Word: peering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...draft proposal for the SHS program states that "the SHS adviser-counsellor fills the role of a clearly defined peer counsellor...
Student attitudes are generally a matter of personality, not of prevalent elitism, Gibson says, adding that she can usually type a student from his or her physical manner. "Some charge in, come right behind my desk--which I hate--or stand back in and peer down at me. Others timidly lean in the doorway and if I don't happen to be looking up, they just sort of hang there until I notice them...
...last year. He revisited them last week, floating down the Snake in an inflatable rubber "snout boat" and heading to shore frequently to stop and survey the vistas. "I've been watching that old bird for years," said Andrus as he removed his battered stetson and stooped to peer through a telescope at a golden eagle perched like a gargoyle on a precipice. The eagle was not the only acquaintance Andrus renewed on the trip, which was organized by a private, nonprofit group called the Nature Conservancy to bring attention to the encroachments of civilization on the Snake. Earlier...
...since Derek Bok became president, one has had to make a case for teaching. The problem lies elsewhere. There have been people on this faculty who've been promoted on the basis of their teaching. The problem does not lie in administration support for them. The problem lies in peer respect. The feeling on the part of one's peers that one isn't part of the field is a far more crucial factor than the issue of promotion itself, which can be obtained by teachers...
...Once, when a counselor was playfully roughhousing with a child, the boy suddenly drew back in fear, saying, "You hit me!" Their play is less constructive than is normal for children their ages; they seem to prefer throwing rocks and sticks to building blocks or story-telling. Under constant peer pressure, their level of competition increases to the point where many children seek the heaviest stones, and boast of having the strongest muscles...