Hugging a Porcupine
Published on Jul 26, 2017
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The care and treatment of Porcupines
rob miller, viewfromtheedge.net, Twitter @edgeblogger
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Last year, 1.2 million U.S. students dropped out of high school.
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Almost 2,000 high schools across America graduate less than 60% of their students.
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In the U.S., high school dropouts commit about 75% of crimes
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On average, 3,500 teenagers attempt suicide every day in America
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Children haven't changed...
Childhood has.
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“Love one another and you will be happy. It’s as simple and as difficult as that.” - Michael Leunig
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What you tell me about a student tells me more about you than the student.
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Students do as well as they CAN...
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understanding porcupines
- Learn the porcupines warning signs
- Keep your quills in
- Respect the porcupines boundaries
- Consider the porcupines real needs and fears
understanding porcupines
- Find the soft spot
- Pay attention
- Try to speak porcupine
- Share with the porcupine
- Keep a safe distance
understanding porcupines
- Deflect an attack with kindness
- Learn when to back off
- Give them refuge
- Deal with feelings first, then the problem
- Don’t blame
- Abandon the useless ambition to be right
Proverbs 16:24 "Gracious words are honeycomb; sweet to the soul and healing to the bones."
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