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...sport, it’s a question of bearing physical pain versus giving into it,” he explains. “It’s about running outside or lifting weights even when it’s difficult, or freezing and cold. You have to train, so you train...
...second important decision of the Bachelet government was to invest billions from this fund in the development of the skills and capacities of its people. On September 3, 2008, the Bachelet administration established procedures for its Bicentennial System to Train Advanced Human Capital Abroad (“bicentennial” because it marks Chile’s declaration of independence in 1810). This program, known as “Becas Chile,” is on scholarships...
...personal touch. Zavala says that Lue insisted that his students call him by his first name and even took them on field trips to Shanghai’s art district where he would wow them with his art knowledge. Lue was also with them during down times: on a train ride to Beijing Lue and a bunch of students sat and swapped stories about their lives for hours to pass the time...
Since TTT does not train its teachers - instead simply providing funding for them to be taught in any number of different schools or programs - there is no one pedagogical philosophy that links its teachers other than a military, mission-oriented mind-set. But that common background has translated into effective instruction and classroom management, according to William Owings, a professor of educational leadership at Old Dominion University who has worked on two studies of the program. "Principals and other supervisors have reported that these teachers worked better with problem children, worked better with parents and worked better with colleagues...
...willing to bet that the plan Gelb laid out is close to what the Administration will decide to do in the next few weeks - two brigades, or 10,000 troops, will probably be sent to secure Kandahar city and environs, and two other brigades will be sent to train and advise the Afghan security forces. (See pictures from the Afghanistan election...