I don't think it makes any sense for an individual to invest in common stocks unless they know the company, work at the company, and so on.
I hate to sound like an old fuddy duddy, but the game has changed.
Teachers literally break down at the thought that if their students have a bad a test day, their job is on the line.
Man, I wouldn't know where to begin on education reform, but one thing we have to do is add teacher accountability WITHOUT stressing standardized test scores.
Many people think you shouldn't stop kids from being kids, and I agree, but no one wants the worst case scenario on their hands. Better safe than sorry I say.
Never have one kid in the room with you, and avoid situations that would look suspect to a passerby.
I was taught from a young age that as a teacher, especially a male, you are to never be alone with a female, or even a male student.
Don't underestimate the power of your vision to change the world. Whether that world is your office, your community, an industry or a global movement, you need to have a core belief that what you contribute can fundamentally change the paradigm or way of thinking about problems.
My overriding belief is that it is always possible for criminals to improve and that by its very finality the death penalty contradicts this.
There is a life in you, search that life, search the secret jewel in the mountain of your body.
I think that the joy of writing a novel is the self-exploratio n that emerges and also that wonderful feeling of playing God with the characters. When I sit down at my writing desk, time seems to vanish. . . . I think the most important thing for a writer is to be locked in a study.