George Nethercutt

Students who are interested in learning about the environment should not be dissuaded from doing so, but only if they have proved their proficiency in other basic courses, such as U.S. history. Until then, we need to focus on producing well-educated citizens steeped in their country's history and mindful of their civic responsibilities.

American Politician

Neil deGrasse Tyson

The partisanship surrounding space exploration and the retrenching of U.S. space policy are part of a more general trend: the decline of science in the United States. As its interest in science wanes, the country loses ground to the rest of the industrialized world in every measure of technological proficiency.

American Scientist

Walter Gropius

Proficiency in a craft is essential to every artist. Therein lies the prime source of creative imagination. Let us then create a new guild of craftsmen without the class distinctions that raise an arrogant barrier between craftsman and artist!

German Architect

Ramana Maharshi

The means that make one qualified for enquiry are meditation, yoga, etc. One should gain proficiency in these through graded practice and thus secure a stream of mental modes that is natural and helpful.

Indian Philosopher

Eric Allin Cornell

Travel provided many interesting experiences, but perhaps the most useful lesson I learned was that I really had no proficiency for learning the thousands of characters of the written Chinese language.

American Physicist

James May

Bicycles should not be insured or registered, and cycling proficiency should not be subject to a test. That's just weak-kneed nonsense from people who believe the world can be cured with paperwork.

English Journalist

Carrie Lam

If I paid more attention to my appearance, people might think that the proficiency of design industry isn't too bad in a city with such a chief executive.

Chinese Politician

Chuck Norris

Martial arts was really the first thing in my life that I followed through on and accomplished a degree of proficiency for.

American Actor

GRiZ

Piano was my first instrument, but it wasn't the instrument that I showed the most proficiency on.

American Musician

Pranitha Subhash

I think proficiency in language helps greatly with acting.

Indian Actress

Proficiency implies a high level of skill gained through practice.

Skillful Performance

Proficiency is more than just basic knowledge; it indicates expertise.

Not Beginner

Being proficient can impress others and open up opportunities.

Impressive Ability

Proficiency means performing tasks smoothly, without mistakes or delays.

Efficient Execution

When you're proficient, tasks feel easier and more natural to execute.

Ease of Task

Proficiency is practical ability, not just theoretical knowledge.

Not Just Theory

 They found that men and women working in the same job with the same level of proficiency were making different amounts of money. So immediately, they calculated the difference, and they invested three million dollars to try and balance things out. Idea number three is listening. So, to be a listener who connects with all types of people,

This is what makes...

 in order to answer the question, can computers think? Alan Turing believed that if a computer was able to have a to have a text-based conversation with a human, with such proficiency such that the human couldn't tell whether they are talking to a computer or a human, then the computer can be said to have intelligence.

Can a computer write...

 might not score at advanced level on this test, depending on what kinds of resource and enrichment they were getting at home. Now, this tells me that the test wasn't doing a great job of measuring English proficiency, but it may have been measuring something like how much resources

Who counts as a speaker...

 licensed this technology from us, and they're going to try it out with millions of different children trying to teach them English. And the dream, the hope, the vision, really, is that when they learn English this way, they learn it with the same proficiency as their mother tongue.

Ajit Narayanan: A word...

 such as carrying a certain amount of weight a certain distance up a certain number of stairs. Similarly, the diplomat might be measured against other test-taking diplomats, or against a set of fixed criteria, which demonstrate different levels of language proficiency.

Should we get rid of...

 and this is one of the proficiency badges that came out of her tenure -- it's binary code for girls learning about computers. Today, Frances runs a leadership institute where she works every weekday, in Manhattan. And she's only 104, so who knows what's next.

Why specializing early...

 who said that his favorite song out of his repertoire was always the next one, always the one he had yet to compose. Part of the reason that the near win is inbuilt to mastery is because the greater our proficiency, the more clearly we might see

Sarah Lewis: Embrace the...

 for teacher feedback systems. So I looked at the countries whose students perform well academically, and looked at what they're doing to help their teachers improve. Consider the rankings for reading proficiency.

Bill Gates: Teachers...

 systems so I looked at the countries whose students perform well academically and looked at what they're doing to help their teachers improve consider the rankings for reading proficiency the US isn't number one

Teachers need real...

 stamina they can tread water for three days straight and they can hold their breath underwater for up to three minutes this aquatic proficiency is the