Respect To respect is to show honor for the worth of someone or something. The following books illustrate either respect for others or respect for oneself: Butterworth, William; Leroy and the Old Man Byars, Betsy; The House of Wings Cohen; No Good in Art MacLachlan, Patricia; Sarah Plain and Tall Mathis, Sharon Bell; The Hundred… Read more »
Integrity; How to Get It, How to Keep It by Jim Ca Integrity; How to Get It, How to Keep It by Jim Carroll, addresses many issues of integrity and ethics: Here are a few. How did we get here – what went wrong? Where did the moral compass disappear? An overview of the workplace… Read more »
On the 21st of the month, the best man I know will do what he always does on the 21st of the month. He’ll sit down and pen a love letter to his best girl. He’ll say how much he misses her and loves her and can’t wait to see her again. Then he’ll fold… Read more »
In Cindi Baker’s social studies class at Davis Drive Middle School, students research the lives of famous North Carolinians and study their accomplishments. But just as important, Baker says, her students in the Cary school learn about the strength of character behind those achievements: the perseverance that propelled Michael Jordan to the top of the… Read more »
Knowledge is the Mother of all Virtues; All Vice Proceeds from Ignorance. – Author Unknown
If you don’t want to get stung, don’t hang around with the bees! – Author Unknown
For every parent this is a continuous concern, and even more so when you have teenagers. Every time they go out the door, an endless amount of doubts and worries regarding our children’s present and future friends run through our minds. We wish we could be next to them to give them advice each time… Read more »
I want to teach my students more than lessons in a book. I want to teach them deeper things that people overlook: The value of a rose in bloom, its use and beauty, too A sense of curiosity to discover what is true, How to think and how to choose the right above the wrong,… Read more »
“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” — John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), 6th US President – John Quincy Adams
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” ~Abraham Lincoln~ “The reason people blame things on the previous generations is that there’s only one other choice.” ~Doug Larson~ “Choice of attention – to pay attention to this and ignore that – is to the inner life what choice of action is to… Read more »
