Character Is Everything: What Is Initiative
When I was working as a school administrator I was walking down the hallway with a student and a teacher one day and saw some garbage on the floor. I said to the student, “Pick that up.” The student went over, picked up the garbage, and threw it in the garbage can. The teacher was amazed at how the student cooperated with my request and picked up the garbage. The teacher said to me, “Wow that was great, he just went over and picked up the garbage.” The teacher was almost complimenting me for how the student complied with my request. My comment to the teacher was, “Do you think that he would have picked up that garbage if I hadn’t told him to?” Unfortunately, the answer to that question is that he would not have.
Character Is Everything: What Is Respect?
Respect - Having a high regard for the rights, privileges, or worth of another person. The opposite of respect is disrespect.
Character Is Everything: What Is Punctuality?
Punctuality is a character quality that gets very little attention. Society today views a person who is 15 minutes late as being on time and has even have come up with a nice little phrase for being tardy, it’s called being fashionably late. So what is the definition of punctuality? Punctuality is the act of being ready to begin each task at the appointed time. The opposite of punctuality is tardiness. I don’t think anyone thinks of ever being exactly on time after they leave high school but today lateness is looked at with a much more relaxed attitude. Many years ago schools used to take lateness much more seriously than they do today. If you have ever been in a high school and observed students milling around in the hall between classes what you would notice is that the students don’t start moving to their class until the late bell rings. I have spoken to many teachers who have complained about student tardiness and asked them what they consider late? Most of the teachers said that they consider a student late if they arrive in class about one minute after the bell rings. That’s not on time, that’s late. Schools today are contributing to the problem of tardiness in society by not holding students accountable for either being late to class or late to school.
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One Teacher Asked The Principal:
I was recently asked to mentor two female 9th graders, who both have extensive discipline events. What is the best approach to take and where do I begin?
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