“Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.” -C. S. Lewis Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
Dwight Carter
@dwightcarter.bsky.social
Director of Student Support Systems; father, author, speaker, leadership coach. OHASCD Board President. Views are my own. #CopeAdjustTransform #BeGREAT #EduSky #CTE
“The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.” -Bennett Cerf Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“Dream in a pragmatic way.” -Aldous Huxley Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.” -Voltaire Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.” -John C. Maxwell Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.” -Victor Hugo Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine.” -Neil Armstrong Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” -John Wooden Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.” -Voltaire Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” -Desmond Tutu Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“Water is the driving force of all nature.” -Leonardo da Vinci Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.” -H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” -Robert Frost Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.” -Joseph Brodsky Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” -Samuel Beckett Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” -Elbert Hubbard Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” E. E. Cummings Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.” -Alan Alda Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
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Five Ways to Teach Critical Thinking in Challenging Times
Even when certain words or topics are prohibited by the state, educators can still cultivate students’ motivation and skills to recognize, analyze, and challenge injustice.
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“The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself — the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us — that’s where it’s at." –Jesse Owens Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat.” -Cicely Tyson Make it a great day...or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“Walls turned sideways are bridges.” -Angela Davis Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“It is not enough for us to restrain from doing evil, unless we shall also do good.” -St. Jerome Make it a great day…or not. The choice yours. #BeGREAT
“The antidote to anxiety is not calmness, it’s curiosity.” -Laura Gilbert Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“If you are a creative person, you try to create things that are an extension of yourself.” -Rob Reiner Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“No man was ever wise by chance.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
“Racism is not rooted in strength, it’s rooted in fear.” -W.E.B. Du Bois Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT
"Don't think there are no crocodiles just because the water is calm.” -Malawian Proverb Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT