Faculty Notes

Good Afternoon!

Please remember to stop by or drop me an email so we can schedule your end of year meeting. I am looking forward to visiting with each of you over the next couple of weeks.

Pay careful to the events listed on the Faculty Staff Bulletin. We have several things going on which will alter our daily schedule in the coming weeks.

I thought it would be different to end the week with some plain spoken wisdom from one of my favorite authors and humorists, Mark Twain.

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. -- Mark Twain

Doing right is sometimes very difficult. We certainly want to teach our students to do the right and honorable thing, even when it could set them up for rejection. Perhaps we could encourage our kids with these Paradoxical Commandments by Dr. Kent Keith. You may find some inspiration here as well:

1. People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway.

2. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway.

3. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.

4. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

5. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.

6. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway.

7. People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

8. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.

9. People really need help but may attack you if you do help them. Help people anyway.

10. Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway.

Have a great weekend!