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Re-Engaging the Disengaged: 5 Strategies
When the world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, “Try it one more time.” ~ Author Unknown A common response, when people find out that I work with junior high school students, is an eye roll and a comment to the effect of, “I could never do that.” The thought of spending five days a week with nine-hundred … Continue reading
Singing in the Lifeboats
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. ~ Voltaire Life is NOT a shipwreck, but it definitely presents challenges. Sometimes…when it is too hot to concentrate, when the kids don’t behave, when a lesson doesn’t go well, or when the work piles up and the time slips away, it … Continue reading
