Teddy’s letter came today and now that I’ve read it, I will place it in my cedar chest with the other things that are important to my life.
“I wanted you to be the first to know.”
I smiled as I read the words he had written and my heart welled with a pride that I had [...]
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Three Letters From Teddy
All The Good Things
He was in the first third grade class I taught at Saint Mary’s School in Morris, Minn. All 34 of my students were dear to me, but Mark Eklund was one in a million. Very neat in appearance, but had that happy-to-be-alive attitude that made even his occasional mischievousness delightful.
Mark talked incessantly. I had to [...]
Lesson In The Rain
I was 19, and seriously considering a career change. This teaching thing was not going to be a good idea after all. Everything had worked out fine until the time came for us to practice in real classrooms. One whole week had gone by and I’d had enough.
“Kids are impossible and ungrateful” I had commented [...]
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Reality Check
Charles Sykes, the author of “Dumbing Down Our Kids”, penned this list of things high school and college graduates did not learn in school. In his book, he talks about how the feel-good, politically-correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and set them up for failure in the real world.
Rule [...]
The Power Of Nonviolence
Dr. Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and founder of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, in his June 9 lecture at the University of Puerto Rico, shared the following story as an example of nonviolence in parenting:
“I was 16 years old and living with my parents at the institute my grandfather had founded 18 [...]
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