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CONTRARY TO RUMOR, I’M WONDERFULLY MADE No matter my name, My gender, my aim, Though I have no fame, I’m wonderfully made. No matter my race, Or location of my space, Speed or not in my pace, I’m wonderfully made. No, my body’s not thin. No, my style is not “in”. Nope, the King ain’t my kin. But yes, yes, yes, I’m wonderfully made. When I have no money, My mood is not sunny, My jokes are not funny, I could care less because I’m still wonderful. Whether passed or failed, Enthroned or jailed, Ostracized or hailed, Read More...

23 Mar

What if your students or your children are the “ICONS of the FUTURE”?

By Nan McJamerson

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Inspiration

Despite talking too much in elementary school, Oprah Winfrey had a 4th grade teacher who traded Oprah’s silence on four (4) days a week for her freedom to talk on one (1) day a week. (She became a famous “talk” show host and business mogul.) Read More Like This Read More...

13 Nov

Take Yourself to the Appraisers

By Nan McJamerson

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Inspiration

Poem of the Week: Take Yourself to the Appraisers You are a diamond! You are brilliant, beautiful, strong, prismatic and precious. But when someone makes you feel deficient, depreciated or discolored, I recommend this: Forget what observers say. Forget what buyers pay. Forget the debris that surrounds you. Take yourself to the appraisers to determine your real, immeasurable value. The appraisers are loved ones who cherish you, friends who chose you, leaders who inspire you, and learners who reproduce you. Better, yet, get the ultimate vision of yourself: Take yourself to the JEWEL CREATOR! Read More...

29 Apr

TOP 10 LIST for Dealing with Test Stress

By Nan McJamerson

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Inspiration

Many strategies are available for dealing with test anxiety and stress. Whether you are searching traditional or contemporary resources on this subject, you will find a few fundamental or basic recommendations that you can immediately put into practice. Those basics are summarized as The Top Ten List that follows: 10. Deep Breathing Techniques. Beginning the list of anxiety-reducing strategies with "breathing" does not mean that it is least important of all strategies. Rather, deep breathing is presented first because it Read More...

A Tribute to Women

April 7, 2022

CONTRARY TO RUMOR, I’M WONDERFULLY MADE

CONTRARY TO RUMOR, I’M WONDERFULLY MADE No matter my name, My gender, my aim, Though I have no

December 14, 2020

What if your students or your children are the “ICONS of the FUTURE”?

Despite talking too much in elementary school, Oprah Winfrey had a 4th grade teacher

March 23, 2020

Take Yourself to the Appraisers

Poem of the Week: Take Yourself to the Appraisers You are a diamond! You are brilliant, beautiful, strong,

November 13, 2015

TOP 10 LIST for Dealing with Test Stress

Many strategies are available for dealing with test anxiety and stress. Whether you are

April 29, 2014

Excellent and timely project” Project

From a current classroom educator’s perspective, this creative project utilizing the workbook titled Re-Make an Icon So You Can Become One is an excellent and timely project to meet the needs of teachers and students at the high school level, and beyond. This will assist in making our students “college and career ready”, require rigorous content and provide the opportunity for cooperative grouping and differentiated instruction. What a dynamic package deal!

Adaryll Moore, M. Ed ,
2014-03-19

I Became Addicted to your Calculated Strokes

As I read and re-read these tidbits that you’ve so unselfishly shared, immediately I became addicted to your calculated strokes. I was overwhelmed by the magnitude of your wisdom and your ability to transform mental perception into literary syntax. I didn’t understand that there inside me a diamond is waiting to be admired and gazed upon—not just as a rock but a diamond! I know, now, I’m ready because I see me in you.

Deedra Wright, Poet, Musician, Counselor ,
2014-05-03

Reconstructing Lives can provide an excellent solution

With all the difficulty schools are having in reaching students and making learning meaningful, a curriculum approach such as offered in Reconstructing Lives can provide an excellent solution. For example, future teachers begin to see that what they think of as “distasteful” concepts regarding Erik Erikson’s or Urie Bronfenbrenner’s theories can be applied to their personal lives and can help them better understand and teach their students.

Gwendolyn Duhon, Ph. D. ,
2014-04-30