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Thu 7 Feb, 2008 09:17 am
Quote:"Other nations get it," says Debra Stewart, president of the Council of Graduate Schools. "We got where we are by our research and universities. Our success hasn't been lost on the rest of the world."
Does the part in bold mean the rest of the world still remembers their success story?
It means that the rest of the world has not failed to learn from their success story.
"Lost on" here means "not understood by".
Quote:IBM is one of the companies encouraging its workers to teach. This past September, IBM announced a tuition-assistance plan, pledging to pay for teacher certification as well as a leave of absence for employees who wish to teach in public schools.
Does this mean that IBM encourage its employees to teach at High Tech High with full pay from IBM for a definitie period of time, say 2 years, and IBM also pays for the fees for them to get the required credentials to teach?
IBM will help its employees go back to school to study for teaching certificates. They would attend classes in addition to working full-time for IBM. Companies I've worked for that had plans like this would also consider adjusting your hours to make it possible for you to take needed classes during the workday.
You only get paid for the hours you work, but the company pays for all or part of your schooling.
Then, after you're certified, the company will allow you to take a leave of absence (without pay) while you teach (and are being paid for that).
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