And then I heard the father talk.

Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads. You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth.
In fact you will never get any kind of job making a decent living. People marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education, and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around.
The lower economic people are not holding up their end in this deal.

These people are not parenting. They are buying things for kids. $500 sneakers for what ? ?
And they won't spend $200 for Hooked on Phonics.

I am talking about these people who cry when their son is standing there in an orange suit.

Where were you when he was  2 ? ?

Where were you when he was 12 ? ?

Where were you when he was 18 and how come you didn't know that he had a pistol ? ?

And where is the father ? ? Or who is his father ? or do you even know ? ?

People putting their clothes on backward:
Isn't that a sign of something gone wrong?

People with their hats on backward, pants down around the crack, isn't that a sign of something ?

Or are you waiting for Jesus to pull his pants up?

Isn't it a sign of something when she has her dress all the way up and got all type of needles [piercing] going through her body?

What part of Africa did this come from??

We are not Africans. Those people are not Africans; they don't know a thing about Africa .

With names like Shaniqua, Taliqua and Mohammed and all of that crap, and all of them are in jail.

Brown or black versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem.

We have got to take the neighborhood back.
People used to be ashamed. Today a woman has eight children with eight different
 or men or whatever you call them now.

We have millionaire football players who cannot read.
We have million-dollar basketball players who can't write two paragraphs.
We, as black folks have to do a better job. Someone working at Wal-Mart with seven kids, you are hurting us.

We have to start holding each other to a higher standard.
We cannot blame the white people any longer.'
                     Dr. William Henry 'Bill' Cosby, Jr., Ed.D.
 

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Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he did not play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. In addition, Teddy could be unpleasant. It got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and then putting a big "F" at the top of his papers.

At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child's past records and she put Teddy's off until last. However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise.

Teddy's first grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners… he is a joy to be around.."

His second grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is an ex cellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle."

Hi s third grade teacher wrote, "His mother's death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best, but his father doesn't show much interest, and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren't taken."

Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is withdrawn and doesn't show much interest in school. He doesn't have many friends and he sometimes sleeps in class."

By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when her students brou ght her Christmas presents, wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper, except for Teddy's. His present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper that he got from a grocery bag. Mrs. Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one-quarter full of perfume. But she stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on he r wrist. Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just long enough to say, "Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used to."

After the children left, she cried for at l east an hour. On that very day, she quit teaching reading, writing and arithmetic. Instead, she began to teach children. Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class and, despite her lie that she would love all the children the same, Teddy became one of her "teacher's pets.."

A year later, she found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling her that she was the best teacher he ever had in his whole life.

Six years went by before she got another note from Teddy. He then wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in life.

Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times, he'd stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. He assured Mrs. Thompson that she was still the best and favorite teacher he had ever had in his whole life.

Then four more years passed and yet another letter came. This time he explained that after he got his bachelor's degree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little longer….

Isn't this a wonderful story? Pass it on to all your friends………and
GOD BLESS YOU!!!!
This is a true story; it happened at the University of Maryland
 

1. Pray

2. Go to bed on time.

3. Get up on time so you can start the day unrushed.

4. Say No to projects that won't fit into your time schedule, or that will compromise your mental health

5. Delegate tasks to capable others.

6. Simplify and unclutter your life.

7. Less is more. (Although one is often not enough, two are often too many.)

8. Allow extra time to do things and to get to places.

9. Pace yourself. Spread out big changes and difficult projects over time; don't lump the hard things all together.

10. Take one day at a time.

11. Separate worries from concerns . If a situation is a concern, find out what God would have you do and let go of the anxiety. If you can't do anything about a situation, forget it .

12. Live within your budget; don't use credit cards for ordinary purchases.

13. Have backups; an extra car key in your wallet, an extra house key buried in the garden, extra stamps, etc.

14 K.M.S. (Keep Mouth Shut). This single piece of advice can prevent an enormous amount of trouble.

15. Do something for the Kid in You everyday.

16. Carry a Bible with you to read while waiting in line.

17. Get enough rest.

18. Eat right.

19. Get organized so everything has its place.

20. Listen to a tape while driving that can help improve your quality of life.

21. Write down thoughts and inspirations.

22. Every day, find time to be alone.

23. Having problems? Talk to God on the spot. Try to nip small problems in the bud. Don't wait until it's time to go to bed to try and pray.

