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Teachers can be great role models, but you have to be a willing participant. Allow your teachers to help to nurture values in you and build character within you.
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Be willing to take a chance on things that can help you as a student, and as a person. For example, be courageous and take that harder course, rather than the easy one.
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The more you go through life, the more you learn, not how much you know, but how little you know.. People who have gone through life before you have learned a lot and have experience they want to...
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Education in a formal institute of learning is important in preparing for life.
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When children grow up seeing behavior that is hurtful, they often grow up and treat others that same way. Don't be afraid to pick caring, kind people to be around. Those are the people you want to...
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If you don't feel good about yourself, find positive influences, people, and groups that can share with you their enthusiasm for life.
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Your friends and family can say things that make you feel good about yourself. When people say negative things, it's good to remind yourself of what is good about yourself. It's sometimes good to...
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Courage helps a person to take hard knocks but not give up. Rick Henry gives the example of Michael Jordan, who was cut from his basketball team in the 10th grade. He had the courage to stick with it...
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Harry Dent discusses the 10 Virtues that Dr. Bill Bennett has written about. They include:self-discipline, compassion, responsibility, friendship, you work diligently and do what's right, you have...
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There are three things that Patti says have helped her throughout her life: Persistence, Perseverance, and a Positive attitude.
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When someone does wrong, you have to, at a minimum, refuse to be a part of what's wrong, and then the harder decision is whether you will turn them in, but you have to remember that as you go through...
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Caring helps two people, the one who cares and the one who is cared for. Doing the right things makes you feel good. It's always good to be part of a team. Every one of us is special in some way.
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It's really important to listen and be open-minded toward viewpoints of people from different backgrounds. Show respect for differing religious and political beliefs. That's how you learn in life.
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Back in South Carolina in December 1860 for a short Christmas break, Allen finds the Secession convention in session at the First Baptist Church in Columbia. He then accompanies his father, who is a...
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It is the summer of 1829 and Vice-President Calhoun is spending the Congressional recess at his home near Pendleton, South Carolina. His youngest daughter, Cornelia is helping her father with his...
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The story of the Cherokees is told through scenes from "lJnto These Hills" the outdoor drama in Cherokee, North Carolina that depicts the story of the Cherokees. The video centers around an Indian...
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In 1857 during the heated debate on Kansas in the Senate, Charles Sumner delivered a two-day speech entitled "The Crime Against Kansas," which contained an insulting denunciation of Senator Andrew...
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In this program, Lord Cornwallis has ordered Major Patrick Ferguson, a Scotsman, to form the Loyalists into a strong royal militia. In late September 1780, Ferguson took up post near present day...
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In this story, in the year 1562, Jacques and Rouffi have sailed to the new world on an expedition to establish a colony for French Protestants (Huguenots). The Huguenot colony was settled on what is...
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The program begins with Vesey discussing the condition of slavery with an acquaintance who is a slave. Later, at a meeting, details of a plot are worked out with co-conspirators. Some are concerned...
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The Legend of Isaqueena blends fact with fantasy. An Indian trade based out of Ninety Six in the early 1750's grew to become the largest business operating outside of Charleston. Alan assisted with...
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Following the Tea Act of 1773 many colonial citizens refused to pay the duty and boycotted British tea. This video portrays actions taken by some citizens of Charleston in November and December, 1774...
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This show explains the importance of the election of 1876 and as a result how SC at one time had 2 governors from different political parties, who tried to rule the state at the same time...
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The story begins in 1858 in South Carolina. William Taylor's cousin Allen is visiting from Connecticut. Secession "fever" is rapidly engulfing the state. The scene shifts to West Point where the...
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