Tagged: Inspiration

The Star Spangled Banner

From a Chaplain in Iraq: I recently attended a showing of ‘Spiderman 3,’ here at LSA Anaconda. We have a large auditorium we use for movies, as well as memorial services and other large gatherings. As is the custom back...


Mother's Words of Advice

Someday your face will freeze like that! What if everyone jumped off a cliff? Would you do it, too? You’re going to put your eye out with that thing! How many times do I have to tell you…don’t throw things...


Dirty Laundry

A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside. “That laundry is not very clean,” she said. “She doesn’t know how to wash...


Story of Teddy Stoddard

Interesting but apparently untrue story. The very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there...


Top 25 Quotes for Teachers

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on a cold iron. – Horace Mann Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. –...