Writing About My Laws of Life: Just Beyond the Shallow Kenny Kang has participated twice in West Catholic High School’s essay contest and has won awards for both of his essays. In the spring of 1998 he was a first-place winner in his freshman class, and in the spring of 1999 he won honorable mention… Read more »
A Federal Trade Commission investigation into the marketing of violent entertainment to children has found that movie studios show R-rated films to teenagers younger than 17 as part of the companies’ research efforts to attract youngsters to such films. The year-long FTC report, ordered by President Clinton in the wake of last year’s shootings at… Read more »
If you want to know me, listen to me. If you want to strengthen me, point out my gifts and talents. If you want to motivate me, find the incentives that drive me. If you want to direct me, persuade me with the benefits. If you want to make me feel important, invite me. If… Read more »
Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him. – Booker T. Washington
A Classic Tale of the Ages from The Book of Virtue Once there was an old man who had lost his wife and lived all alone. He had worked hard as a tailor all his life, but misfortunes had left him penniless, and now he was so old that he could no longer work for… Read more »
The idea of this project is to show respect for self and others; to “Give Respect-Get Respect.” This is a simple, non threatening way to start educating youth on how to demonstrate good character. Students and faculty are urged to stop and think before they act. Forming a contest to promote Project Respect resulted in… Read more »
The difference between the ordinary and the extraordinary is that little extra. – Anonymous
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 »
Generation Gap Perceptions of Ethics Inappropriate Language Peer Influence Sexual Involvement Lying Reliance on Drugs and Alcohol Lack of Positive Role Models Entertainment Home Environment Class Mix without Positive Leaders Secondary Teachers Seminar Essential Ethics for Teens Character Education Center Gene Bedley BeeBe Arkansas 7/31/00 – Gene Bedley
