The First Week Of October In New Jersey Is Respect Week
The New 3Rs in Education Respect, Responsibility, and Relationships Remember: All Schools in New Jersey Must Designate The First Week of October as Respect Week Everybody knows what the 3 R's of teaching are - reading, writing, and 'rithmetic. But educators don't...
read moreOur Kids – Our Happiness?
I was speaking with my daughter Sarah over a year ago and she asked me if I would make an appointment for her with the doctor. She wasn’t sick, just a check up. I said sure and made the appointment for her on January 4, 2010 at 1:30 in the afternoon. That date just...
read moreWho Will Parent The Parents?
I frequently think back to my childhood. I remember how my grandmother (Mom’s side) spent time at my house. To this day, she is still the sweetest old lady that I ever met. I was in an afternoon kindergarten program, and my grandmother took care of me during the...
read moreThe Making of a Bully
With the bullying epidemic on the rise and schools now being mandated to establish stricter rules to combat the problem, it is time to answer a question that truly begs an answer. How and why does someone become a bully? The answer to this question may surprise some,...
read moreBullying Behavior Is Never Forgotten
I speak to teachers all over New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia so I was thrilled when I got a call from my hometown school district, and they asked me to do a workshop for their teachers. Some of the teachers I had when I was a student were still there,...
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