Close your eyes and imagine how you would feel, To go to bed without a meal. Your mom is sad but says to look ahead, Someday you won’t go hungry to bed. You lay down, but can not sleep, Because of the noise from your mother’s weep. She cries a lot because here comes tomorrow,… Read more »
Smiling is infectious, You catch it like the flu. When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling too. I passed around the corner, And someone saw my grin. When he smiled I realized, I’d passed it to him. I thought about that smile, Then I realized its worth. A single smile just like mine,… Read more »
As educators we want our students to have a clear sense of purpose, to be motivated and self-assured, to know the importance of helping others, and to understand that they are at the controls of their life. According to John Bishop of GoalSettingForStudents.com, “We want students to know how to step up to the plate… Read more »
Don’t speak unless you can improve on the silence. – Spanish Proverb
When things go wrong as they some times will, When the road you are trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, When you want to smile but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must but don’t you quit. Life… Read more »
A separate course or integrated into every discipl The question of making Character Development an integral part of all disciplines or treated as a separate entity needs to be carefully examined. We have designed activities for both approaches. For example, our activity for studying the “Character’s Character” is an integral part of every piece of… Read more »
Socrates said “the unexamined life is not worth living.” Within the university, students and professors scrutinize every possible aspect of our universe-from the billions of galaxies to subatomic particles, electrons, quarks-but they assiduously avoid examining their own lives. In the wider world, we keep heretically busy and fill every free moment of our day with… Read more »
We have taller buildings but shorter tempers. We have more conveniences but less time. We have more knowledge but less judgment. We have fancier houses but broken homes. We clean up our air but pollute our souls. We travel to the moon but not to our neighbors. We add years to life but not life… Read more »
“When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
Gene, Time and time again I have turned to your materials, your books, your school program “Values in Action!”, and your newsletter when I need guidance and focus. Although I have stacks of other materials, it is yours to which I turn first and last. I suppose you could say that they speak to me…. Read more »
