Five of Life’s Tests 1. The Pressure Test: How will I ? 2. The Problem Test: How do I ? 3. The People Test: How will I ? 4. The Perseverance Test: Will I ? 5. The Priorities Test: What will be ? Three questions that will determine my priorities: 1. What do I think… Read more »
4. I will never send a person my picture. 5. I will not respond to any messages that are mean or in any way make me feel uncomfortable. 6. I will talk with my parents and teacher so that we can set up rules for going online at home and school. 7. I must have… Read more »
And We’re All Kids As a former high school and middle level principal, I was constantly confronted by students and parents trying to cloud the line between right and wrong, between what was moral and immoral. Perhaps it is time to look at some morals for kids that may be applied at any age. First,… Read more »
28 Places to Begin 1. Conduct a School Wide Ethics Awareness Survey. 2. Use the Readers Digest and have students pick out Moral Dilemmas. 3. Sponsor a Young Ethics Advocate Club on campus. 4. Identify Core Ethical Virtues that you can promote school wide. 5. Invite Gene Bedley to do a Respect Seminar for teachers… Read more »
On my recent trip to New England, I met some wonderful creative teachers who shared the different things they do to meet the basic needs of kids and motivate them to become problem solvers. One teacher in particular is Allison Smith, Box 1531 N. Eastham MA 02651. Allison shared some of her creative strategies on… Read more »
Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. – Sophia Loren
Perseverance is being rejected 9 times and succeeding on the 10th attempt. – Gene Bedley
If you can get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed. Begin where you are; work where you are. The hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success, may be crowded with grand possibilities. The first essential of success is that you begin. Once you have started,… Read more »
The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention. – Duguet
Suggestions for working with kids that are mean to Almost all the ideas, including the ideas on Anger management that I share in our Discipline seminar, can be implemented immediately as well as at the beginning of the year. Here are some things I would do to help a student who is mean to other… Read more »
