WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN BEING RIGHT OR BEING KIND, CHOOSE KIND.
WHO WE ARE!
"Who we are," he said, underlining each word as he said it. "Who we are! Us! Right? What kind of people are we What kind of person are you? Isn‘t that the most important thing of all? Isn‘t that the kind of question we should be asking ourselves allthe time? "What kind of person am I?
"Did anyone happen to notice the plaque next to the door of this school? Anyone read what it says? Anyone?"
He looked around but no one knew the answer.
"It says: ‘Know Thyself," " he said, smiling and nodding. "And learning who you are is what you‘re here to do."
"I thought we were here to learn English," Jack cracked, which made everyone laugh.
"Oh yeah, and that, too!" Mr. Browne answered, which I thought was very cool of him. He turned around and wrote in big huge block letters that spread all the way across the chalkboard:
MR. BROWNE‘S SEPTEMBER PRECEPT: - P47
WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN BEING RIGHT OR BEING KIND, CHOOSE KIND. - P48
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