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Frequently the successes and failures of social organizations, like states, corporations, clubs, army troops, teams, etc., are associated to a great extent to the leadership abilities of their constituents. In every small or large, formal or informal, social organization leadership consists one of the most significant parameters, which determines the organization’s cultural values, its operation and its development. Read full article »

After the Columbine High School shootings in Colorado in 1999, the Virginia police departments across the commonwealth quickly introduced tactical training for police and school resource officers (SROs). They were taught several methods for handling Virginia schools’ students with weapons. Read full article »

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child put forth that one primary purpose of schools is to develop respect for human rights and the fundamental freedoms that all children should enjoy. Read full article »

Teachers, principals and counselors: As most of you are aware, some of the recent school shootings were apparently committed by students who were not known for their acting- out behaviors, but instead for their relatively quiet withdrawal and depression. We have gotten quite a few calls asking for explanations. Youth professionals are often more accustomed to preventing and addressing violence from acting-out youth, and may feel less prepared to prevent or address violence from other types of youth. Read full article »

The top question we get at our busy Live Expert Help area of our web site where we answer youth professionals’ queries on almost any topic, is “How do I get kids– especially hard-to-manage ones– to behave?” Teachers and other educators are especially troubled that their training has not even begun to prepare them to manage the severe misbehavior that they see more and more every year. But, we hear from youth professionals and para-professionals from all disciplines, that their training has not “kept up” with the changes in the kids. Those of you in the trenches consistently tell us your training prepared you to work with Beaver Cleaver, but Beavis and Butthead continue to show up. Read full article »

Here’s a way to introduce the structure “used to” to your ESL students.

1 Find or draw on the board a picture of someone who looks like they could have just won some money. A photo from a magazine of someone driving an expensive car, or sitting in a luxurious room, for example, would work well. Give the person a name, and set the scene for your students of someone who has just won the lottery, or elicit it from them (”Why is Jane driving an expensive car?”; “How did she afford her expensive clothes?” etc.) Read full article »

Yikes! Okay, stop flooding us with requests for help with you utterly out-of-control students. We hear you loud and clear, and here is the help you asked for.

Many of you did send comments with your email when you requested assistance with very rowdy, unmanageable students. Some of you commented about how you still had as many– or more– problem kids than ever, but due to budget shortfalls in your area, you had less resources than ever, to manage your youngsters. Read full article »

Are you thinking of getting a student loan? Are you terrified of going into debt? Here are a few things that you can do to help you minimize the amount you need to borrow.

1. Make a budget.

No matter what point you are at in life, you need to know how to make a budget. Learning to budget effectively is a life skill that will stand you in good stead. Remember to include all of your expenses, to allot some money for unexpected expenses, and to overestimate your expenses rather than underestimate them. Read full article »

Are you thinking of getting a student loan? Are you terrified of going into debt? Here are a few things that you can do to help you minimize the amount you need to borrow. Read full article »

Chinese characters seem the most difficult part for foreign friends to learn the Chinese language. The main reason for that I think may be Chinese characters look very different from their quarter parts in the Roman languages: each character represents not only the pronunciation, but a certain meaning. Many a complaint comes from that Chinese characters are so unlike each other that you have to learn them one by one, and there are so many to memory, and that when encountering a new character, the previous knowledge of other ones helps little, you can neither pronounce it directly nor guess what it means. Actually, there really are some connections between Chinese characters, all composed in a defined way. You are unable to discover that probably because the numbers of the characters you know are too limited, or you didn’t learn them in the Chinese perspective. Read full article »