Schools need Toastmasters

Programs like Toastmasters in schools are needed to save free speech (Part One).       I have been a Toastmasters member for a little over four years, but it was only recently that I realized how desperately we need this program in schools, offices, community...

Egos and Self-Esteem

Self-esteem is a buzz word everywhere, especially in the classroom. Yet what does it really mean? I believe self-esteem and ego are having an identity crisis. Watch any worthwhile team sports movie like Coach Carter and Remember the Titans and you see it play out the...

Social Media a 76% purchase rate?

Social media has a 76% potential customer purchase rate And they are inviting you to engage them! Dear business owner: Imagine if you had a chance to listen to private conversations of potential customers legally and ethically. Well imagine no more as this is what...

Your child is a brat!

Your child is a brat! I have heard this from many other teachers, and they call home, recite the same phrase and wonder why they never see any results. I was once like those teachers as I tried to redirect some anger and frustration at the parents. But to a teacher...

A teacher’s burden

A teacher’s burden: it’s not just the students; it’s everything else Sometimes I wonder if I am a teacher or a secretary. In the first few years of teaching, my principal would observe my class every other day and he observed not just the teacher but the students as...
James Pesutich