Education is not just getting a degree to have the chance to do something, but also to have the chance to be someone. – Thalia Arawi

One of the most successful ways to introduce problem solving to young children is through introducing the problem through an animal story. I like to use Winnie the Pooh since he has such wisdom about how to help all the animals in the Hundred Acre Woods. You can start the story with, “A little deer… Read more »

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right. – Henry Ford

A water bearer had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of these pots had a crack in it, while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of a long walk from the stream to… Read more »

No pleasure philosophy, no sensuality, no place nor power, no material success can for a moment give such inner satisfaction as the sense of living for good purposes, for maintenance of integrity, for the preservation of self-approval. – Minot Simons

In times of change learners inherit the earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists! Hoffer – Hoffer

“Values are the seeds from which all behavior grows.” 1. Value centered homes develop value centered children. Children who demonstrate compassion, respect, responsibility, perseverance, initiative, and integrity have parents who demonstrate these qualities on a regular basis. In Value Centered Homes children not only observe moral decision making but they are also taught the importance… Read more »

The only way you can truly control how you are seen is by being honest all the time. – Tom Hanks

Wouldn’t it be great, to always breathe fresh air, Cigarettes and cigars would be banned most everywhere. With each inhale and exhale my poor lungs would not be choked, By the loathsome disgustingness of filthy factory smoke. Wouldn’t it be great, if everyone could see, The harm they do by cutting down a plain and… Read more »

NEW YORK–American children spend the equivalent of an adult workweek–or more than 38 non-school hours per week–consuming media and often do it with little parental monitoring, according to a study released Wednesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The study, which defined media broadly as everything from television to computer games, recreational reading and listening to… Read more »