“The Conscience of Children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the results of the moral atmosphere they breathe.” – Jean Paul Richter

One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered the lobby of a small hotel in Philadelphia. Trying to get out of the rain, the couple approached the front desk hoping to get some shelter for the night. “Could you possibly give us a room here?” the husband asked. The clerk,… Read more »

“Without a Purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason.” Rick Warren is the author of the book “The Purpose Driven Life” in January 2003 is on the NY best selling book list. It’s one of the best books and most inflencial books I have ever read. Gene Bedley –… Read more »

Objective: To explore the similarities and differences that make us who we are. This is an activity in which the entire classroom can volunteer attributes that define us. Begin by brainstorming all the attributes that makes us exclusively different and then brainstorm a list of attributes that make us like each other. Discuss the positive… Read more »

“A man who enjoys responsibility usually gets it. A man who merely likes exercising authority usually loses it.” – Malcom Stevenson Forbes

When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry… View this picture book about a little girl named Sophie who becomes angry with her sister for trying to play with the stuffed gorilla that she wants to play with. When Sophie gets angry at her sister, she runs away from her house and climbs a big beech tree… Read more »

“People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend.” – Walter Landor

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. – J. Andrews

Do you realize the impact a negative attitude has on everything around it…? Oh sure…I can hear it now…”Oh No! Another negative attitude lesson…” Wrong. If you are truly cynical…yes, it is birthed from a negative attitude…but all an attitude is, is a mindset focus…and you determine in life what you focus on…or don’t…Cynics are… Read more »

If you want to bring a cyanide to poison your success… Be cynical…. – Editorial