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Monday Miyagi

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by mr.herrman on February 8, 2010

This week’s Monday Miyagi relates Benjamin Franklin’s 13 Virtues. The majority of the text below comes from the artofmanliness.com – Enjoy! Benjamin Franklin is an American legend. He single handily invented the idea of the “self-made man.” Despite being born into a poor family and only receiving two years of formal schooling, Franklin became a [...]

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by mr.herrman on February 1, 2010

This week’s Monday Miyagi is a vintage commercial featuring Mr. Parker. Enjoy!

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by mr.herrman on January 25, 2010

Today’s Monday Miyagi is c/o The New York Times and is a “Modern Miyagi” — a lesson for today’s digital world. In addition to the privacy setting suggestions in the article below, I would also encourage all of our students and parents to be mindful of what you choose to post on FB. From status [...]

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by mr.herrman on January 19, 2010

Today’s Monday Miyagi is c/o of Mr. Tom Callos and is titled: “Martial Arts Philosophy in Under 45 Seconds”. Enjoy!

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by mr.herrman on January 11, 2010

In honor of my next trip to ProMac at the end of this week I am sharing a recent post from Mr. Kovar for our Monday Miyagi. Enjoy! You Can Judge a Person’s Character by the Way They Treat the People Least Important to Them To my knowledge, Chuck Norris’ last theatrical release was back [...]

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by mr.herrman on January 4, 2010

This week’s Monday Miyagi is c/o of Mark’s Daily Apple. Enjoy! It’s a Journey, Not a Race. The scent of desperate, hopeful sweat is in the air, and everywhere you look, folks sporting brand spanking new exercise gear and a list full of resolutions lie to themselves. They keep up the charade for a couple [...]

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by mr.herrman on December 28, 2009

This week’s Monday Miyagi is all about goal-setting. I am a BIG believer in setting goals and believe that it is one of the big keys to the achievements I have made in my life. There are many different methods of goal setting — whatever method you choose, set goals and work to achieve them. [...]

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This week’s Monday Miyagi is a challenge: Day 1 of the AMA 12 Day Fitness Challenge. I would like to challenge all students (parents & siblings are encouraged to join as well) to complete 1 exercise every day while we are closed for winter break (12/21/09-1/1/10). You can take off 2 days (ex: Sundays, or [...]

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by mr.herrman on December 14, 2009

This week’s Monday Miyagi is c/o The Franklin Institute and begins a series of Monday Miyagi’s about the mental benefits of physical exercise. Enjoy!Physical Exercise for a Better BrainMost of us know that physical exercise is good for our general health, but did you know that physical exercise is also good for your brain? If [...]

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by mr.herrman on December 7, 2009

The Man in the Arena “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and [...]

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