, or master teacher; or taking the traditional route into administration...
...recent experiment one group of people was shown a sad video clip about the death of a boy's mentor, while another group viewed a non-emotional clip about the Great Barrier Reef. Researchers then produced an insulated water bottle and asked how much of the $10 the participants were getting paid they'd be willing to give up in exchange for the bottle. People who had seen the Great Barrier Reef video agreed to pay on average about 50 cents. People in the group that had been primed to feel sad offered up four times that price, more than...