Family is Everything
Family is Everything By Dr. Marcia Davis-Dawkins Holidays are centered around family. I have always been a person who loves and enjoys being with family. When I was growing up, one of my friends said that "I wasn’t a family person” simply because I didn’t grow up with...
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? By Marcia Davis-Dawkins In a world where we can be anything that we want, I strongly believe that we should strive to be KIND! Kindness seems to be a word that is disappearing from our vocabulary and dare I say the world. It’s so easy...
One Step At a Time
One Step At a Time By Dr. Marcia Davis-Dawkins I recently saw a student taking the steps to go to the second floor and he was taking them two by two. I saw catastrophe heading his way, so I quickly told him to take one step at a time. I began to use this as a lesson...
Is the Teacher an Expert?
Is the Teacher an Expert? By Dr. Marcia Davis-Dawkins Who is an expert? An expert is a person who has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of a skill in a particular area. Can it be said then, that a teacher is an expert in education? Do we have a...
Peace in the Midst of the Storm
Peace in the Midst of the Storm By Dr. Marcia Davis-Dawkins As educators have you ever entered a classroom where there is total chaos? I have on several occasions and at times (if I want to be totally honest), I do feel like I want to run, hide and go away from the...
Fear
By Dr. Marcia Davis-Dawkins In his First Inaugural Address, Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) said; “ The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” I found myself thinking about that quote recently when I was enlisted to present professional development to a group...
Bloom Where You Are Planted
By Dr. Marcia Davis-Dawkins I have often heard the expression, “Bloom where you are planted”, but never fully really thought about it until a few months ago. This expression might mean different things to different people. For me, it could means that even when...
Giving Back
Giving Back I was recently privileged to participate in an amazing philanthropist’s foundation, the purpose of which was to give back to the people of the home where she was born and raised. Like most people that I know, this woman grew up in an environment in which...
Reading, A Thing of the Past?
Reading, A Thing of the Past? By Dr. Marcia Davis-Dawkins Reading takes you places; unfortunately, as a little girl my trips were limited because I didn’t enjoy reading as much as I should. Why didn’t I like to read? Maybe I didn’t have books I like to read or maybe I...
Emotions/Feeling
Emotions/Feelings By Dr. Marcia Davis-Dawkins Please Read My Poem on Emotions! Sadness and Happiness Brave Fabulous Talented Lonely and more ... https://grassrootsedu.net/power-of-words/...
Serve With Gladness
Serve With Gladness By Dr. Marcia Davis-Dawkins “Sweep streets so well that all hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, “Here lived a great sweeper who did his job well,” articulated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This encourages us to work diligently in whatever...
Rise Above
Rise Above By Marcia Davis-Dawkins The space around us can sometimes be so cold and cruel. It seems that most times, we tend to want to sit and wallow in self-pity and crawl into a space and hope that we are not noticed. Many of us need to reach for positivity and...