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So we needed a poll to tell us what we’re already experiencing in the parking lots and freeways of life? Are we too busy to be nice? The Public Agenda Research Group conducted a new poll that found that rude behavior is increasing throughout the country. The poll found that boorish and selfish behavior had… Read more »

1. Edit work and show the teacher a rough draft. 2. Select a book or finish reading a book checked out of the library. 3. Use the Word Processing program on the computer. 4. Use the Internet to research a topic for a school report. 5. Write Weekly Goals: Include Goals in the following areas:… Read more »

From Educating for Character: How Our Schools Can Teach Respect and Responsibility by Prof. Thomas Likona (Bantam, 1991). 1. There is a clear and urgent need, as young people increasingly hurt themselves and others because of unawareness of and/or indifference to moral values. 2. Transmitting moral values to the next generation has always been one… Read more »

1. Accept changes as the norm. Concentrate on becoming a lifelong learner, not one who sees education as the completion of a formal education. 2. Success is a fly in the eye of a frog. Success is more in what you give to others rather than a big bank account. Focus on the right priorities… Read more »

1. Include simple rules showing picture of pennies with words “Use common Sense” If you think you will get hurt or hurt others don’t do it! “Work it out with kind words” with a lot of examples of kind words around quote. Role play and practice using kind words. “Never hurt anyone on the inside… Read more »

A RESPONSIBLE PERSON MEANS … 1. IDENTIFYING AND WRITING GOALS FOR MY LIFE. 2. PROCESSING MY EMOTIONS THROUGH MY BRAIN BEFORE RESPONDING. 3. FINDING A WAY RATHER THAN MAKING EXCUSES. 4. PUTTING SIGNS IN MY LIFE TO HELP ME REMEMBER WHAT TO DO. 5. DEVELOPING INTROSPECTIVE AND SELF REGULATION SKILLS FOR SELF IMPROVEMENT. 6. KEEPING… Read more »

IN GOD WE TRUST If I Want to Be a Happy, Useful Citizen I Must Have: COURAGE AND HOPE I must be brave – This means I must be brave enough and strong enough to control what I think, and what I say and what I do, and I must always be hopeful because hope… Read more »

1. Lack of Sensitivity to others needs- Become an active and disciplined listener! 2. Jealousy Believe and have faith that you have unique options! 3. Self Image Adults can affirm and child can confirm acts of personal worth. 4. Different Point of View We learn from different perspectives. Promote Respect! 5. Lack of Understanding Seek… Read more »

DENVER – Colorado high school students, from athletes to musicians, will begin wearing tiny, black-and-white patches this fall that bear a single word: respect. The patch is designed to promote harmony among the typical school cliques whose divisions were exposed so painfully in the Columbine High School shooting that left 15 people dead. “We felt… Read more »