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  2. Work experience placements must be reinvented, former ... - AOL

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    Businesses should move away from a ‘rigid view’ of two weeks of work experience for school pupils, Baroness Morgan of Cotes and Lord Blunkett urged. Work experience placements must be ...

  3. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy - Wikipedia

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    "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" is an old proverb that means without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring. It is often shortened to "all work and no play". [ 1 ] It was newly popularized after the phrase was featured in the 1980 horror film, The Shining .

  4. Talk:Posh - Wikipedia

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    This word is borrowed from the Romany word påh, "half," which was used in combinations such as påhera, "halfpenny." re Romani origin: the article 'Romani Language' mentions posh as a Romani word that has been borrowed by English. Perhaps a link or cross reference could be made (I don't know how to do it)142.68.51.163 15:57, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

  5. Internship - Wikipedia

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    An internship is a period of work experience offered by an organization for a limited period of time. [1] Once confined to medical graduates, internship is used to practice for a wide range of placements in businesses, non-profit organizations and government agencies.

  6. Cooperative education - Wikipedia

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    Cooperative education (or co-operative education) is a structured method of combining classroom-based education with practical work experience.. A cooperative education experience, commonly known as a "co-op" or work-study program, provides academic credit for structured work experiences, helping young people in school-to-work transition.

  7. School-to-work transition - Wikipedia

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    School-to-work transition [1] is a phrase referring to on-the-job training, apprenticeships, cooperative education agreements or other programs designed to prepare students to enter the job market. This education system is primarily employed in the United States, partially as a response to work training as it is done in Asia.

  8. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    (n. & v.) teacher's assessment of a student's work (UK also mark) level or year of a student in elementary, middle, or high school ("in 10th grade") (UK equiv.: year); hence grader, a student in a specified grade ("a 10th grader") (grade school, the grades) elementary school see also Grade Point Average: grade (other)

  9. Boredom - Wikipedia

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    However, the opposite can also be true; something that is too easily understood, simple or transparent, can also be boring. Boredom is often inversely related to learning, and in school it may be a sign that a student is not challenged enough, or too challenged. An activity that is predictable to the students is likely to bore them.