Sentence examples for achievements count from inspiring English sources

But you can see how those who have religiously observed the mainstream educational diet felt just a tad dyspeptic when they are told that their achievements count for less because they were fed with a silver spoon.

But all of those achievements count for nothing once the tournament begins and on day-one Rosol finds himself deep in a dog-fight out on court-19, the All England Club's equivalent of Siberia o the Belgian Congo that swallowed Kurtz.

But a larger story emerges: of a woman tortured by demons that waged war on a compulsively productive, painstakingly ordered nature, in which achievement counted above all else.

Lady Grey-Thompson may be Britain's greatest Paralympian, a TV personality and a dame of the British empire, but if like her you use a wheelchair, fame and stellar achievement can count for little when confronted with the vagaries of the public transport system.

That teachers' unions in much of the country now agree that student achievement should count in evaluations at all reflects a major change from the past, when it was often argued that teaching was an "art" that could not be rigorously evaluated or, even more outrageously, that teachers should not be held accountable for student progress.

"Achievement" is not only of great significance within capitalistic societies but remains open for historically and interculturally different ideas of what kind of achievement should count as relevant (Honneth 1992, 126; 2003, 140 142; Margalit 1996, 46 47).

The idea that HRC must be 100% perfect in order for her achievement to count as historic or laudable is a great metaphor for being a woman.

2. Reduce or eliminate the percentage that "student growth and academic achievement" counts toward teacher or leader effectiveness and look for more valid and reliable ways to measure effectiveness.

It's the depth of the achievement, the work put in towards that achievement, the impact of that achievement, that should count.

The message that sends is that women are not only second-class citizens, their achievements don't count either.

His presidency now rests on his reputation for personal integrity and, in a way worryingly reminiscent of his father, on foreign-policy achievements that may count for little come November.