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How to Turn Any Disruptive Child Into Your Best Student The ADHD Solution For Teachers

It seemed my advice to my son's teachers about dealing with his issues in the classroom were falling upon deaf ears. The methods in this book are simple, easy to understand and full of common sense. I bought a copy for me and a copy for his primary teacher. I made several notes about what she should do to prevent the behaviors from starting in the first place - so far this is working out very well! Since giving the teacher the book there have only been 2 days when he was reprimanded for less than stellar behavior, and the 2 reprimands were for minor issues. This is a very good tool for use with your child's teacher.

The author did marvellous job as his way of writing is extraordinary. Author did bare description of Islamic norms and women condition in Islam. The book might create biggest controversy as author dared to express his thoughts on Islamic brutality. Author did very keen observation while expressing women psyochology and their attitude regarding harressment. Basically it is a loving story of a couple, where male and female belongs to different religion. Somewhere author described USA bomblast done by terrorists and mean time he favoured the judgement taken by USA Administration against Islamic religious terrorists.

The poems in this book are very good becase they are funny and easy to remember. I recieted "The moon has got his pants on" for my class and they all laughed. Some poetry books can be very boring but this one is lots of fun.

This review first appeared in the "Ephrata (PA) Review."

Calamities every child can identify with-a friend moving away, homesickness at camp, not catching the fly ball that gives the other team the game-are bemoaned in this compendium of 14 light-hearted poems, each by a different poet.

The caricature illustrations are Calvinesque-little kids with big expressions, often bewildered or discomfited, on their faces.

This is a good book for kids who delight in words and who can identify with those awkward and awful moments of life. ... May they be few and far between!

I got this book at a local bookstore, and it's pretty good. It is all about copying your favorite pair of pants and making the next one fit right in the meanwhile. It's got black and white pictures of problem areas, and info on how to spot them and fix them. It's not a typed book, it's all handwritten in a calligraphy kind of way. Still very uniform and easy to read. It's from the 80s, so it's probably hard to find now. I say it's pretty good though, and for about 2 bucks, I can't frown at it. It's good for the money :)

I have played many of the Munchkin series games and own several. The "Munchkin Bites!" set are well balanced and fun play overall, but the Powers mechanic confuses new players. The expansion "Pants Macabre" continues the excellent jokes and silliness of the set with more wandering monsters, monster augmenting or deflating, "dead" items -Parrot (see the Monty Python Parrot sketch), friend, batteries-, some new bats and adds the "Mummy" race. No knockout additions but a good strong suppliment. If you have Bites!, you definately want the Pants!

