“Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.” – Horace Mann Why Good Manners and Etiquette are Important Good manners and proper etiquette matter more than ever in our society, whether it is in academic classrooms, social settings, or in public places. By...
“Courage is the ladder on which all other virtues mount.” – Ambassador Claire Boothe Luce Courage is an attribute people often ascribe to those in the armed forces and our public safety agencies who take massive personal risks to save lives and property. On many...
What is Grit? Do you want to get grit while you’re in high school? Here, we will take a deep dive into the meaning, definition, and characteristics of grit, as well as give you some tips on how to get “grittier.” In addition, you can take the Grit Scale Self-Test that...
Effective Communication is Key to Resolving Conflicts – But Wait, There’s More… “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” – Prison guard “in conflict” with stubborn prisoner in “Cool Hand Luke.” “Conflicts are neither constructive nor disruptive but the ways...
“To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society” – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States In the wake of the 2002 national “No Child Left Behind” educational initiative, it appears that plenty children have been...
“Teenagers are old enough to take responsibility for their actions, their responsibilities, and their needs…students must learn how to define good and bad behavior themselves, and learn from the consequences of their actions…” – Army and Navy Academy Are you...
