Sentence examples similar to school grind from inspiring English sources

My lesson observation proved I had potential – it's just that instead of developing that the school ground me down and instead of thriving in teaching, I'm now thriving in a new career.

"What happened to me is worse than going out, playing like a pig and shooting a 76," said Burke, who is 39 years old and tiring of the Q-School grind.

And then, of course, there is "Freakonomics" (described by Ms Coyle as an overrated "freak show"), which transformed Steven Levitt from a passionate nerd into a popular celebrity.Though it should cheer many disillusioned students, working their way through their grad-school grind, Ms Coyle's book will probably not reach the outside critics of economics she hopes to convert.

Just 7% of U.S. students say history is their favorite subject, and considering how schools grind American history into mush, it's amazing the number's that high.

"You bet I'm an optimist," the chairman fairly thundered when asked about the commission's chances of seriously changing the schools' grinding status quo.

Not only are they back, but they're also about to resume the school year grind -- rising at ungodly hours, strapping on backpacks equaling the tonnage that Hannibal's elephants lugged across the Alps and studying cosines, logarithms, chemical valences, Latin and the other things you've found so useful as you've gone through life.

They enrolled Kim and her brother, Keller, in an experimental school — students ground corn and skinned cowhide — and took them to Hong Kong for a year.

Meanwhile, progress on reducing the number of children out of school has ground to a "virtual standstill", according to the report, which previews new UN data showing 57 million children were out of school in 2011, compared with 59 million in 2010.

You can get kicked out of school for grinding or being drunk at one of these mixers.

Business school is a grind, especially at a top-tier school such as Stanford.

I remember Celtic Tiger Dublin pre-2008, back when I attended a grind school in the centre of town.