“Head and heart should be developed together. The mind is but the instrument used by the heart…All your books will not save your life from failure if your heart goes wrong; if your heart goes right, it can take a head and make it useful to society.” – William Jennings Bryan
“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality. – C.S. Lewis
Truth Enters the Heart first and then goes to the head and becomes reason! – Author Unknown
“Washington, July 21–At a press conference today on Capitol Hill, former Education Secretary William J. Bennett and a bipartisan group of Senators will release an “Appeal to Hollywood,” signed by more than fifty prominent Americans, including two former presidents. The appeal calls upon the entertainment industry–television, film, music, video, and electronic games–to devise a voluntary… Read more »
Ethical Guidepost How do you make your Choices? HORMONES vs VALUES REVENGE vs RESTRAINT IMPULSE vs CONSCIENCE IMMEDIATE vs DELAYED DISCARD vs RESPECT
Only with the heart can one see rightly! What is essential in life is invisible to the eye! – Gene Bedley
Group Promotes Keeping Virginity Aemi Kato is a rebel at her high school. But not in the traditional sense: The 15-year-old has signed a pledge to avoid sex until she’s married. “I’m pretty much by myself on this at my school,” the New World School of the Arts student said with a shrug. “But sex… Read more »
June 15,1999 BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (AP) — Respect is about to become the law in Louisiana’s classrooms. The Legislature is on the verge of passing Gov. Mike Foster’s bill requiring students to address teachers and other school employees as “ma’am” or “sir” or use the appropriate title of Mr., Miss, Ms. or Mrs. It could… Read more »
BUILDING destiny is my purpose and mission SEEING in each child all that I can envision ELEVATING each student to a higher position PURSUING the future with the boldest of vision LEADING with empathy by heartfelt decisions MAKING a difference with driving persistence BUILDING DESTINY is my purpose and mission
Does your School Measure Up ? Take the WALK THE TALK Survey! Familiarize yourself with each of the ten WALK THE TALK characteristics and descriptions. Rank the characteristics in the order you feel they exist in your organization. Give 10 points to the characteristic exhibited more, 9 to the next, and so on, ending with… Read more »
