The difference between the ordinary and the extraordinary is that little extra. – Anonymous

A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the eyes of a… Read more »

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. – Bill Eardley

Letter Question: I am currently taking a class in ethics at a community college in Central Florida. I am having a problem finding correlating material to some of what our instructor espouses. Not even our textbook mentions anything about what he insists is one of the fundamentals of ethics; something he calls “The Ethical Benchmark”…. Read more »

Dave Moore was instrumental in starting a care club at his high school, Lenoir City High School in 1997. It’s purpose is to make sure no teenager gets tagged as an outsider. Dave Moore believes that kids need to know how to express genuine care toward each other; in his own words “Everybody needs to… Read more »

Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. – Thomas Jefferson

The system is a place nobody like me wants to be. Some people like those 3 meals and a decent place to sleep. It took me nine times to wake up and smell the coffee. Some staff lock me up for no reason, and disrespect me when they talk to me. But I learned how… Read more »

This past Monday, the Federal Trade Commission released a 104-page report on the marketing of violent entertainment products to minors. The study, which relies significantly on corporate memoranda intended for internal use only, establishes that the movie, music, and electronic-game industries have “routinely target[ed] children under 17 as the audience for that their own rating… Read more »

*7 core ethical virtues all tied to a body reference point.

Angela Perez Baraquiois not just another Miss America she is a stellar role model for humility and perseverance for kids everywhere. It was during “Angie’s” participation in one of Gene Bedley’s seminars on the 12 benefits of Character Development that the Santiago Staff was introduced to Miss Hawaii. Angela P Baraquio’s platform for her Miss… Read more »