Book Review Submitted by: Rhonda Turner Underwood, M. K., (2003). Social aggression among girls. New York: Guilford. 300 pages. Social aggression, characterized by humiliation, taunting threats and social ostracism is all too common in schools with survey data indicating that 40 to 80 percent of students report they have been targeted for such harassment (Juvonen,… Read more »
Dear Mr. Bedley, I just wanted to say thanks for the wonderful seminar on Discipline and the Difficult Child . I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation and I know I will find your ideas helpful. (I do not have a classroom as I work as an Educational Diagnostician, but I have teachers who are always looking… Read more »
One of the most rewarding lessons of life in recent years is attending Saddleback Community Church in Lake Forest, California. My pastor, Rick Warren, wrote a book titled Purpose Driven Life . It was during a recent service that Rick taught us the principle You cannot set a goal that you cannot control . He… Read more »
Confidence comes not from always being right, but from not fearing to be wrong. – Peter T. McIntyre
“A strong positive attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.” – Patricia Neal
Growing up in England, my brother and I had a running joke about old people who had been at the job for 35 years. We said it in a toothless sort of way. Life catches up with you; I still have teeth, but I find myself rapidly approaching the point when I will have been… Read more »
THE JOURNAL NEWS SUFFERN Truth, manners and respect got personal for sixth-graders at Suffern Middle School yesterday during the annual kickoff of the school’s “character education” initiative. Classmates wrote and acted in scenes designed to highlight the guiding principles of the program, which told students they needed to work at fairness, responsibility and empathy. “You… Read more »
Respect Friday, October 14, 2005 – By Mike Carey, Superintendent Respect is the first of eight values that make up the Amador County Unified School District s Character Education Program. I use the term program only in the sense that we have eight values that were identified by a committee of staff and parents as… Read more »
Love is more than emotion, It s devotion! –
Not What You Have Lost On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He was stricken… Read more »
