Thought in the mind hath made us - 09/28/09 11:46 AM
INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:
"Thought in the mind hath made us. What we areBy thought was wrought and built. If a man's mindHath evil thoughts, pain comes on him as comesThe wheel the ox behind . . . . . . If one endureIn purity of thought, joy follows himAs his own shadow - sure."
~ James Allen
GO TO THE GARDEN!
The human mind is like a garden. It directly reflects the care and attention given to it. Consider two gardens side-by-side, in the same soil.
The first is bursting with color, gives off the most delicate of fragrances, is free … (1 comments)

The philosophy of the classroom in one generation will be the philosophy of the government in the next." - 09/08/09 01:08 PM
INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:
"The philosophy of the classroom in one generation will be the philosophy of the government in the next."
~ Abraham Lincoln
TEACH VALUES 101!
What do children and government have in common? That depends on which classroom you visit. If you have children and are actively involved in their lives, you are likely to encounter a classroom filled with intelligent, interested, involved and respectful children.
Unfortunately, many teachers today will tell you that's not what they are seeing. In some 1st & 2nd grade settings, children fall asleep because they spent the night in the family car while … (1 comments)

Time's a' wasting - 09/06/09 11:59 PM
INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:
"Time is clay. Make something."
~ Unknown
TIME'S A'WASTING!
To paraphrase a favorite tune, "If I could save time in a bottle..." I could have saved literally millions of minutes so far. Of course most of us think in terms of a 24-hour clock that gives us another chance to save each time we wake up. We think of time beginning anew with the start of each day. Not so. Time is actually a continuum, a straight line.
If you were born in 1952, you could have saved 27,856,800 minutes by now. Born in 1968? You'd have a … (1 comments)