Micah, an earnest high school student, questions his biology teacher, a newcomer named Susan, about a remark that has upset him.
On a camping trip in the Oregon wild, three generations of the Caves family — Justin, an earnest high school teacher; his outdoorsy, he-man father, Paul; and nerdy sixth-grade son, Graham — are menaced by a grizzly bear and an angry, tire-slashing redneck.
Too often, she sounds like an earnest high school principal, not a charismatic campaigner.
He later worked and appeared with Sedaris and Dinello on "Strangers With Candy," a series that was a parody of earnest after-school specials.
Reinvigorated by the sunny days and laze of summer, life now begins again in earnest in schools, government agencies, cultural institutions, and businesses across the country.
The drop in entries nationally is unsurprising given that languages are perceived as difficult subjects and as many pupils start language learning in earnest at secondary school due to varying levels of language learning at primary school.
Atwood started writing in earnest in high school.
Mr. Villanueva bought his first pair of sneakers, laser blue Nike All Courts, at the age of 5, but said his longtime habit began in earnest in high school, where footwear was the only article of clothing not dictated by a strict uniform code.
And then I started to do manga in earnest in high school, and artistic adult manga were starting to be compiled and sold in regular bookstores, not just in weird adult niches.
