These countries all have high aspirations, highly competitive school systems, and an emphasis on whole-class, formal teaching.
Throughout these struggles, and in large measure because of them, the principles that guided high aspirations have proven successes.
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It is a very -- it has very high aspirations.
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The report also highlights a "disconnection" between the capacity of credit unions and the high aspirations placed on them to help improve social justice, economic development and even education.
"High standards of behaviour and very high aspirations in terms of academic achievement are at the heart of what we're about, and having an aspirational building supports that drive, " he said.
To attain such high aspirations, Google set an aggressive research and development agenda that employed more expensive technology and aimed for full automation, rather than using off-the-shelf technology that enable narrow applications.
"We would have members of local industry contributing to the teaching, so it's very much a real-world environment which we think would motivate some young people and give them high aspirations, " added Mr Jacobs.
The Net Impact panels once again illustrated an incredibly knowledgeable student body set to graduate in coming years, and BSR attendees and speakers showcased high aspirations and a deep understanding of the complexity of the issues that face us today.
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Men and women have similarly high career aspirations but women add higher family aspirations to the mix.
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Finding customers that can see past the constraints of today and imagine the possibilities was invaluable because they help us shape the product, and they also empower our team to keep our aspirations set high.
All these years later, high-school players with NBA aspirations still want to go to North Carolina partly because of the coaching, but partly because North Carolina has always developed NBA players.
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All this emphasis on earning high salaries with low risk means that entrepreneurial aspirations are discouraged.
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Rather, she has to figure out how to support the personal lives, aspirations, and identities of all her high-performing employees.
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"You get this phone call one day and someone says, 'Congratulations you won the lottery that you never entered, ' " said Mr. Sanderson, 37, who discovered the series in high school and credits it for fueling his own aspirations as a writer.
As for the mismatch between careers and student aspirations, I would support a movement by high schools to inform students about the needs of employers.
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Beijing knows full well that the stakes are high, since negative publicity will hurt the country's overall global aspirations.
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