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About James H Burns
Since 1977 Jim Burns has been working with students who have learning disabilities and behavioral problems. He has almost 40 years of experience working as an administrator, teacher, college instructor, and seminar leader. He is committed to helping administrators, parents, and teachers establish standards of excellence and help them build successful relationships with their staff, students, and children. He has written and designed The Bully Proof Classroom, a graduate course that is now offered at The College of New Jersey, and La Salle University in Pennsylvania in partnership with The Regional Training Center. This course has been endorsed by the NJEA. He has also written “Anti Bullying 101.” A book that provides teachers, administrators, support staff and parent’s 101 tips on how to achieve permanent help in dealing with unruly behavior and can be used as part of any anti-bullying program. In May of 2015 Jim was awarded the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by Gratz College in recognition of his almost forty years of work in student behavior management and anti bullying. He is available for on sight in-services and keynotes.
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Don't Let The Past Remind Us
The past is the past, right? Wrong. The past can and will dictate the future if we allow ourselves
to be measured based on our failures rather then our successes. Let's face it. We all have failed
or fallen short from time to time. Just because we have failed does not mean we are a failure. It
just means we did the best with what we knew at the time. Parents can do this once they take a
look at the lifestyle or the behavior of their grown children. If you are a parent, take heart: you
did your best with the information you had in the process of raising your children. If you are a
teacher and have had your share of problems and headaches and feel like the funds are low and
the debts are high, don't look back. Don't drive while looking in the rear view mirror; you will
hit a future tree. Gandhi once said, "Be the change we wish to see in the world." What changes
do you want? A kinder and gentler place for kids to come, have fun, and learn? Realize that you
are the one that has the capacity to facilitate the change. Have you goofed up in the past? So
what? The past is the past, so please don't ever let it remind you of what you are now. Let the
past remind you of what the future holds when you finally let go.