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2009/10/29

Dumbing Down Is Showing Up

Filed under: Be A Mentor,Focused Futures for Teens,High School Education — Sandra @ 09:16 am UTC

During a talk group exercise yesterday (StrengthBank® for HIgh Schools’  Talk Groups), I was dumbfounded by how superficial the kids answers were about where they saw themselves in the year 2020.  None could think past today and (more…)

2009/08/13

High school teachers can be more than content pushers when you partner up!

In the high school classroom, teachers inherently, mistakenly assume kids, a captive audience, want to be there, are desirous of getting the information beyond just a passing grade, are ready to listen, will go along with few or no questions ask, and want (more…)

2007/10/11

Peace of mind is the only deterrent to high school shootings…

Wake up and smell the smoke. Until we get relational truths back into our kids heads, they flounder (more…)

2007/05/20

Ritalin, humanism, and outcome based education have failed. Quick, give me a mood enhancer?

We scream and cry out about what is happening in our schools and what is happening in the workplace. So, someone decides to bamboozle us with (more…)

2007/03/30

Defer your dream, focus on high school graduation. Good advice?

A Dream Deferred, by Langston Hughes asks some good questions that fly in the face of our push to get kids to graduate from high school as the very least common denominator of success.
What happens to a dream deferred? (more…)

2007/03/11

High school graduates – “Highly Skilled barbarians”?

Are we creating a legacy into the workplace of graduating high school kids that are highly skilled barbarians? It appears we are doing just that. We (more…)

2006/11/07

Does it really matter to my kids or co-workers if I vote?

Mentoring the next generation happens when the next generation sees what we do on voting day.  Yep!  We either lead them forward or astray.  Freedom rings not because we can vote but because (more…)

2006/10/19

The buzz about character education – a great show but mediocre results

I am convinced that the confusion about finding character programs to actually develop desirable character traits in high school kids stems from not understanding that character is not something you learn; it is  (more…)

2006/10/18

Our Kids End Up In The Workplace – Engaged or Not Engaged

Mentoring youth sounds anonymous and unattainable until you understand the StrengthBank® connection. StrengthBank® learned by business people becomes the mentoring curriculum for high schools. (more…)

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