Word: punctuality
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...standards; it's whether the curriculum prepares our students to be successful. What are the skills our young people need to be successful in today's society? Don't they need to know how to communicate, cooperate and problem-solve? Shouldn't they understand what it means to be punctual, responsible, committed and courteous? Shouldn't they have a thorough understanding of the types of computer programs that are going to be a part of their lives for years to come? How about offering courses in law and personal economics? What is their understanding of what it takes to live...
KANYE WEST doesn't take Bonnaroo stage until 4:25 a.m., irking punctual hippies...
...borrow a SmartBike, users have to be over 18 and have a credit card. An annual fee of $40 lets riders tool around on a three-speed bike as often as they like for up to three hours at a time. Better be punctual: your second tardy return gets you booted from the system. The program keeps track of the bikes via tiny rfid chips, the same tamper-proof radio-frequency devices used to monitor everything from clothing inventories to office ID badges. Riders use a swipe card to unlock the bikes, and if they fail to return them...
...that the agency had recently called a cell phone number linked to the failed London bombs. And following the attack on Glasgow airport, one of a list of names given by police to the agency matched a resident of the Neuk Crescent home. "He was a model tenant. Professional, punctual with his rent," says Gardiner...
Such lessons also teach students to show respect for others as well as to be punctual, responsible and work well in teams. Those skills were badly missing in recently hired high school graduates, according to a survey of over 400 human-resource professionals conducted by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. "Kids don't know how to shake your hand at graduation," says Rudolph Crew, superintendent of the Miami-Dade school system. Deportment, he notes, used to be on the report card. Some of the nation's more forward-thinking schools are bringing it back. It's one part...