If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to salve their conscience by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. We should, therefore, protest openly everything… that smacks of discrimination or slander. Mary McLeod Bethune
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Teach and Serve | Vol. 9, No. 28 | Love | February 14, 2024
Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day are about intentionality. They are about relationship. Most importantly, they are about love. Today is Valentine’s Day. It is also Ash Wednesday. Though this confluence of days is rare, it is not as rare as one might think. It just happened six years ago in 2018 and will happen again…
Eduquote of the Week | 2.12.2024
We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort. Jesse Owens
Teach and Serve | Vol. 9, No. 27 | Polar Approaches | February 7, 2024
How the leader proceeds in the face of negativity and complaints says far more about the leader than the constituents. I recently had cause to reflect on something a good friend of mine said a few years ago: “When disagreeing, the negative opinion can seem to be more informed than the positive opinion. We should…
Eduquote of the Week | 2.5.2024
You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen. Michelle Obama
Teach and Serve | Vol. 9, No. 26 | Is What I am about to Do Helpful? | January 31, 2024
If what I am about to do is not constructive, I need to discard the thought. If what I am about to say only tears down with no possibility of building up, it is the wrong way to go. When I think back to the over twenty-five years I spent as a high school teacher…
Eduquote of the Week | 1.29.2024
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Lao Tzu
Eduquote of the Week | 1.22.2024
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. Arthur C. Clarke
Teach and Serve | Vol. 9, No. 25 | A Father’s Advice Lived | January 17, 2024
My father, who professed a dislike of school and who I never heard anyone call “teacher” was one of the greatest teachers I ever had. I have shared this post before but, as my father’s birthday is tomorrow and, for me, these messages never get old, I share it again today. My father was a…
Eduquote of the Week | 1.15.2024
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Dr. Martin Luther King, jr