Be Big: Step Up, Step Out, Be Bold: Daring to Do Our Best Work Togethe
This inspiring, charmingly illustrated book challenges each of us to show up more fully as individuals and in our interactions with others, and to find ways to be big together. In straightforward, incisive language Miller and Katz help us understand all of the many, sometimes subtle ways we make ourselves small.
Last Landscapes: The Architecture of the Cemetery in the WestLast Landscapes explores death and the landscape of the cemetery. The picturesque village churchyard; the tightly packed "historic cities of the dead" such as the Jewish Cemetery in Prague; the war cemeteries of Northern France; the modernism of the Stockholm Woodland Cemetery; the graveyards of North America -- in discussing the history and culture of these architectural expressions of memory and loss, Ken Worpole also -locates the national, religious and romantic attitudes they express.
You will find this book full of my experiences and observations of the experiences of others. It is my hope that as you read you will have moments of inspiration that will influence your attitudes and actions in a positive manner. If we are not happy in our jobs, we are losing a precious amount of time that can never be retrieved. On the other hand, those who adopt the attitudes and employ the simple exercises that bring contentment will gain satisfaction and fulfillment that will affect every area of life.
"The Yellow Wallpaper" is a 6,000-word short story by American writer
Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It was first published in 1891 in New England
Magazine. It is regarded as an important early work of American
feminist literature, illustrating attitudes in the 19th century toward
women's physical and mental health.
Did you have a special teacher who made a difference in your life? How can you ensure that all students in your classroom, school, or district have that experience? How do the best teachers help their students achieve? What are the attitudes, attributes, and practices of the best teachers that make them beloved, respected, and remembered?
