A Million Dollar Lesson
A cab driver taught me a million dollar lesson in customer satisfaction and expectation. Motivational speakers charge thousands of dollars to impart his kind of training to corporate executives and...
View ArticleDreams
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned...
View ArticleThe Best Teacher Ever
There is a story from many years ago of a primary school teacher. Her name was Mrs. Thompson. And as she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children a...
View ArticleReal Teachers
Real teachers grade papers in the car, during commercials, in faculty meetings, in the bathroom, and (at the end of the six weeks) have been seen grading in church. Real teachers cheer when they hear...
View ArticleWho You Are Speaks Louder Than Anything You Can Say
By Lee Ryan Miller I teach economics at UNLV three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his...
View ArticleGrowing Up Or Growing Old
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned...
View Article1000 Marbles
A modern parable about Precious Time and appreciating life’s finite nature By Jeffrey Davis The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it’s the quiet solitude that comes with being...
View ArticleWho I Am Makes A Difference
A teacher in New York decided to honor each of her seniors in high school by telling them the difference they each made. She called each student to the front of the class, one at a time. First she told...
View ArticleWhat Teachers Make
He says the problem with teachers is, “What’s a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?” He reminds the other dinner guests that it’s true what they...
View ArticleTales Of A Teacher: Terraces
– by James A. Plambeck, Copyright 1995 A teacher was walking with his students . . . A bit further along, the road turned to the right around a hill and a steep valley opened before them. The hillside...
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