Many of the greatest hero’s of all time knew that Fulfillment is not equal to personal Gratification. Each individual faces a constant struggle between immediate gratification and morality. The question we’re faced with is “What is the right thing to do?” A Hero’s purpose is always beyond their own self interest. They have always been… Read more »
This past fall semester, at Duke University, there were two sophomores who were taking Organic Chemistry and who did pretty well on all of the quizzes and the midterms and labs, etc., such that going into the final they had a solid ‘A’. These two friends were so confident going into the final that the… Read more »
University of California at Berkeley Extension is teaching one of the first courses aimed at giving administrators, parents and teachers answers to these problems. Taught by Ana Solomon, will include topics like copyright law, intellectual property, profanity, pornography, online etiquette, and gender issues related to technology. “In schools there needs to be some guidelines for… Read more »
Ethics is much more extensive, continuing on where the law leaves off”. Laws do not equal ethics except in a perfect society. Ethics always includes our actions as it relates to others and encompasses the Golden Rule- as does most ethical thinking and application. Moral Egoism: It means that one can justify literally any action… Read more »
“Always be interested in whatever you are doing at the time, and think only of that thing in all its bearings and master it. Don’t mind the clock, but keep at it, and let Nature indicate the necessity of rest. After resting, go at the work again with the same interest. The world pays big… Read more »
Perhaps we should get one thing clear before I continue. This is not an article about six adults rapidly approaching middle age while trying to hold on to their twenties. Instead I would like to look at the important role friends play in our lives by telling you about four friends of my youth. I… Read more »
1. Respect is Earned through Integrity. 2. Respect is Earned through Humility. 3. Respect is Earned through Dependability. 4. Respect is Earned through Generosity. – Gene Bedley
Trials, temptations, disappointments — all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fibre of a character, but strengthen it. Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it… Read more »
I am in awe of great teachers.My own children are lucky enough to have been taught by a few of those special people, and I have had some of them as colleagues. Against the most difficult odds, they accomplish the impossible day after day in the classroom, be it fourth grade or 12th grade, biology… Read more »
A pilot program underway at Palm Springs Middle School in Hialeah, Fla., is teaching at-risk youth techniques to calm their spirits and increase their ability to learn. The “Heart Smarts” program, designed by the Institute of HeartMath (Boulder Creek, Calif.), uses games and strategies such as “Freeze-Frame” to help students tap into positive feelings of… Read more »
