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Attention: Calling All Teachers

September 26th, 2007 at 11:10 am » Comments (0)

In addition to asking everyone to help me pass forward a special YouTube video showing the ripple effect my fifth grade teacher made on me, I have more goodies for ...more »

Passing a YouTube Video Forward

September 21st, 2007 at 8:07 am » Comments (11)

The Ask! Ask! Ask! article from two days ago generated such a great response that led me to Peggy Collin's very helpful, "Ten Ways to Ask for Help Without Feeling ...more »

Bringing Back "The Purple Stapler" Story

August 20th, 2007 at 7:41 pm » Comments (0)

While I was reorganizing and editing the manuscript of That's Right Stephen! this evening, I came across the poignant story of the missing purple stapler, written by Miss Dennis, a ...more »

Photo from the National Leeza Talk Show

October 31st, 2006 at 6:51 am » Comments (0)

I was going through a box of old photos and found these. Can you guess which stories from this blog these photos are affiliated with? I had completely forgotten I ...more »

Would the Real Parents Stand Up - Another Teacher Blog

October 20th, 2006 at 8:19 am » Comments (0)

Lately I've been passionate about helping teachers around the world be heard because of the tremendous amount of adversity they face on their jobs. Not long ago, I came upon Mr. ...more »

Speak the Encouraging Word - by a California Teacher

October 10th, 2006 at 6:57 am » Comments (0)

These days I've been busy canvassing blogs by school teachers around the world. While sorting through them, I was surprised to discover that a large majority of them blog anonymously ...more »

The Purple Stapler - A Story by a Teacher from the Bronx

October 6th, 2006 at 5:56 pm » Comments (0)

The last few days I've been visiting blogs written for and by teachers across the nation. The more I read about their experiences, the more I learn just how much ...more »

The First Time I Ever Went on a National Talk Show

July 7th, 2006 at 7:52 am » Comments (1)

My all time favorite story I get to tell over and over again in my speaking engagements is the power of 3 words that was uttered by my fifth grade ...more »

Sometimes We Find Courage When Under Fire: Facing the School Bully

April 25th, 2006 at 9:03 am » Comments (4)

After hearing those three words THAT’S RIGHT STEPHEN! , life as I knew it was never the same. It put me directly in the path of discovering courage I never ...more »

How a Fifth Grade Teacher Forever Changed My Life with Three Words

April 23rd, 2006 at 4:49 pm » Comments (16)

(Continued from a previous story) A large woman with salt and pepper hair, and twinkling brown eyes, Mrs. Jordan, my fifth grade teacher, had a voice that boomeranged off the walls ...more »

My Earliest Experience with Adversity in Elementary School

April 18th, 2006 at 12:52 pm » Comments (6)

For the next few days I'm going to share some of my adversity experiences and I thought I would start with my early days at Blue Creek Elementary School, Latham, ...more »