Sentence examples for rather than lesson from inspiring English sources

Mr. Collins taught through practice rather than lesson plans or doctrines.

Any prize money from music competitions that she entered covered groceries and rent rather than lessons or sheet music.

Atwell disagrees with the politically contentious common core educational standards, which she said focus too much on test scores, rather than lessons learned, or books read, as a mark of achievement.

She worries, for example, that the Holocaust, a required subject in many school systems, is reduced to a collection of historical factoids rather than a lesson in the warped values of the Nazis or the moral valor of Christians who risked their lives to save Jews.

"Technology is one of the reasons that the relationship between the young and old is becoming a dialogue, rather than a lesson.

For Mrs. Damiba, the challenge is to make a transition from player to coach, designing a school schedule rather than writing lesson plans, wandering the hallway during classes instead of standing behind one of those closed doors.

Animal narratives have allowed writers with lessons on their mind to make art rather than just lessons.

Rather than teaching lessons in tolerance, they show how tricky such lessons can be, to teach or to learn.

It's like everyone gets a participation trophy rather than tough lessons on how to be a better baker.

Last month a government inquiry backed this up by suggesting small children should learn about maths through play rather than formal lessons.

As a child aged eight, she won a singing contest sponsored by the Federation of Baptist Churches and was subsequently granted a scholarship to the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music where she chose to take piano rather than singing lessons.