1. Values in Action! succeeds because teachers, administrators, and parents choose to make it a top priority in their educational plans. 2. Values in Action! succeeds because the staff selects an annual ethics theme, rather than to introduce a new theme every month. 3. Values in Action! succeeds because a site-based committee keeps presenting new… Read more »
A Federal Trade Commission investigation into the marketing of violent entertainment to children has found that movie studios show R-rated films to teenagers younger than 17 as part of the companies’ research efforts to attract youngsters to such films. The year-long FTC report, ordered by President Clinton in the wake of last year’s shootings at… Read more »
If you want to know me, listen to me. If you want to strengthen me, point out my gifts and talents. If you want to motivate me, find the incentives that drive me. If you want to direct me, persuade me with the benefits. If you want to make me feel important, invite me. If… Read more »
Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him. – Booker T. Washington
A Classic Tale of the Ages from The Book of Virtue Once there was an old man who had lost his wife and lived all alone. He had worked hard as a tailor all his life, but misfortunes had left him penniless, and now he was so old that he could no longer work for… Read more »
The idea of this project is to show respect for self and others; to “Give Respect-Get Respect.” This is a simple, non threatening way to start educating youth on how to demonstrate good character. Students and faculty are urged to stop and think before they act. Forming a contest to promote Project Respect resulted in… Read more »
The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it’s the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it’s the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours of a Saturday morning are most enjoyable. A few weeks ago, I was… Read more »
A purpose worth Fighting for … The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good. – Ruth Benedict
Because I am silent … does not mean that I’m void of words to speak. Because I am laid back … does not mean that I lack energy to support the meek. Because I am puzzled and confused … does not mean I cannot find a way. Because I am seemingly lost today … does… Read more »
I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of the “Honest Man.” – George Washington
