It is one thing to promise to handle your school’s character education program; it is another thing entirely to perform that promise to the utmost of your ability.
Character education should take priority over your other work. You know that, and you promised that it would, but…. Well, the students are falling behind in mathematics, and […]
Character counts across the curriculum, yet many teachers are saying, “It counts, but how do you find time to teach it?” The curriculum is just too full; they are just too busy; and it’s a challenge to find time for character education. They want to marginalize character.
I personally believe character education is vital to society, […]
Quality character education can save lives. Good character education could have saved the life of a teen who died needlessly this week. When I heard the story, I listened with sadness, knowing that the boy need not have died that way; wondering when people will realize the importance of building strong character in young people. […]
Character is shown by diligence. That is a general rule of our moral universe. Men and women who engage their whole hearts in their work are more likely to prosper, while those who leave half their hearts behind when they go to work are almost sure to fail.
A lazy farmer can’t expect a great […]
Who said it?
“I can’t help but wonder, are we now seeing the fruit of education that predominantly throughout our country has stopped performing any teaching on the basis of moral principles or what is right or what is wrong?” That question was posed by former American President Ronald Reagan, as reported in The Arizona Republic, […]
What is honesty? I’ve written about it other places. Jeremy Rabbit’s Honesty Pie tells children what it is, and Character Education 101, my free e-course for educators, tells teachers the meaning of honesty. Many people, however, don’t really know what honesty is.
This past weekend, as I scanned TV program listings to find good entertainment, I […]
My brother is dying in a Canadian hospital. He is not an old man. He just retired from a life as professor of music at a large Canadian university. He was industriously composing more music to add to the large library of compositions he had already written. None of his four children is married. He […]
Honesty exemplified is a great goal to set. Do you illustrate honesty? Does your life show others what it means to be honest? How honest are you? If you needed money, and found something very valuable, would you try to find the owner – or go for the cash? If you tried to find the […]
James Allen Ward, twenty-two years old, was a citizen of New Zealand. He was also a Sergeant in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, serving with 75 (NZ) Squadron, Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It was during the war that Sergeant James Allen Ward committed a deed of great bravery.
Sergeant Ward was […]
As I was sitting here wondering on what topic I would comment today, I received an e-mail about a new video game – a game that teaches children to kill police officers as well as other civilians.
Character-in-Action.com protests this video game, and hopes all those interested in character building and character education will do the […]