The UG. books are all dialogues between UG and others that were recorded on various topics. U.G. Krishnamurti is definately a character in the "spiritual" (he dislikes that word associated with him)community.
It is quite difficult to describe him and his system of thought since he doesn't really have one. I will attempt to do so only for the sake of the reader, not that it will be totally accurate since it will still be a label which he would probably himself disagree with. He's part philospher, guru, social commentator, and ironically-an anti-guru.
He seems to be a self realized man. His main attitude about spirituality is that of pointing out the traps of all these spiritual systems and the gimmicks, money making, scamish guru businesses that have existed over time. In short, pointing out the stranglehold that society can create in an individual who has been sucked into the system of always trying to fix yourself, change, improve or naively following a false spiritual teaching only to become more confused than when you started. His books do a lot of bashing. He's not a gentle, passive kind of guy, he's more a negator of man made concepts and their many traps. Mostly he's tearing down ideologies not creating them.
Most of what he says makes for stimulating contemplation. You may not agree with it at first, but he plants a seed in you that germinates later, and makes you question. He even can come across a bit repulsive at first because he's so on the attack always.
UG Krishnamurti is not to be confused with the famous J. Krishnamurti who UG personally knew and criticizes because he felt that although J. Krishnamurti kept claiming the "no guru is necessary" philosophy, UG. felt that he was being hypocritical since his teachings became a bit of a system that was very institutionalized and JK came out with dozens of books and got trapped in his own following, so U.G. Krishnamurti argues that JK. was in essence another self-inflated guru with a gimmicky system.
It's a bit difficult to get a direct positive outcome of U.G. Krishnamurti's teachings because most of the time he's on the negative, discarding mode, however in the discarding process, one can be forced to give up these gimmicks and sytems and learn to just BE once again. Function from a more natural state of BEING instead of DOING practices all the time and always projecting an idea of fixing yourself in the future-which ironically never arrives.
My slight gripe with UG. is that while I on the whole agree very much with what he is saying, there is a way to move in the direction of Self-Knowledge without falling into gimmicks and sytems that trap us. There have been a few very good teachers along the centuries that have warned seekers to investigate their true nature without falling prey to systems and concepts but also gave students more concrete pointers, which UG never really does. However, in his defense he is not claiming to be a Guru. With that said, I still find him to be a very interesting character for ripe seekers who can handle his very iconaclastic, irreverent style.
For "no-nonsense" type "seekers" that enjoy these types of teachings I recommend Nisargadatta Maharaj. His teachings are also very direct, especially the books of his talks that came out after I AM THAT, like 'Consciousness and the Absolute', 'Prior To Consciousness' and 'The Ultimate Medicine' to name just 3. Nisargadatta Maharaj while also being a annhilator of mind made concepts for the spiritual seeker, offers a slightly different tone that is direct yet a bit more practical than UG. He also taught seekers to tenaciously avoid sytems, gimmicks and the trap of creating a web of spiritual concepts that trip you up in the end. He also never quotes from any scriptures or parroted anybody and encouraged you to do the same. However, he did teach that after all the discarding of concepts one can come to the place of Self-Knowledge, so he does have a bit of a "teaching" however it comes more from rigorous self-investigation, not a system.
U.G. Krishnamurti is definately a character in the "spiritual" (he dislikes that word associated with him)community.
It is quite difficult to describe him and his system of thought since he doesn't really have one. I will attempt to do so only for the sake of the reader, not that it will be totally accurate since it will still be a label which he would probably himself disagree with. He's part philospher, guru, social commentator, and ironically-an anti-guru.
He seems to be a self realized man. His main attitude is that of breaking down all these spiritual systems, gimmicks, money making, scamish guru businesses. In short, pointing out the stranglehold that society can create in an individual who has been sucked into the system of always trying to fix yourself, change, improve or naively following a false spiritual teaching only to become more confused than when you started. His books do a lot of bashing. He's not a gentle, passive kind of guy, he's a negator of man made concepts and their many traps. Mostly he's tearing down ideologies not creating them.
Most of what he says makes for stimulating contemplation. You may not agree with it at first, but he plants a seed in you that germinates later, and makes you question. He even can come across a bit repulsive because he's so on the attack always.
UG Krishnamurti is not to be confused with the famous J. Krishnamurti who UG personally knew and criticizes because he felt that although J. Krishnamurti kept claiming the "no guru is necessary" philosophy, UG. felt that he was being hypocritical since his teachings became a bit of a system that was very institutionalized and JK came out with dozens of books and got trapped in his own following, so U.G. Krishnamurti argues that JK. was in essence another self-inflated guru with a gimmicky system.
It's a bit difficult to get a direct positive outcome of U.G. Krishnamurti's teachings because most of the time he's on the negative, discarding mode, however in the discarding process, one can be forced to give up these gimmicks and sytems and learn to just BE once again. Function from a more natural state of BEING instead of DOING practices all the time and always projecting an idea of fixing yourself in the future-which ironically never arrives.
My slight gripe with UG. is that while I on the whole agree very much with what he is saying, there is a way to move in the direction of Self-Knowledge without falling into gimmicks and sytems that trap us. There have been a few very good teachers along the centuries that have warned seekers to investigate their true nature without falling prey to systems and concepts but also gave students more concrete pointers, which UG never really does. However, in his defense he is not claiming to be a Guru. With that said, I still find him to be a very interesting character for ripe seekers who can handle his very iconaclastic, irreverent style.
For "no-nonsense" type "seekers" that enjoy these types of teachings I very strongly recommend Nisargadatta Maharaj. His teachings are also very direct, especially the books of his talks that came out after I AM THAT, like 'Consciousness and the Absolute', 'Prior To Consciousness' and 'The Ultimate Medicine' to name just 3. Nisargadatta Maharaj while also being a annhilator of mind made concepts for the spiritual seeker, offers a slightly different tone that is direct yet a bit more practical than UG. He also taught seekers to tenaciously avoid sytems, gimmicks and the trap of creating a web of spiritual concepts that trip you up in the end. He also never quotes from any scriptures or parroted anybody and encouraged you to do the same. However, he did teach that after all the discarding of concepts one can come to the place of Self-Realization, so he does have a bit of a "teaching" however it comes more from rigorous self-investigation, not a system. He was one of the few gurus that never got trapped in their following and who sincerely pointed earnest seekers in the right direction towards Self-Realization.

I picked this up for a joke present for a friend and liked it so much I decided to keep it (e-mailing them the relevant poem instead).
I found it entertaining enough to annoy my family by constantly reading out poems I found amusing.
Ideal for children, as well as adults with a childish sense of humour and interest in history or poetry :)

I was glad to find this older SEP book, because I wanted to read about Dallas and Francesca after their mention in Lady Be Good. I agree with most reviewers that it started out very slowly. I had a hard time getting through the backstory and I didn't like Francesca at first and was glad to see that Dallie was unimpressed by her. And, I didn't like Dallie that much either.

When all was said and done, though, the story was wonderfully developed and the character complexity was compelling. There was Dallas and Holly's heartbreaking past, Francesca's horrendous efforts to rebuild herself, the struggle between Dallas and Teddy and, of course, the eventual personal growth acheieved by all. Having been a single parent myself, I applaud Ms. Phillips' realistic portrayal of the resentful little boy who tries to protect his mother from the man he dislikes.

