Self-Action Leadership Model: A Construction Metaphor

I have always been fascinated by construction. When I was growing up, my Dad was, among many other things, a general contractor. From ages three to seven, I was the ultimate “Daddy’s Boy,” and eagerly followed Dad around wherever he went, especially when our excursions involved trucks, heavy equipment, power tools, lumber, and concrete or mortar. My interest in construction principles and processes remains alive and well to this day.

An Era-Shifting Speech on Education (III)

PART 4: The Miracle of SAL in Underprivileged Communities

Unfortunately, SAL principles are often most shunned in those sectors of society where it is most needed. Worse still, some parents and leaders of students in these same sectors actually perpetuate the problem. From some so-called Civil Rights leaders who primarily promote grievance over proactivity and possibility, to parents who instill seeds of failure by negatively affirming their own child’s lack of worth, our nation too often fails our students who are most vulnerable to negative peer pressure, and most at risk of sliding into lifestyles that perpetuate intergenerational poverty.