Every child should taste success! Honest Character word of the month: September August No one deserves to fail.   Every child should taste success! Definition of HONEST 1 a : free from fraud or deception : legitimate, truthful <an honest plea> b : genuine, real <making honest stops at stop signs — Christian Science Monitor> c : humble, plain <good honest food> 2 a : reputable, respectable <honest decent people> b chiefly British : good, worthy 3 : creditable, praiseworthy <an honest day's work> 4 a : marked by integrity b : marked by free, forthright, and sincere expression :

Every child should taste success! Character word of the month: Honest August September Courteous August No one deserves to fail.   Every child should taste success! “If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.” Francis Bacon “Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success. Philip Guedalla Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time. Thomas J. Watson Retrieved July, 2013 from: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/courteous.html and http://www.worldofquotes.com/topic/Courtesy/1/index.html

Every child should taste success! Honest Character word of the month: September No one deserves to fail.   Every child should taste success! DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. How many lies do you get to tell before you are a liar? 2. Do you consider yourself to be an honest person? Why? 3. What would you do if you found $10,000 on the shelf beneath an ATM machine and nobody saw you find it? 4. People often rationalize their own dishonesty by saying, "That’s the way the world is, so why should I be different?" What do you think of this reasoning? 5. Is there anything wrong with a "small" lie to parents or friends to keep from upsetting them? 6. One girl in a teen discussion said she doesn't count little lies as lies. How do you feel about that idea? 7. When people are dishonest with you, how does it make you feel? 8. What is your definition of an honest person? 9. How important is it to you that your friends be honest? 10. If you discover your classmates are cheating on an important exam, does that make it okay for you to cheat, too? 11. It’s been said that cheating is just another form of lying. Do you agree? 12. What risks are involved in being honest? What risks are involved in being dishonest? How do you benefit from being an honest person? 13. What does honesty have to do with your character? Retrieved July, 2013 from: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=472