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Why Bother With Mental Wellness? We all understand that personal hygiene matters greatly and if neglected, others suffer. If our breath is bad and we open our mouths to speak, a friend will offer us a mint while a stranger will simply lean away from us. Sitting down next to someone with strong body odor…

Why Bother Learning How To Work Together? One of the reasons I like teaching fourth grade is because I get to teach Idaho history. Every year I find something new to aid my teaching of this subject and this year was no different. At the bottom of my filing cabinet, I pulled out a curriculum…

Why Bother To Direct Our Focus I have a friend with a green thumb. No matter where she’s lived, or the circumstances of her life, she cultivates the ground around her home and always plants a garden that results in color and beauty. Her specialties include a collection of bachelor’s buttons, bee balm, blacked eyed…

Why Bother to Keep on Learning? I have been a teacher in some form or another for a long time. When my sons were young, I taught them the common courtesy of saying “please,” and “thank you,” as well as how to chew with their mouths closed. I modeled how to pick up behind themselves,…