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“We put a huge premium on body language, and if your body language is bad you will never get in the game…EVER!” These are the words of Geno Auriemma, Head Women’s Basketball Coach, UConn, the man that has led his team to 11 national championships. He claims that recruiting “enthusiastic” “upbeat” kids is tougher today than ever. The reason is that …
Chance the Rapper (Chancelor Johnathan Bennett), fresh off of winning three Grammy Awards had a sit-down meeting with Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner about the $215 million budget deficit at Chicago Public Schools. After his meeting, Chance was not satisfied, saying, “The governor gave me a lot of vague answers in our meeting.” He went on to add a memorandum to the …
During a basketball game at Lincoln Middle School in Kenosha, Wisconsin, a cheerleader with Downs Syndrome was being picked on by some students in the crowd. Noticing this atrocious behavior, three basketball players walked off the court and addressed the issue head on. They told the students to knock it off and would not continue the game until the bullying …
Members of one small town came together to support one of their own residents, Muharrem, who is hearing-impaired. The residents secretly spent a month learning sign language and then spent a morning surprising Muharrem with all that they learned. Everyone signed their communications to Muharrem. Watch the video below to see how it all unfolded and how Muharrem responded. Joe’s …
On February 1st, Milo Yiannopoulos was scheduled to speak at the University of California Berkeley. He was invited by the Young Republicans, a conservative student group on campus. Milo is a very controversial figure who was born and raised in Great Britain. He is very opinionated on feminism, abortion, race relations and politics in general. He is a self-described “troll” …
Barry White, Jr. is an elementary teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. He greets each of his 40 5th grade students with a personalized handshake that is all their own. This is a teacher who believes in the importance of building relationships with students. He believes in connection. “Before I’m able to deliver a substantial amount of content to them they have …
Two college sophomores, Kylee McGrane and Maggie McAndrew, were home on winter break watching the movie, Frozen. Noting their own resemblance to the princesses in the movie, they asked the question, “What if?” What if we dressed up like princesses and went to pediatric wards at hospitals to cheer up children? Their 2014 conversation turned into action in 2015. The two …
John Sweeney had a dream as a child to help people. He didn’t know how he was going to do it. However, a couple of years ago, he began a social movement called, “suspended coffee.” He partnered with a local coffee shop to allow a customer to buy a “suspended” cup of coffee. This “suspended” cup of coffee could later be …
There is this great video that I watched last week that I call the “video of the year.” It is 13 minutes long, but well worth the view. Simon Sinek asserts that Millennials are selfish, lazy, unfocused and “entitled.” He says this generation is hard to manage. To put it into my language, they lack character, social skills and leadership …
This is a feel-good story to start out the new year. Three daughters in the Evenson Family anxiously wait by the window each week for the garbage men to arrive. It’s not because they like to see their trash picked up. Nope. They just like waiving at the nice smiling garbage men – Brandon and Taylor. So, 5-year-old Grace, 3-year-old …
