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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Sociologists are always trying to discover the best way to give children a good start in life. One question they study is how soon do children need to start school. A new study has discovered that “watching Sesame Street is as beneficial for children’s academic progress as attending head start.” One…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 24 views
Mike Vegas ordered pizza and wings from a pizza company. He only had time to eat one slice of pizza before he left for work, so he put the rest of the order in the refrigerator to eat later. While he was at work that night, he kept getting message on his cell phone, but he didn’t pay any attention to…
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A 4-year-old pre-K student in Oklahoma was forced to use his right hand while making his letters. The teacher sent a note home to the parents advising them of the reason. “There are numerous instances of left-handedness being associated with wickedness,” read the astounded parents. —Jim L. Wilson and…
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Blair Walsh, kicker for the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings, missed a last-second field goal kick and kept the team from advancing in the 2016 NFL playoffs. After the game, many ridiculed Walsh for missing what many thought was an easy kick. A group of first graders at Northpoint Elementary school decide to…
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The principal of Grizzly Hill Elementary School, James Berardi says that since the school is out in the country, when things disappear, they are rarely returned. It was out of the ordinary when a blue envelope arrived containing a note and money that had been stolen from the school almost 20 years earlier.…
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A college in Massachusetts has changed all of the speed limit signs on campus to honor a retired mathematics professor. When he retired, Professor David Kelly asked that the speed limit be changed to 17 mph instead of 15 mph because he had spent his entire career fascinated by the number 17. Kelly had…
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The French Teacher at Energy Institute High School does not know French. The Houston, Texas public school district hired him after they took disciplinary action against the former French teacher who had 25 years of experience. Students in the class say the new teacher speaks only one word of French,…
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Parents often refer to the word, ”please” as the magic word, but now a school in North Carolina has banned teachers from using the word. Officials at Druid Hills Academy say the goal is make troubled children behave better. They say teachers have been trained to give concise, clear instructions in a…
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Pastor Bill Galus used a homebuilt space capsule to raise money for the church youth group and to teach the children at the church school about the space program. Galus lived inside the capsule for an entire week, and then lead the congregation in an outside worship service the following Sunday. He named…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 62 views
There is a new Guinness world record for the longest speech and not surprisingly, it is a sermon. Pastor Zach Zehnder of Mount Dora, Florida preached for two days five hours and eighteen minutes. Taking only rare bathroom breaks and with at least 10 people present at all times, the pastor preached from…
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Beth Tillack wasn’t happy when her son made the honor roll at Pasco Middle School in Pasco County, FL. What’s the problem? He had a “C” and a “D” on his report card. "The bottom line is there is nothing honorable about making a D," Tillack said. "I was not happy, because how can I get my child to study…
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The CEO of a $2 trillion investment fund said a letter from his ten-year-old daughter was the main reason that he decided to leave his high power position. Mohamed El-Erian left his job after his daughter wrote to him about all 22 milestones in her life that he missed because of his work. He said the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 116 views
When Mary Jane Ponten, who has cerebral palsy, first searched for Bible study resources for people with intellectual disabilities, she was surprised to learn that there was nothing specifically for her. Rather than be upset, she decided to write the kind of material they need to understand the Bible.…
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Cathy Sadler received a surprise parcel from Miss Twyford, her former teacher—a photocopy of a Mother’s Day card that Sadler’s entire class had signed and given to her on Mother’s Day in 1958. After seeing the card, Sadler said she never realized how much she and her classmates had encouraged their teacher.…
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Parenting does not begin at birth. It begins many months prior. “Previous studies and anecdotes suggested unborn babies are able to learn sounds while still in the womb. Research has suggested newborn babies find sounds from other languages unfamiliar, with babies of English-speaking parents reacting…
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One day when he was 13, Michael Irvin, NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver, decided to ditch school. As punishment, his father brought him to work with him the next day. It was a 14-hour workday, 110-degree heat, with only 15-minute lunch break to eat sardines and crackers. By the end of the day, “Irvin’s…
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What would it be like to live like Jesus? Literally, I mean. What would it be like to follow the law? To abide by both the Old Testament rules and the New Testament principles? Two authors did just that. AJ Jacobs, a cultural Jew, lived for a year according to the standards of the Bible. He wrote about…
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In the 40 years he has been teaching, Bruce Farrer has taken on a special roll each year to give former students a look at their lives from the past. Every year, Farrer asked his 14-year-old English students to write a 10-page letter to their future selves. After they assignment was turned in, Farrer…
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Children are precious. Our responsibility as parents is to rear them in a way pleasing to God. Jenna Krehbiel certainly taught her three-year-old daughter one lesson she remembered. She was with her parents at a Kansas circus when one of the big cats escaped its handlers and entered into the ladies room.…
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What might be the primary purpose of colleges and universities? To see how many national championships they can accumulate? To see who can rank the highest in the annual issue of US News & World Report for Best Colleges? To see who can register the most students? If graduating the students is a high…
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49er head coach Jim Harbaugh learned the power of spinning a situation at an early age. When he was a little kid, the family's motto was "Who's got it better than us?" His dad, Jack, would ask the question and Jim, his brother John and sister Joani would shout in unison, "Nobody!" At the time, they lived…
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A new study suggests that when it comes to teaching difficult subjects, the method of instruction is more important than the teacher. The study headed by Nobel Prize recipient Carl Wieman pitted a highly rated veteran professor using a traditional lecture approach against a graduate student that interacted…
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If you had the opportunity to address intelligent life forms for outer space, what would you say or ask? That is the question posed in an essay contest sponsored by Arizona State University. Lucy Hawking devised the contest to inspire students from the area to explore questions such as: Are we alone…
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The President’s recent visit to the homes of private individuals has a lot of people asking how they can get the attention of the President. John and Sandy Clubb of Beaverdale, Iowa received a presidential visit, and explained how it came about. They told reporters they got a phone call for White House…
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The American family is changing. At least, what Americans consider a family is changing. The Pew Research Center in Washington, DC recently completed a survey of American adults. They found that; 86% say a single parent and child are a family; 80% say an unmarried couple living together with a child…