Neil Short, a former primary head who now chairs the National Association for Small Schools, says: "There is a lot of trepidation, fear of being taken over by people who would have no concept of the ethos of a small school, and a lot of fear that the budgetary issues – and the extra funding requirements of small schools – will be the deciding factor," he says.
The four of us started out with nothing — two couples staying in cheap hotels on the Left Bank and renting a summer apartment in the Hamptons above a garage... Describes his trepidation on being given a tour of his friend's mansion.
The four of us started out with nothing — two couples staying in cheap hotels on the Left Bank and renting a summer apartment in the Hamptons above a garage... Describes his trepidation on being given a tour of his friend's mansion..
Despite their trepidation of the prospect of being inspected, I have always been warmly welcomed.
The other trepidation, of course, was dealing with gay themes.
A wife holding her dead husband, without trepidation, without denial, without any possibility of being cared for in return, just for the chance to be tender toward him one last time: it was the purest act of love I've ever seen.
"No" looms over everyone's life, and it is universally met with trepidation and fear because the value of being told "no" is so little understood.
Last year, there was trepidation of would you be able to fill your positions, forget quality, could you just find them".
Though I am sure it creates a sense of trepidation, there's also a sense of excitement.
My sense of trepidation was hardly reduced by watching Arsenal play Locomotiv Moscow in a bar opposite the hotel.
