Striking a balance
There is an old rabbinic story about a faithful Jew who every morning would write down on a piece of paper the words I am but dust and ashes and place the paper in his pocket. Throughout the day he would take out the paper and read it; the words, spoken by Abraham in the Book of Genesis (Genesis 18: 27), served as a prayerful reminder of his unworthiness and humility before God.
A Wonderful Night in the Neighborhood
Reconciler-in-chief
Today is the 203rd birthday of Abraham Lincoln, our sixteenth and – most historians and scholars consider – our greatest President.
Demons
Forty-five years ago, he was 19 years old and walking a patrol in the jungles of Vietnam. The nightmares continue to this day: buddies dying suddenly
and instantly at his side, innocent children burned and mutilated, the stinging napalm burning his eyes and nostrils. He has tried everything – drugs, alcohol, therapy – but he can’t escape the memories and the images etched in his mind. The demons of war . . .
Course credit
Two teachers were assigned to teach a history course for high school juniors. The course was required for graduation – which meant having students in the class who didn’t want to be there.
At the first class meeting, one teacher began by making clear to students that the course was required for graduation and warned that failing the course would mean having to make it up in summer school. She stressed the impact this course would have on their college applications. She then geared the whole course toward passing the final exam and preparing them for the social studies sections of the SATs.
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