Gene Bedley Milken Outstanding Educator, California, 1994 Restorative Justice, Responsibility Management, and Replacement Behaviors There are three powerful “R” principles that will determine positive outcomes in classes everywhere! They are Restorative Justice, Responsibility Management and Replacement Behaviors Restorative Justice Schools need to place more emphasis on not just making sure remorse is expressed for various… Read more »
J.K. Rowling “It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” –
He prayed-it wasn’t my religion. He ate -it wasn’t what I ate. He spoke- it wasn’t my language. He dressed-it wasn’t what I wore. He took my hand -it wasn’t the color of mine. But when he laughed- it was how I laughed, and when he cried- it was how I cried. – Amy Maddox… Read more »
Sometimes ads can be worse than shows. And with the increase of sexual content on television in recent years it was only a matter of time before commercials began to reflect this trend. J.C. Penney has been running an ad recently that outraged parents across the nation. The ad depicts a teen-age girl trying on… Read more »
COURAGE – When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take – choose the bolder. – W.J. Slim
“There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.” – Theodore Isaac Rubin
What’s mainly wrong with society today is that too many Dirt Roads have been paved. There’s not a problem in America today, crime, drugs, education, divorce, delinquency, that wouldn’t be remedied if we just had more Dirt Roads, because Dirt Roads give character. People that live at the end of Dirt Roads learn early on… Read more »
…the hill has not yet lifted its face to heaven that perseverance will not gain the summit of at last. – Charles Dickens
1. Hang pictures of heroes and heroines in halls or classrooms. 2. Institute a student tutoring program. 3. Promote service clubs with real missions for the school community. 4. Be vigilant about preventing and stopping scapegoating of one child by other children. 5. Create recognition programs and acknowledge something besides academic, athletic, or artistic achievement…. Read more »
A Tribute to My Dad I was cleaning out the cabin recently and I ran across Dad’s old tool chest. As with most of his things they were second hand and heavily used. I began to throw out most of the contents knowing that most people would pass them by in a garage sale, but… Read more »
