The Most Powerful

2538) When I taught Jr. High kids, we read a book that described the life of a teen who was captured by Stalin’s NKVD and eventually was held in a camp in Siberia. Because I wanted the kids to consider the strong message of the story, before we read any of it, I held an
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A Good Name

2533) Because I run two small businesses, I am subscribed to several marketing newsletters. If they are reputable and not just self-seeking, you will read that a person’s brand and reputation is vital. This vitality is of far more value than trendy advertising and hacks. If someone were to whisper your name and/or your brand,
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The Lions in my Life

2497) I have never been to a circus, though I have seen enough of them on television to picture what happens in a show. One of the things I think I would have been scared to see as a child is a lion in the same cage as a person, and the lion is riled
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Where is the Love

2494) It’s always interesting to me to observe some of my young scholars fall in love. They usually swing all the way toward bliss, feeling as if they’re walking on air, and then, almost as quickly, swing the opposite way in their feelings. As adults, we learn, hopefully, that yes, love carries strong feelings, but
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Winners and Losers

2301) Every once-in-a-while, I’ll have some sort of review game with my young scholars. I am amazed from class to class at the amount of competition I see. There are some classes, the competition is so high; it takes the fun out of the game and I’ve closed the game down. Why? Because when there
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