Sentence examples for is not preparation from inspiring English sources

This elucidates the kind of education Astell promotes: it is not preparation for a career as a doctor, lawyer, curate, or scientist, nor is it the precursor to what we today call a "liberal education"; instead it is an education that teaches women how to cultivate intellectual enjoyment and perfection, and ultimately generosity and virtue.

If an aphorism comes from a successful fifteen-year man with an apologetic disclaimer, you know you are beyond typical John Dewey quote territory ("Education is not preparation for life, it is life itself!") In my second year of teaching high school English, I was sitting around a department meeting, just sort of cruising on idealism and trying to soak up any good ideas that might be raised.

This is not preparation!

The issue isn't preparation, he says; it's social capital, the culture of science rather than the content.

The proposed deployment was described as a message to Tehran not to take provocative steps, and was not preparation for an attack.

I believed I was prepared to head a class, but a strong academic background and years in an office are not preparation for teaching, and the board's apparent strategy of balancing new hires' enthusiasm against their inexperience is ineffective.

This wasn't a working band, and the job wasn't preparation for a CD.

"The problem was, there wasn't preparation for tackling these kinds of numbers," says Alessandra Turri, of Save the Children Italy.

A one-hour on-line training course is not sufficient preparation for a concealed pistol permit, both men emphasized.

Being 60 for 6 is not ideal preparation, but it is still very early into the tour," said Trescothick.

The first Ashes Test starts a week today and facing Shah's friendly off-spin is not adequate preparation.