Category: Dicipline
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“Teach Your Bloggers Well”
We all know how to do something well — write a post that teaches readers how to do something you know and/or love to do. In response to today’s WordPress post prompt, “Teach Your Bloggers Well.” I start with the basic foundation of planning. To be successful in anything in life, planning, and preparation are the…
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“We Can Be taught”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “We Can Be Taught!.” What makes a teacher great? I have family members and several friends who teach at every level of academia. What I noticed about each is their ability to stimulate the minds of their students with knowledge beyond what the core curriculum provides for them…
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“Enough is Enough”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Enough Is Enough.” When was the last time you were ready to throw in the proverbial towel? Did you end up letting go, or decided to fight on anyway? I was taught and learned early in life to never give up, and I just have to persevere…
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Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King.
I have a dream! Dr. King’s birthday is January 15, however the federal holiday is celebrated today, Monday, January 19, 2015. Let’s all take a moment to reflect upon the great Civil Rights leader who fought for all Americans rights that transcends the world over. Let us apply his beliefs, ideas in all racial, religious,…
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“My Hero”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “My Hero.” Who’s your hero? Tell us a story about why that person plays such an important role in your life. The word “Hero” is defined as a person who is admired for great or brave acts and or fine qualities. When I was growing up in…
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All or Nothing; Peaceful Easy Feeling.
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “All or Nothing?.” “Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.” — Sylvia Plath Which do you find more dangerous: wanting nothing, or wanting everything? I find neither wanting nothing or wanting everything is dangerous, as, I spent the…
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Make It Anywhere
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Make It Anywhere.” “If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere,” goes the famous song about New York City. Is there a place — a city, a school, a company — about which you think (or thought) the same? Tell us why, and if you ever…
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The Spices of Success
(Daily Prompt) If “failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor” (Truman Capote), how spicy do you like your success stories? Success stories are a dime a dozen in fiction and in life. The thought of the under-dog battling against all odds is a time-honored belief dating back to David and Goliath. Now in present…
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Handle with care?
How are you at receiving criticism? Do you prefer that others treat you with kid gloves, or go for brutal honesty? Criticism both positive and negative, is what we all need to measure ourselves, however most people cannot accept negative criticism as it hurts their feeling and destroys their belief within themselves. I accepted criticism…
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Locked and sealed?
Can you keep a secret? Have you ever — intentionally or not — spilled the beans (when you should’ve stayed quiet)? Well of course I have, I did it a lot as a child when my sisters trusted me with some juicy bit of news that as they swore me to secrecy, I was quickly…
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Advantage of Foresight
Advantage of Foresight (Daily prompt) You’ve been granted the power to predict the future! The catch — each time you use your power, it costs you one day (as in, you’ll live one day less). How would you use this power, if at all? I would only use the power only three times, once to…
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Which book would be the first one I like to reread & Why? (Daily Prompt )
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Ladies, Rape is Your Fault
This is an incredibly powerful video statement and I hope effective life long education can be administered to all men around the world to understand what rape truly is.
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Changing Times; Student Loan Forgiveness
I recall as a child hearing my father, mother, family members and their friends talk about how growing up they had it so hard as opposed to how easy my brother and sisters had it during the 60’s and 70’s. One tale I heard is of how my dad slopped hogs, fed chickens, used an…