24. Make friends with Godly people.

25. Keep a folder of favorite scriptures on hand.

26. Remember that the shortest bridge between despair and hope is often a good "Thank you Jesus."

27. Laugh.

28. Laugh some more!

29. Take your work seriously, but not yourself at all.

30. Develop a forgiving attitude (most people are doing the best they can).

31. Be kind to unkind people (they probably need it the most).

32. Sit on your ego.

33. Talk less; listen more.

34 Slow down.

35. Remind yourself that you are not the general manager of the universe.

36 Every night before bed, think of one thing you're grateful for tha t you've never been grateful for before. GOD HAS A WAY OF TURNING THINGS AROUND FOR YOU. "If God is for us, who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31)

My instructions were to send this to four people. I decided to send it FORWARD here.

1.       Whip It: Motivational change can be achieved by whipping yourself to change your habits and behaviors.

2.       Motivational Carrots: Rewards of carrots at landmarks upon reaching milestones

We have to be careful about what is negative about the habit when we use the whip. Negative can be reinforced like stopping smoking and going to the cancer ward in a hospital.

Positive reinforcement is achieved by images and experiences like taking your dream motorcycle for a test drive as a visual reward for achieving your goal of stopping smoking (financed by savings from a year or two up in smoke).  You could similarly apply this to a promotion or achieving a certain level of success from home study, etc.

So the idea is to reinforce positive changes by creating intense pain if we don’t change and using the carrot of intense pleasure for when we do change.  The driving force using both pain and pleasure helps us focus on creating positive new habits. Habits are hard to break and it is exciting to break through a barrier to a more successful you.  Naturally you need a certain amount of personal integrity to follow through and the carrot in front of us pulls while the stick behind  we run from.

Two priests decided to go to the beach on vacation.
They were determined to make this a real vacation
escape by not wearing anything that would identify
them as clergy.

As soon as the plane landed they headed for a store
and bought some outrageous shorts, shirts and
sandals. The next morning they went to the beach
dressed in their tourist garb

They were sitting on beach chairs, enjoying a drink,
the sunshine and the scenery when a drop-dead
gorgeous blonde wearing a string bikini came walking
straight towards them.

They couldn't help but stare.

As the blonde passed them she smiled and said, "Good
Morning, Father. Good Morning, Father," nodding and
addressing each of them individually, then she
passed on by.

They were both stunned. How in the world did she
know they were priests?

So the next day, they went back to the store and
bought even more outrageous outfits. These were so
loud you could hear them before you saw them.

Once again, in their new attire, they settled on the
beach in their chairs to enjoy the sunshine. After a
while, the same gorgeous blonde, this time topless
with just a thong bikini, taking her sweet time,
came walking toward them. Again she nodded at each
of them, she said, "Good morning, Father. Good
morning, Father," and started to walk away.

One of the Priests couldn't stand it any longer and
said, "Just a minute young lady."

"Yes, Father? she said.

"We are priests and proud of it, but I have to know,
how in the world did you know we are priests dressed
as we are?"

"Father, it's me, Sister Margaret."

Following the eulogy, the heart opened, and the casket rolled inside. The heart then closed, sealing the doctor in the beautiful heart forever.  At that point, one of the mourners burst into laughter.

When all eyes stared at him, he said, "I'm sorry, I was just thinking of my own funeral …. I'm a gynecologist." The proctologist fainted.

Education Baylor College of Medicine $1,237,200

Arts, Culture, Humanities The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts $1,029,691

Health The Scripps Research Institute $935,933

Public Benefit American Life League $699,857

International Council on Foreign Relations $635,764

Religion Peter Popoff Ministries $628,732

Animals Wildlife Conservation Society $618,101

Human Services United States Golf Association $575,468

Environment The Nature Conservancy $373,038

And then there where at least 60 former inspired executives continue to be paid more than the average CEO. The following depicts the 10 highest paid former executives.

Charity Former Executive Compensation

Boston University Former Provost $1,564,216

University of Pennsylvania Former President $1,032,953

Hockaday School Former Headmistress $724,177

Planned Parenthood Federation of America Former President $555,578

Foundation Fighting Blindness Former Chief Executive Officer $535,000

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Former Executive Director $521,168

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Former President $503,950

Alzheimer's Association, National Office Former President, CEO $451,510

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International Former President, CEO $429,355

Eisenhower Fellowships Former President $416,371

Of course, most charities do not abuse the system. To find out how your charity ranks in the various categories that www.CharityNavigator.org tracks visit them now.