A high school senior saw an inspirational advertisement on television about becoming a teacher. She called the number shown: 1.800.45TEACH. After a woman answered, the student immediately began talkin...
The high school valedictorian was required to give a speech. He began by reading from his prepared text. “I want to talk about my mother and the wonderful influence she has had on my life,” he told th...
Dustin Carter is an extraordinary athlete. He finished his high school wrestling career with a 40-4 record. While he made it to the Ohio state championship, he did not win. ...
It actually happened in a Sunday School class of boys long ago. The teacher asked each lad to quote a Bible verse as the offering was taken. One said, "The Lord loveth a cheerful giver." Another sa...
In the Peanuts comic strip Sally says to Linus, "I think I would be a good evangelist." "Why?" asks Linus. Sally answers, "I convinced the boy who sits behind me at school that my religion is ...
Hum the First Line My husband and I were enjoying an impromptu concert of Sunday school songs from our grandchildren, Jacey, 7, and Jessica, 4. After they'd run through their repertoire, Jacey began m...
Hum the First Line My husband and I were enjoying an impromptu concert of Sunday school songs from our grandchildren, Jacey, 7, and Jessica, 4. After they'd run through their repertoire, Jacey began m...
Being interviewed by the school administration, the eager teaching prospect said: "Let me see if I've got this right. You want me to go into that room with all those kids, fill their every waking mome...
Dear Ann Landers: The reader signed "Georgia," who lived through the Depression and described how hard it was to be a teenager in the 1930's, said kids today have an easy time of it compared to teens ...
Recently, I saw a cartoon that demonstrated how people don't like to take responsibility. It was a "Peanuts" cartoon, and it showed Peppermint Patty talking to Charlie Brown. She said, "Guess what, Ch...
In the classic comic strip, Hi and Lois, Chip is eating at the table with his family when he announces, "I discovered something new in school today." His mother smiles and says, "Oh, really! What was ...
The folly of human nature is neatly summed up by the case of the middle-aged school teacher who invested her life savings in a business enterprise which had been elaborately explained to her by a swin...
In the classic comic strip, Hi and Lois, Chip is eating at the table with his family when he announces, "I discovered something new in school today." His mother smiles and says, "Oh, really! What w...
A college professor met his new class on the first day of school. He stood before the studentsand gave a nice introduction to the class and about himself. ...
A few years ago a school bus driver in a Chicago suburb legally changed his name to “In God We Trust.” ...
The Right Image Recently I read an interesting item in the newspaper that illustrates the importance of mental association in making decisions. A high school in Virginia offered a course called "Home ...
It was the first day of school. As the principal made his rounds, he heard a terrible commotion coming from one of the classrooms. He rushed in and spotted one boy, taller than the others, who seemed ...
A schoolteacher injured his back and had to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. It fit under his shirt and was not noticeable at all. On the first day of the term, still with the ca...
Several years ago I read the story of Sammy Morris, a devoted Christian from Africa who came to America to go to school. Although his pathway to service for Christ was not easy, his difficulti...
David Maister is a consultant to firms all over the world. Formerly a professor at the Harvard Business School, he now spends 250 days on the road teaching business professionals how to do a better jo...