Can a disadvantage be an advantage? And, can an advantage be a disadvantage? The Biblical story of David and Goliath is a story that proves both of those can be true. In David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell explores various cases in life where the underdog often succeeds because of a disadvantage. David and Goliath by Malcolm GladwellThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged nonfiction on August 14, 2020 by Sarah Anne Carter
Breakthrough is the story of a miracle. A teenage boy falls through the ice into a lake and is submerged for 20 minutes. He has no heartbeat for an hour. Yet, less than a month after the accident, he walks out of the hospital with no signs of trauma anywhere on or in his body. Breakthrough by Joyce SmithThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged faith nonfiction on August 26, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter
I would highly recommend Go See the Principal to every school staff member and parent with a child in school. While you will laugh, you will also learn or be reminded of several key aspects of how we can all work together for the best interests of the children. Go See the Principal by Gerry BrooksThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged nonfiction on August 19, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter
3 “Consider first who your child is, how she learns, where she shines. Education is one of several tools to be placed in a box of resources of preparation; it’s not the container of all potential, all destiny, all future. You child is the container.” Parenting is hard and one of […] Raising an Original by Julie Lyles CarrThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged nonfiction parenting Religious on February 20, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter