It is learning focused upon civility, upon the importance of community and family in a time where the dominant paradigm has shifted to monetary and material success of the individual seemingly at the sacrifice of numerous values.
School officials around the country have been scrambling this week to scrub locker rooms, reassure parents and impress upon students the importance of good hygiene.
The argument is not restricted to scientific inductions; it shows as well that our everyday inferences depend inevitably upon value judgments; how much evidence one collects depends upon the importance of the consequences of the decision.
Jean Cocteau once remarked upon the importance of "knowing how far to go too far" and Hirst has an uncanny sense of that.
Republicans, generally inclined to mock the liberal fascination with race, suddenly find themselves moved to expound upon the importance of breaking racial barriers.
This idea, which pivots upon the importance of the individual, not the group, might make firefighting more dangerous than it has to be.
A cultural emphasis upon the importance of STEM subjects — science, technology, engineering, and mathematics — over the humanities and arts means that perceptions have changed: the smartest students now are the ones who excel at math.
As waiters whirled around the students, removing empty plates and filling Champagne flutes with sparkling organic grape juice from Germany, Mr. Trotter listened approvingly as a commis named James Caputo expounded upon the importance of discipline and teamwork.
