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As a follow-up to my post on hope (click here), I could not help but recall and read the poem, On Children, by Kahlil Gibran from his book the Prophet. On Children by Kahlil Gibran Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through…
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What makes a good school? I have attempted to share thoughts on this question in a February 2013 post entitled, What qualities make for an ideal school or classroom? One quality that I believe great schools embrace, but did not discuss in the earlier post, is the desire to create an environment in which all students’…
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Benjamin Zander weaves a wonderful story that illuminates why we need to value every student. In Quaker philosophy there is a saying that a light shines in everyone . This Quaker vision is reflected clearly in the way Benjamin Zander speaks about Shining Eyes. In everyone, there is potential, goodness, or the capability to succeed…
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The most recent issue of Educational Leadership, Motivation Matters, an ASCD journal is devoted to the work of writers, thinkers, and educators on the subject of motivating students to learn. I have made my way through these excellent articles and learned a great deal about this elusive quality, motivation, that we hope all students…
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This is an interesting video series from Barbara Fredrickson, author of Positivity, on the importance of tapping into our positive emotions. She reflects on a variety of techniques we can use to align with our positive emotional side. Getting aligned with our positive emotions can influence our body-mind balance. These are two universal influences of…
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