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Mr. Nixon"s Words of Wisdom

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MAKING SENSE OF MIDDLE SCHOOL--Mr. Nixon taught 7th and 8th graders for thirteen years in the Churchville-Chili School District, a suburb of Rochester, NY. During that time, he wrote and delivered twice-weekly messages to the school community aimed at helping students make sense of the middle school experience. Topics included dealing with change, being a good friend, handling conflict and building self worth. With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Mr. Nixon has stepped forward to bring helpful

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Room Entry

Mr. Nixon"s Words of Wisdom ·

2020/04/29

How many times a week do you enter a room where there are already people talking? A lot I bet. Here are three possible scenarios for your entrance.First, everyone drops what they are doing, jumps up, hugs you and tells you how glad they are to see you, That’s a keeper---rare, but a keeper.Second, everyone pretty much appears to keep on doing what they were doing, There’s an occasional, “hi, how’s it going?” This one happens all the time and everyone settles into a nice comfortable silence.Third,

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Women's Humor

Mr. Nixon"s Words of Wisdom ·

2020/04/29

I have four young grandchildren and I can guarantee you one thing about them; they all have a sense of humor and love to laugh. In fact, a desire to laugh is one of the things we all share as human beings. We don’t all think the same things are funny, but we all think something is. Since this is Women’s History Month, I decided to devote my words this morning to women who have made me laugh over the years.The first really funny woman I remember is Lucille Ball. She and her husband Desi Arnez

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Valentine's Day

Mr. Nixon"s Words of Wisdom ·

2020/04/29

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, the day we celebrate romantic love. Most of you will experience romantic love at least once in your life. It is a thrilling and wonderful experience, as Joni Mitchell describes it, “that dizzy dancing way you feel”; but it’s not really the most important form of love in the world. In the movie, “Groundhog Day,” the lead character Phil the weatherman lives the same day over and over again. What saves him from the spell is not his love for his girlfriend; but his

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Equality

Mr. Nixon"s Words of Wisdom ·

2020/04/29

Susan B. Anthony once said, “If one of us is not equal, none of us is free.” Her statement reflects two things I believe in completely. First, that we are all connected and second that only if we are equal are we truly free to be whom we strive to be.As any teacher knows, each person or student is unique, but there is much more that unites us than divides us. Linda Ellerbe writes, “People are pretty much alike. It's only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our

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1:40

Heroes

Mr. Nixon"s Words of Wisdom ·

2020/04/29

As we turn the corner towards winter, only a week away, it’s a good time to look at what we’re doing here. Sometimes we feel like we’re putting in time until the next vacation, just two weeks away. Other times we are highly motivated either by an exciting project or the prospect of an upcoming exam. The give and take of education is a wonderful experience much of the time and incredibly important to our town, our state, our country and the world.Mister Rogers, in his collection, “The World

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1:39

Honesty Mirror

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2020/04/29

Last time I talked about self respect and respect for other people. Our ability to get along with others depends on our ability to get along with ourselves. One of the key ingredients in that process is honesty. If you are doing things that make you feel worse about yourself, and hiding them, then you are not likely to be getting along very well with others.John McKay, the legendary basketball coach, said, “I am a big believer in the 'mirror test.' All that matters is if you can look in the

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A Gratitude Words

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2020/04/29

The Rolling Stones recorded a song back in the 60’s that went, “You can’t always get what you want, but if you try some times, you just might find, you get what you need.” I interpret that lyric to mean, when you don’t get your way, you better find a way to deal with it. For me, the best way to counteract a loss or a disappointment is to focus on what I do have. Some people call this an attitude of gratitude.When I was a kid and I was struggling to finish my dinner, it happened on the rare

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Pooh Reading Value

Mr. Nixon"s Words of Wisdom ·

2020/04/29

Welcome back. I like three day weekends. This one was especially nice for me because I got to visit my 11 week old granddaughter Sidney. It’s nice to be surrounded by baby things. On my way home I heard a story on NPR that said yesterday marked the 80th anniversary of the book, “House at Pooh Corner,” by A. A. Milne. You may not have read this book, but I’m sure you’re familiar with the characters: Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eyore and, of course, Christopher Robin. The Disney studios

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1:42

Quirky Families

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2020/04/29

Welcome back from the Thanksgiving Holiday. I hope you ate too much, slept too long and did less work than you planned. If you did, you had a successful break in my book.For me, Thanksgiving always brings back memories of family. I know family is a hard thing to generalize about, because there are so many different shapes and sizes of families, but let me try to describe what I believe to be true about families, and you decide how my observations fit your family.For better or worse, families are

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1:43

Student Death - Matt Gnage

Mr. Nixon"s Words of Wisdom ·

2020/04/29

I had the pleasure this weekend to watch my daughter, my youngest child graduate from Physicians Assistant School at George Washington University in Washington D.C. It was one of those peak experiences in life, some call them mountain top experiences. It seemed that all the hard work my wife and I put in as parents and all the hard work my daughter put in as a student were highlighted in a joyful celebration.When I returned to town yesterday I learned about the tragic death of Matt Gnage, a seventh

