Ah, yes. There’s Sammy, half-asleep on his desk as the sun begins to climb into the winter sky. It’s been common knowledge for years now. Adolescents do not perform well in the earlier morning hours; younger children do. And yet I can’t think of a single school system...
The Education racket is a big, wide open secret. Today, the word educator hides two classes of professionals: teaching and non-teaching professionals. The non-teaching professionals consist of literacy facilitators, department chairs, consultants, principals and vice...
Remember the unfair and totally inaccurate phrase “drill and kill?” Looks like it turns out drill and kill was really drill and master, or drill to master. (If you don’t believe me, just think of what you have to do to master a sport.) With the Common Core State...
Being a good guest requires the same type of concern for the other person as being a good host. Your guest manners should be your standard home manners, so that you are pleasant to live with everywhere. Even so, we are nervous about our manners when we visit someone’s...
We all walk, and whether we like it or not, people get impressions of us by the way we carry ourselves. That graceful gait is your poise and confidence being reflected in how you walk. Or that slump and shuffle an indication of your insecurities with the surrounding...
It is not the win, but how you play the game that counts. That is the main point for a good sport, and for a young man or young lady of good character. The good sportsman plays fair. He has respect for the rules and for the authorities of the game. He doesn’t shout...
