Should we really prepare for the worst?

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"It's more thought of as child care for when the parent needs it as opposed to the child's development and really helping prepare for early literacy skills that are going to be the foundation for school, " said Chang, director of Attendance Works, a Maryland-based initiative that mentors districts in fighting absenteeism.

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But we should avoid skipping the steps that really do help prepare teachers for their careers and for teaching specifically.

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"Anyone living in that area ahead of the fire really needs to prepare, " said Mike Lindberry of the Ventura County Fire Department.

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And the chefs and nutritionists here today are going to show us how we can use the food that the USDA provides to schools as a way to prepare really tasty, healthy foods.

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It's like a blind turn on a highway: You can't see what's coming, so you don't really know how to prepare.

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There would be vast amounts of pleasure, goods and activities that we would be giving up earlier in life to prepare for something really still quite unlikely: that cake with the 100 candles.

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There is really no way to adequately prepare.

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You really have to be good at choreography to prepare three meals a day.

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But whether he could really have done himself justice without any time to prepare is another matter.

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Like I try to prepare myself because I - you know, when kids are really little and they fall down and they're not quite sure if they're hurt, so they look at you.

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And I think that the training discussions that Penny led brought us all an opportunity to hear from business leaders, education leaders, union leaders, and practitioners, and really get into what were the obstacles about -- in us being able to prepare the workforce for the future.

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Congress should order Panetta to prepare alternate contingencies that allow for two carriers by cutting something else if our national defense really rests on this point.

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