Dandi daley mackall biography of william shakespeare
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by Dandi Daley Mackall
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Kids should be really encouraged to be a part of community service. The reason I believe this is because the University of Michigan says that “it is common knowledge that volunteers get much more out of their service experience than they expect.”Sometimes kids really need to get their hands dirty to see how rewarding community service can be! Community service can really be a better teaching tool than sitting in a classroom. Kids learn more if they actually dosomething.
Community service has made huge differences in student's motivation and in communities. Researcher Diane Hedin indicates,“the biggest problem students must overcome in school is a lack of motivation” (Hedin 1989) If a student is dreading school because “it's boring”, that can be changed! Get the students involved! Kids like to feel needed! They like to know that they did something that someone would appreciate. “One of the most effective ways is by strengthening students’ relationships with their community and helping them become more personally engaged in their education through national service ( http://sitemaker.umich.edu/
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Dandi Daley Mackall shares some of the inspiration behind the writing of the Flipside books, including the 2017 ECPA Christian Book Award Winner, Jonah and the Fish . For a limited time, you can get Jonah and the Fish for 50% off at Tyndale.com . Sale ends 5/31/17.
One of my favorite lazy things to do is lie on the couch and daydream. But I doubt that my daydreaming is typical. It’s more like dreaming, but populating the dream with people I want to think about.
So a while ago, I was engaging in my guided daydreaming, and I dreamed I died. (I warned you it’s not the typical daydream.) But I got to go to heaven. An angel stood at the gate and invited me in. “Where would you like to go, Dandi?”
Without hesitation, I said, “I’d like to see the library, please.”
The angel led me to an enormous library with shelves as far as I could see. I spent a glorious day or week or year . . . (no time in eternity) reading masterpieces of literature—Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Dickens, Emily Dickinson, as well as many Tyndale House books and even a few of my own.
But the angel must have noticed my disappointment because he asked, “What’s wrong, Dandi?”
“Nothing!” I insisted, because, after all, this was heaven. Yet I didn’t want to lie. “Okay. Don’t get me wrong. These