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Showing posts with label
character
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Saturday, February 1, 2014
Excellence as a Means, not an End
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Two months ago a distinguished group of eleven educators from independent schools around New England spent three days on the Rivers camp...
Monday, November 25, 2013
Success v. Meaning
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I was talking last week to a 2013 Rivers graduate who is doing a gap year before she attends an Ivy League college. She spent two months i...
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Friday, October 4, 2013
Traffic Duty in the Morning
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So why do I direct traffic in the morning? There is a serious answer to this question, and the answer reflects the school’s educational ...
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Service Above and Beyond
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One of my most deeply held beliefs is that if we graduate students from Rivers who are great academicians, great athletes, or grea...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
How Children Succeed: The Importance of Grit and Character
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I just finished reading How Children Succeed by Paul Trough. I was looking forward to the book because its thesis that "grit,...
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