The Heart of the Problem is the Problem of the Heart – Author Unknown

Columbine High School Update :When Columbine principal Frank DeAngelis opened his school Aug. 16 he called for students to sit next to people they don’t know at lunch and appreciate the humanity of their fellow students. That may go against the grain of teen cliquishness. It’ll require determined reinforcement, at school and home. Yet it’s… Read more »

Teachers at Anderson will have a Rainbow of Respect up this year in their rooms and all will participate in the Weekly respect ideas. Along with that each teacher will must spend some time daily on social skills. We have started with How to Follow Instructions, How to Walk in the Hall, How to Behave… Read more »

(Author’s note: The following lesson is for primary children, preschool through third grade.) Ask the children, “How do people show others that they care?” (Put ideas on the board.) Read: Caring children treat ALL people the way they would like to be treated. They understand that everyone wants to have friends, feel safe and be… Read more »

In the Hands of a Gifted Teacher A Classroom is a Magical Place In the Hands of a Gifted Teacher There’s a Smile on Each Child’s Face In the Hands of a Gifted Teacher Creative Energy is Everywhere In the Hands of a Gifted Teacher There’s a Catalyst who Genuinely Cares In the Hands of… Read more »

John Franz thinks he has one great mom. Oprah Winfrey agrees with him. So Oprah flew Barbara Franz to Chicago on Wednesday to tape one of her monthly ” Great Moms” shows. John’s mother was chosen because of her Inspirational Parenting. Despite his systemic Rheumatoid Arthritis a disease that affects the joints and organs she… Read more »

Wouldn’t it be marvelous if we could see into another person’s heart and know exactly how he feels? Instead of grappling with words and language to try to understand each other, we could simply read each other’s thoughts. Such dreams are the stuff of science fiction. No matter how well we think we know someone,… Read more »

Lord of reality make me real, not plastic.., synthetic.., pretend phony.., an actor playing out his part.., or a hypocrite. I don’t want to keep a prayer list but to pray. Nor agonize to find Your will but to obey what I already know, I don’t want to argue theories of inspiration but submit to… Read more »

“Head and heart should be developed together. The mind is but the instrument used by the heart…All your books will not save your life from failure if your heart goes wrong; if your heart goes right, it can take a head and make it useful to society.” – William Jennings Bryan

“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality. – C.S. Lewis