School life, like family and work life, comes with a familiar assortment of common issues. […]
Category: The Rules
Malcolm GauldRule #24 – Don’t Take Yourself Too Seriously
Whereas Rule #19 demands that we not take things personally, this one asks us to […]
Rule #23 – You Don’t Get Something for Nothing
Here’s another one of those adages that rolls off the tongue so often that we […]
Rule #22 – Raise Yourself in Your Own Eyes
My philosophy of education can be summarized in two quotes. The first – in both […]
Rule #21 – Find Someone to Make You Do What You Can
This one comes from a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Our chief want in life […]
Rule #20 – Don’t Play Small
If I could improve upon the words of Marianne Williamson, I would. But I can’t. […]
Rule #19 – Don’t take it personally.
At the Hyde Schools, we are expected both to offer and to receive constructive criticism […]
Rule #18 – Leave It Better Than You Found It
Each February the Hyde-Bath basketball team and fans descend upon the Augusta Civic Center (ACC) […]
Rule #17 – Act your way into feeling (NOT vice-versa)
The Cult of Self-esteem rests on the assumption that if kids feel good about themselves, […]
#16: Got Humility?
When I was young, humility was a tough sell. Maybe it’s because when you’re a […]