Teachers Who Do & Teachers Who Don’t

Posted on November 4th, 2009 by rcalabrese

True Story Reported to Me by a Parent of a Kindergarten Child.
A five year old kindergarten girl goes happily to school on Monday. The teacher does not want the kindergarten children [girls] to wear fingernail polish. The girl’s mom forgot to remove it after halloween weekend. The teacher warns the girl not to come to school [...]

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What Works in a Nursing Home Works Everywhere

Posted on October 7th, 2009 by rcalabrese

It is Important to Be Valued
A researchers suggests that nursing home residents will be happy and lead positive lifes if they are valued [I assume respected is also implied] and the environment is flexible.
Those characteristics may apply to multiple venues: families, classrooms, schools, and departments at the university level.
Here, in part is what the online [...]

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Imagine

Posted on September 29th, 2009 by rcalabrese

Everyday we IMAGINE. We imagine good or bad, positive or negative. Our minds take us into the future and we construct imagines of the future. The images we construct become a beacon (consciously or unconsciously) that we follow. We are left with a choice, we can live an unreflected life and allow random images of [...]

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