Hey, teachers, librarians, educators, and so on . . . you might enjoy this.
Carry on and have a great school year. You do such an important job, play such a vital role in the life and development of our children. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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New Slide for School Visits
Came across this today and thought it would make a good slide for my Middle School presentations. It basically expresses where I come out on all the tips and strategies for so-called “Bully Proofing” a school. It’s why these students don’t need to be preached to. They already know. They just need to be encouraged to listen, and supported when they do.
When my presentation is over — which is decidedly not about bully-proofing a school, it’s about writing books — I like to keep up a final slide while the students filter out. Most of my slides are just images, not words. But at the end, I think that last slide can have words. This one just might make the cut.
Thank you, Shel Silverstein!
Category: Around the Web, Bullying, School Visits / Tags: James Preller school visits, The Voice Shel Silverstein
JUST FOR LAUGHS: Mad Men Without Smoking
Both of my parents smoked. I grew up in a cloud of cigarette smoke. We’d go on long drives for our summer vacations in Vermont, seven children and my parents packed in a station wagon, and they’d smoke for seven hours, windows closed. Mom made dozens of sandwiches for the road, wrapped in wax paper. We chewed and gagged, swallowed and coughed. Things were different back then. Not complaining, it’s just the way it was, especially growing up in the 60s and 70s (born in 1961). So I guess I’ve always had an affection for smokers, or at least sympathy.
When I watch Mad Men on TV, I see my parents’ world re-imagined, an era that speaks to my soul.
Anyway, this is funny . . . Hat tip to the “Ellen” show.