Your rights in a relationship If you are in a relationship, you must be treated with respect, which means your boyfriend or partner: is willing to compromise lets you feel comfortable being yourself is able to admit to being wrong tries to resolve conflict by talking honestly enables you to feel safe being with him… Read more »
Cuss Control: The Complete Book on How to Curb Your Cursing, by James O’Connor, will be published in March. According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, O’Connor is “often invited to speak at school assemblies and to conduct workshops for corporations,” and believes “less cursing is the key to a less stressful world.” In the book’s… Read more »
“To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.” “Real friends are those who, when you feel you’ve made a fool of yourself, don’t feel you’ve done a permanent job.” “Sometimes the majority only means that all the fools are on the same side.” “I don’t have… Read more »
Madison – Schoolroom smart alecks and class clowns, beware. If a state legislator has her way, a new law would polish all of you sassy little brats into Emily Post prodigies who address your teachers by proper courtesy titles instead of snotty monikers. Rep. Carol Owens (R-Oshkosh) said her proposal would instill some old-fashioned manners… Read more »
A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year-old grandson. The old man’s hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his step faltered. The family ate together at the table. But the elderly grandfather’s shaky hands and failing sight made eating with glassware difficult and milk spilled on the tablecloth. The… Read more »
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 »
Children Need Advice From Peers Against Drugs Young people hear it all the time, preached by teachers, parents, and ministers: ”Just say no to drugs.” But, for many, none of it will sink in until they hear it from their peers. That’s the word from students who served as reporters on a new documentary called… Read more »
