Our child or student scores 86% on a test. 

Our response:

I once told a story at Back-To-School Night of a surprise visit to my office during the first week of the school year by a kindergartner on her birthday.  It made my day and was reflective of the many smiles we see on the faces of our students we work with each day. 

Attitude is everything!  We know this is true, but reality too often tests us, and we quickly abandon our optimistic outlook with one that expects doom.  It’s easier, it’s more comfortable – and we’re often right . . . if we wait long enough.

“Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.”

                        Robert Fulghum

“One can become angry: that is easy.  But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose – that is not easy."                                                                                       Aristotle