“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” – Carl W. Buechner

“I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” – Stephan Grellet

I know a young girl that gives so much love, joy, and light to this world. It doesn’t matter that she has been confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. It doesn’t matter that Cerebral Palsy has stiffened her muscles and made it hard for her to talk. It doesn’t matter that she… Read more »

One gorgeous summer day my friend Matt and I were tooling around the local golf course in Omaha when Matt suggested we take a shortcut through the woods between holes seven and nine. I was the one at the helm and was reluctant at first because it had poured the night before and sometimes I… Read more »

A basketball in my hands is worth about $19. A basketball in Michael Jordan’s hands is worth about $33 million. It depends whose hands it’s in. A baseball in my hands is worth about $6. A baseball in Randy Johnson’s hands is worth $19 million. It depends on whose hands it’s in. A tennis racket… Read more »

Discipline Strategies and Solutions Students can and will make responsible choices when administrators, teachers and adults implement comprehensive plans for school wide discipline programs in their schools. All too often one of the major components of a comprehensive discipline plan is neglected and we fail to help students see the correlation between cause and effect… Read more »

New for 2006 Bullying and Social Aggression Seminar March 7, 2006 Pasadena Participants will not only profit from the simple but significant solutions and strategies for working with challenging students but also receive numerous ideas for classroom and school wide programs that prevent disrespect, irresponsible and violence on school campuses. Participants will be introduced to… Read more »

Punishment for MySpace sites blasted, but administ By JUSTIN KERN and LAWRENCE SILVER – GM Today Staff February 18, 2006 PEWAUKEE – One Pewaukee High School student is questioning whether district officials have the right to discipline students for actions they commit off school grounds. Pewaukee High School Principal Martin VanHulle told students over the… Read more »

Need a little help getting your oppositional kids to join in on the power of yes as well as keeping your promises and agreements? According to Becky Smith, a teacher at Liberty Elementary, this is a fun way to keep your promise as a teacher to do something fun or of special interest for your… Read more »

Anger is believed to have three components (Lewis & Michalson, 1983): The Emotional State of Anger. The first component is the emotion itself, defined as an affective or arousal state, or a feeling experienced when a goal is blocked or needs are frustrated. Fabes and Eisenberg (1992) describe several types of stress-producing anger provocations that… Read more »