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1:56

Family Birthday Words

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2020/04/29

Today is my father’s birthday. If he were still alive, he would be 94 years old. Today is also my daughter, Jessica’s birthday. She is 33 years old today. When she arrived on my dad’s birthday, we decided to name her after him—her middle name is Nora, my dad’s name was Norman. Jessica Nora is up visiting this weekend from her home outside of Philadelphia. She brought Sidney with her, her 2 month old daughter, a beautiful little girl.The reason I mention this family stuff is because I believe

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Women's Humor Wisdom

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2020/04/29

I asked a professional friend of mine, who is a woman, what she thought the greatest importance of the women’s movement is. She didn’t hesitate in saying, “empowerment---giving women the ability to succeed at multiple opportunities.” In her next breath she added, “Of course, empowerment can be a very heavy burden for many women. They want to be the good girl, the good daughter, the good wife and the good professional all at once. Not being able to do all those things perfectly can lead to a lot of

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Women's Friendship

Mr. Nixon"s Words of Wisdom ·

2020/04/29

I was listening to a radio program the other day interviewing a female author who had pretended to be a man in order to write a book about the differences between the sexes. She had some interesting observations, particularly when it came to friendships. She noted that the “guy” kind of relationship, the buddy in the bar or the bowling alley or the sports bar seems to be a very comfortable and easy model for many men. There is little distrust of one another and an easy bonding. For women,

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Asking for Help

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2020/04/29

I’m afraid I come by this characteristic quite naturally. First, I’m a man and second I had a father as a role model who was a champion at this shortcoming. I hate to ask for help. In its most simple, harmless form, it might cost me a few extra minutes because I don’t want to stop and ask for help. The GPS was invented for people like. In its more extreme forms, not asking for help can be very troublesome and can turn a small problem into a major catastrophe.I’ve been out the last couple of

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1:52

"Peanuts" Trust

Mr. Nixon"s Words of Wisdom ·

2020/04/29

Words of Wisdom, 11/3/08Tomorrow is Election Day in the United States. I guess you would have had to be living in a cave to have missed that fact. It seems to me that this election cycle has been going on forever. In fact, it has been in full swing for more than a year-and-a-half. The French system of a six week campaign begins to seem pretty good.A lot has been written about the importance of voting. To the registered voters who are listening, exercise your right as a citizen. Vote tomorrow

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1:54

Betty Friedan

Mr. Nixon"s Words of Wisdom ·

2020/04/29

I have seen a dramatic change in the role of women during my lifetime. My mother and women of her generation were primarily homemakers, mothers and tenders of the family. That certainly was the model in the 1950’s and didn’t really start to change until the early 1960’s when feminist writers broke on to the scene to shatter the status quo. One such person was Betty Friedan whose 1963 book The Feminine Mystique described the unhappy lives of women caught in the stereotypical roles of the times.

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1:39

Thanksgiving Words

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2020/04/29

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, a holiday which seems uniquely American with its history of Pilgrims, Indians and Plymouth Rock. The history that we will celebrate tomorrow is our own, but the need to be grateful and to express our thanks is as human as it gets. Native Americans give thanks for their connectedness to the Great Spirit. Muslims all over the world fall to their knees and praise Allah. Christians give thanks in the form of a prayer, known as a grace. What is so universal about giving

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1:43

Women Helping Others

Mr. Nixon"s Words of Wisdom ·

2020/04/29

Today is the first day of spring. I know it doesn’t seem much like spring out there today, but this is only the beginning. Three months from now, we’ll be greeting summer, walking out the door and enjoying our personal time of rejuvenation.But now it’s March 20th, cold gray and windy. It’s no coincidence that we celebrate Women’s History Month in March. Women’s History in this country has moved women from bleak hopelessness to the promise of a better day, from the blustery early days of spring

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Miracle Worker

Mr. Nixon"s Words of Wisdom ·

2020/04/29

My words today are a sandwich really. Yesterday’s Women’s History Month Quiz answer is half the sandwich. Tomorrow’s St. Patrick’s Day Irish tradition is the other half. The two people I’m talking about spent many years together and have had many moving words written and performed about their lives. One of them, yesterday’s quiz answer has her words of wisdom on the walls of our school. Her quote goes something like, “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” Those are Helen

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Spring Second Chances

Mr. Nixon"s Words of Wisdom ·

2020/04/29

We’re in our final week before Spring Break and the forecast highs tomorrow are near 70. We can just about feel the breezes of summer. Next to the first day of school in September, this is my favorite day of the year. Why? Because everything is possible in these last ten weeks. Even if you’ve made a fine mess of the first thirty weeks, you’ve got another chance to succeed.David Wilkerson believes, “One of the most tragic words in any language is SOMEDAY! He says, “It sums up the unfulfilled

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