This is an unforgettable, richly-drawn book that must be savored slowly, at its own pace, to be completely appreciated.

I didn't care for this book too much when I tried to read it either. Francesca was much more likeable in "Lady Be Good". So was Dallie for that matter. Of course, they are a lot older and, hopefully, more mature by that time.

However, I am a die hard SEP fan. Loved all the Stars books, the "circus one", and most of the others. The darker ones like "Honey Moon" and "Hot Shot" aren't for me. But that's just me.

My beef here is how many people sneer at the 80's feel to "Fancy Pants". Well, duh. Maybe that's because it was written in the 80's. It was also one of SEP's first books and she has learned to cut to the chase much quicker these days without leaving out the sparkle.

After the disappointment with Just Image, I was hoping a better result at my next SEP try. No such luck. Granted, this one is not as bad and contrived as Just Image, but it wasn't that much better either. I can see why so many reviewers here kind of lost patience with the story and had to force themselves to finish. I think the problem is that the author took too much time setting up the stage for Francesca's transformation. For over half of the book, the readers have to endure her childish, self-centered, immature, shallow, vain, and spoiled girl act. We are so tired of her by this time that we really don't care whether she redeems herself or not. But the worst part is after her transformation I dislike her even more. When Dallie confronted her about hiding his child from him, her reason was that so she could grow up. She essentially deprived her child of a father because of her own benefits. Later, when she found out her child did not like Dallie, she felt no remose or gulit to the fact that she was the reason father and son disliked each other. God, what a selfish woman she was!@There is also all that back stories about Dallie that takes up more pages. Consequently, there is very little room left for romance. In fact, I really was pulling hopelessly for Holly Grace and Dallie. Their story has so much potential. They have been through something so painful together that their bonds are endearing and heartfelt. Dallie and Francesca's relationship paled in comparison to what Dallie and Holy Grace shared. SEP later wrote books with similar themes where heroines transformed themselves beautifully. The most recent one is Aren't She Sweet and I think she did a much better job with that one.

Reading about this book in a Self Magazine article, I decided to read it for myself.I nearly didn't finish the book. By the second chapter I nearly put the book down as the characters were so repulsive to me. Still I forced myself to read on. Halfway through the book I finally had to just skim through the rest of it so that I could get to the end. Too long, too convoluted with rather crude characters and no where near enough romance or even sex for that matter. The sex that happens is some of the most mediocre I've ever read. The book almost redeems itself in the last couple of chapters by actually getting a little bit interesting but you shouldn't have to wait until the end of a book to finally get interested. Just overall a very trying book that I wouldn't recommend to anyone.

writers in the field with their best offerings. With that being said I have to say that "Fancy Pants" entertains but it is not one of her better books. Francesca and Dallie are ablaze but only in the first half of the novel. I have to admit once they part after their road trip the novel kind of stumbles. I actually put it down only to pick it back up later and I was glad I gave it another go because you do see how these two characters are able to grow up and face their demons.(Although it does take Dallie a little longer.) I think some of the other reviewers said this novel lacked the trademark humor of other SEP books but I have to disagree. I loved the bar bathroom fight!!! I also found the secondary characters Skeet and Holly Grace to be very funny. I still like this book better than "Breathing Room" and "Honey Moon" which got four star ratings. SEP fans should still give this one a go so long as you go in knowing it's not as much fun as her Chicago Stars books, just a bit of a miss but not to be missed.

Junie B., First Grader: Cheater Pants has a title that tells it all! Junie is out of kindergarten and into first grade, so there are some bigger and harder lessons for our obstinate and hilarious little heroine to learn.

Will Junie B. Jones emerge a smarter girl after this misadventure in Mr. Scary's classroom? You can be sure that Barbara Parks will never let Junie escape unscathed! (And there will be lots of laughs for us.)

Recommended!

She cheated on homework!She could have written her weekend on her paper.Instead,she took May's homework.What an Idiot!!!!!!!!She took Herb's spelling test and.....got in trouble.Then,Mr. Scary is on the next word and says,"Peek.I saw you peek.Peek."Junie b. sits in her seat very still and gulps.She is not a good listener.She even got yelled at and got a spanking.I hate this.

I have been reading the Junie B. Jones books with my 6 year old daughter, we LOVE them. We get very excited to read each one. I love this book, because as a teacher I know my kids get tempted to look at eachother's papers. I think this is a great book to help us understand why we need to be honest and do our personal best in school.

-Michigan 3rd grade teacher

Junie B.Jones came back to school and she forgot to do her home
work and the teacher called her up in front and told Junie B.
what she did for the weekend. I like this book because Junie B.
Jones gets a serprice coming for her. I like this book because
it's funny

Junie B Jones is a very funny kid in all of the books that is why I am going to read all of new and old series of the Junie B Jones books . I think that Junie B Jones is a real kid that is really really really funny.