HOW FULL IS YOUR GLASS? The Optimist says the glass is half full. The Pessimist says
Trust is like a tower
Trust is built like a tower of stones, one stone at a time. But when a trusted person lies or breaks a promise it doesn’t just diminish the tower by removing the stones from the top,
Humor Is IMPORTANT
I post this to remind US that humor can improve MEN’S HEALTH and a WOMAN’S DAY. It can make you more COSMOPOLITAN, add GLAMOUR and ENTERTAINMENT to your LIFE
Ideas Need Action
“Ideas without action are like beautifully wrapped gift boxes with nothing inside.” – Michael Josephson
THE BEST POSTERS EVER FOR TEACHERS
To all teachers: We hope you find these posters a useful resource for teaching character and ethics in your classroom.
Every Day Matters When You’re A Teacher
“The best thing about being a teacher is that it matters. The hardest thing about being a teacher is that it matters every day.” – Todd Whitaker
BEST QUOTES EVER ON TEACHING, LEARNING & EDUCATION
Teaching, Learning & Education Teaching A teacher affects all eternity; you never know where his influence stops. – Henry Adams What a block of marble is to a sculptor a ready mind is to a teacher. Adapted from Joseph Addison Children don’t care what a teacher knows unless they know the teacher cares. – Unknown The best teachers teach from …
Teachers: The Decisive Element
I AM THE DECISIVE ELEMENT IN THE CLASSROOM. It’s my personal approach that creates the CLIMATE. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I POSSES A TREMENDOUS POWER to make a child’s like miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, …
THIS WEEK’S THEME: Teaching & Education
This week’s edition of the What Will Matter will take a deep dive into education and teaching, examining what challenges we face as we educate the next generation and how we can work together to to shape a brighter future though education. “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – …
Never Stop Asking Questions
Never stop asking questions. Never stop learning. The five doors to knowledge are called: What Why How When Where
VIDEO: What is a Teacher?
“What Is a Teacher? A teacher is someone who sees each child as a unique person and encourages individual talents and strengths. A teacher looks beyond each child’s face and sees inside their souls. A teacher is someone with a special touch and a ready smile, who takes the time to listen to both sides and always tries to be …
COMMENTARY: Working to Teach Character Together
When I talk to parents and teachers about the role of schools in teaching character someone usually points out that character development is and should be the primary concern of parents. Who can argue with that? Many of the attitudes and habits that make up character are learned at home. But they’re learned elsewhere as well — on the school …
Education & Our Nation
“Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.” – John F. Kennedy
Education: A Debt Due
“EDUCATION: A debt due from present to future generations.” – George Peabody
Opportunities to Learn
If you want to become wise, Treat every conversation as an opportunity to learn.
The More You Know…
The more you know The more you grow
Never Stop Learning
As long as you can think, you can learn. As long as you can learn, you can get better. As long as you can get better, you can be happier. NEVER STOP LEARNING.
Best Ever Irish Blessings, Toasts, Proverbs & Proverbs
Few people are prouder of their heritage than the Irish and the wisdom and humor of their blessings, toasts, proverbs and quotes support their pride.
Video: Living for significance not just success
LIFE PURPOSE . Tim Tebow Interview. What really matters? Seeing greater purpose in your life. This is an awesome interview.
The Key to Success
The first step is always the hardest. They key to success is getting started.
VIDEO: Change The World
“When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family. Now, …
LGBT Bullying Stats
Despite attitudes to LGBT people slowly changing across the US and worldwide, there is still a very tough path ahead for most people who identify as LGBT.
The Know Nothing Party
Xenophobia, is a fancy word for bigotry .There are troubling similarities in certain current anti-immigration passion, perhaps hysteria, and one of the darker movements in American history – the “no nothing” party.
Religious Intolerance & Persecution in the U.S.
Though the concept of religious freedom and tolerance is at the core of American ideals, our history is tainted by prominent examples of religious prejudice and persecution – especially against Catholics, Jews and Muslims.
U.S. Concentration Camps
The wholesale imprisonment (we called it internment) of thousands of Japanese-Americans (we called them Japs) in U.S. Concentration Camps (we called them
THIS WEEK’S THEME: Tolerance & Intolerance
ISSUES & CHALLENGES. This edition of What Will Matter highlights three crucial historical and contemporary instances
Commentary: Tolerance and Intolerance: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.
What is tolerance and is it always a good thing? It helps to understand various aspects of this concept.
American History: Resistance at Tule Lake
As Americas, We have a great deal to be proud of but we also have some things to be ashamed of. We must celebrate and teach our virtues with pride
