RULE 1 Life is not fair; get used to it. RULE 2 The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. RULE 3 You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won’t be vice president with… Read more »
When Gene Bedley retired as principal of El Camino Real School in 1995, the award-winning educator looked forward to spending more time with his five grandchildren. “I really wasn’t about to get into another career,” he said, sitting in the well-appointed living room of the Rancho Santa Margarita house that he and his wife, Sally,… Read more »
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier ‘n puttin’ it back in. If you’re ridin’ ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it’s still there. If you get to… Read more »
Aesop’s Fables The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein Stevie, by John Steptoe Elementary-school child The Little Prince By Antoine de Saint Exup
Activity That Tells About You Invite the participants in your class to complete the following sentence- People Are… Ask them to do it 3 times by filling in a word that completes the phrase.. After they are finished ask them not to share this with anyone because what they put down is who they are…. Read more »
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to the end, requires some of the same courage… Read more »
Jeff was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, “If I were any better, I would be twins!” He was a unique manager because he had several waiters… Read more »
To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. – Donald A. Adams
“Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History”, by William Safire (editor). There are numerous speeches that include character traits and values, by very famous people, men and women. –
Why do kids seem to separate by race when they sit down to lunch? Jean Nash Johnson / The Dallas Morning News CEDAR HILL – Just as church on Sunday is the most segregated hour of the week, lunchtime in high-school cafeterias is the most segregated period of the school day. And at a glance,… Read more »
