Sentence examples for chorus teacher from inspiring English sources

In eighth grade, her chorus teacher told her about the Oklahoma City-based American Choral Directors Association Honor Choir.

When Mr. Reynolds, 28, was in high school, his chorus teacher told him he didn't have solo talent.

Sixty fifth and sixth graders fidget and chatter as they wait for Johanna Grussner, their Finnish-born chorus teacher, to begin rehearsal.

Amelia, describing a chorus teacher from her school days, observes, "When you're a kid, you don't look at adults that way; it never occurs to you that they've been... thwarted".

This cultural détente was brought about by Johanna Grussner, a Finnish-born chorus teacher at P.S. 86, who turned rough youngsters into polished singers and on a whim raised thousands of dollars -- with the help of a wily principal, Sheldon Benardo -- to bring 24 star singers to see her hometown.

People like my chorus teacher, who allowed me to show up a few minutes late to class, so I could pump breast milk first; my economics teacher, who congratulated me on having a healthy child and reminded me that he was proud of me for not giving up; and the nurse at my daughter's doctor's office, who told me I was doing a great job and to keep it up.

The Las Vegas Journal-Review joined a chorus calling teacher certification requirements unnecessary and "protectionism".

Those officials have also rushed to join the chorus of teacher bashing since educators are a far more accessible and less dangerous target than companies outsourcing jobs overseas, powerful Wall Street interests, environmental polluters, and the scads of lobbyists who prowl the halls of Congress.

At a time when state governments across the country, especially California, are using the budget crisis brought on by the economic meltdown as an excuse to roll back public education and beat up teachers and their unions, the Democratic administration in Washington is throwing its weight behind the privatizers and MBAs, joining the chorus of teacher bashing that seems to have come out of nowhere.

Since NCLB's implementation, a growing chorus of teachers, parents and advocates have maintained that the law relies too heavily on standardized testing.

In 2001, 24 students in the school chorus accompanied their teacher to her homeland in the Aland Islands of Finland.