Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the word is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. – Calvin Coolidge
A person’s self-concept is established by what he/she thinks the most important persons in his/her life think of him/her. The question for each of us: Who is the most important person in our life? – Charles H. Cooley
On many air conditioning and heating units there is a small unit on the wall. It has two things in it, a thermometer and a thermostat. Are you a thermometer or a thermostat? A thermometer measures the temperature. A thermostat changes the temperature. Anyone can describe a situation, or complain about a situation, Why not… Read more »
“In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest.” – Henry Miller
Everytime your class gets a compliment take a 1 inch strip of construction paper and make it into a circle and hang it from the ceiling When the chain hits the ground they get a compliment party. – Candice Desmond
To the Tune of “Shortin Bread” Song to Encourage Kids to Sit Down. Sing as the children are sitting down. Child’s name Came over and sat right down Child’s name Came over and sat right down Good for you! Child’s name Came over and sat right down Child’s name Came over and sat right down… Read more »
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” — Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher – Aristotle
“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.” –Thomas a Kempis “The highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.” –John Ruskin “Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from… Read more »
Gene mentions in his national seminar about the concept that the younger children you work with, the quicker a teacher needs to make a behavior training program work. Placing marbles in a bottle every time children in the classroom demonstrate responsible choices, with a goal of filling the jar so they can participate in a… Read more »
“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who… Read more »
