by Tim Lautzenheiser | Apr 16, 2016 | Perspectives |
[blockquote author=”” ]Unless you know to what port you sail, no wind is a good wind. Remember, too, that winds change with each day, and sails are trimmed to meet existing winds.[/blockquote] “There is just never enough time! It seems like I just finish...
by Tim Lautzenheiser | Mar 14, 2016 | Perspectives |
[blockquote author=”Lana Limpert” ]When we think positively and imagine what we want, we risk disappointment; when we don’t, we ensure it.[/blockquote] Doesn’t the title make you cringe? Isn’t the phrase, “It’s good enough,” offensive to your sense of...
by Tim Lautzenheiser | Feb 16, 2016 | Perspectives |
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man’s foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. —Thomas Henry Huxley Everyone wants “the answer”– the answer to everything from installing a garage door opener to dealing with...
by Tim Lautzenheiser | Jan 20, 2016 | Perspectives |
[blockquote author=”Charles DuBois” pull=”normal”]The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become[/blockquote] If we were fortunate, we all had some teachers who were able to touch...
by Tim Lautzenheiser | Oct 22, 2015 | Perspectives |
Cooperation Creates Victory We are a society that thrives on competition. We compete in school for grades, we compete in our professional lives to achieve positions and titles, we compete in our daily life-patterns for everything from a faster lane on the freeway to a...
by Tim Lautzenheiser | Sep 1, 2015 | Perspectives |
[blockquote author=”Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist)” ]Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one...
by Tim Lautzenheiser | Apr 17, 2015 | Perspectives |
“YOU GOTTA HAVE H.E.A.R.T.” The seed of this article came from a student who was asked to write a paper about her most influential teacher. She had to describe what separated this particularly educator from all those who had been a part of her school experiences. The...
by Tim Lautzenheiser | Jan 23, 2015 | Perspectives |
Having always been a fan of words-of-wisdom, notable quotes, inspirational road signs, etc., it is interesting to observe how our mind re-frames this-or-that worthy-saying so it is applicable for our own set of circumstances; i.e. the inner voice asks, “What does this...
by Tim Lautzenheiser | Dec 1, 2014 | Perspectives |
[blockquote author=”William Arthur Ward” pull=”normal”]The good teacher tells. The excellent teacher explains and demonstrates. The master teacher inspires.[/blockquote] Mr. Ward’s words ring true in every aspect of our educational community;...