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The Character Network Presents: The Beginning of a Famous Hero

The Character Network Presents: The Beginning of a Famous Hero

Jim Lord

Every Hero Starts as a Child, and Every Child Can CHOOSE To Become a Hero. This series gives short stories about the Beginning of many Famous Heroes, and relatable things that they did even as a child that made them Heroic, things that AND child can do. Even YOU! A Hero is someone who HELPS others in a special way, while a Bully is someone who HURTS others on purpose, even if it is just hurting their feelings, therefore, a Bully is the OPPOSITE of a Hero. This series is played over the intercom during morning announcements and has been heard in HUNDREDS of schools across the nation, by over a million students, as part of the most effective research based bully prevention program in schools today. Please go to TheCharacterNetwork.org to learn more and Patreon.com/JimLord to help support this work and help make these life changing programs in the TCN Method available to every kid who needs them.
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The Character Network Presents: The Beginning of a Famous Hero - Beginning of a Famous Hero - The Childhood Story of The Developer of the Polio Vaccine, Dr. Jonas Salk
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11/19/21 • 2 min

Please visit us at www.Patreon.com/TheCharacterNetwork to help support TCN and help us keep providing these unique and extremely effective research based Bully and Violence Prevention and Character Education Programs to schools around the world, and help more kids who desperately need special intervention. Go to www.TheCharacterNetwork.org to learn more and get involved. Thank you! Public use in schools requires a site license, please visit The Character Network to find out how your school can get these life changing program as a part of the TCN METHOD for school violence and bully prevention.

Go HERE for a Free Copy of Jim Lord's Life Changing Breakthrough Novel, Mr. Delaney's Mirror, A Reflection of Your Future

https://bit.ly/GetDelaneysMirrorHere

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A HERO is someone who does something special to HELP OTHERS. Every hero STARTS as a CHILD, and every Child can CHOOSE to become a Hero... Just like THIS one!

Even when he was a little boy growing up in New York City, Jonas Salk had an attitude of excellence. He did his best at everything. H e did his best in school, and he made excellent grades. He also did his best when he played! Jonas and his friends didn't have money for real baseball equipment, so they used a broom handle for a bat and anything they could find for bases. Jonas loved baseball, but his main interest was reading books. Because of his excellent grades, he was chosen to go to a special high school for outstanding students. Before he was even sixteen years old, he was ready for college. And once again, he was an excellent student.

In college he began to have a great interest in science, and by the time Jonas graduated, he had decided to become a medical scientist. He wanted to find ways to protect people from diseases. At first, he worked to discover a medicine that would keep soldiers from getting the flu during World War II. And that s exactly what he did!

Dr. Salk then turned his attention to a disease called polio. If polio did not kill the person who had it, he or she almost always was left crippled. After a lot of work and research, Dr. Salk did discover a way to give people shots that would immunize them against polio. In 1955, it was announced to the world that his vaccine did prevent polio. And Jonas Salk that little boy from New York, who chose excellence in everything he did, became a HERO!

That's what I know about the beginning of This Hero, and I know that YOU Can Be a Hero TOO!

Dear Parents,

After years of development, trial, and revision, we are so excited to now share with you the most effective version yet of our Proactive Bully Prevention Program that has proven to "change the culture" at hundreds of campuses across America in profound ways. Research has shown the TCN MethodTM to be the single most effective school based Violence and Bully Prevention Intervention of its entire genre. We have hundreds of testimonials from educators describing the results they have gotten, and you can view many of these at www.TheCharacterNetwork.org/Testimonials

This program, The Beginning of a Famous HeroTM is used in conjunction with a companion program called Bully Alert!TM in schools played over the intercom during morning announcements twice or more each school week, and backed up by a common culture which reinforces the principles taught, at every turn, and incorporates the phrases of the academic language during any teachable moment.

These two sets of stories work together to convey a common academic language which says, “A bully is a person who hurts others on purpose (even if it’s just hurting their feelings) but a HERO is a person who HELPS others. So CHOOSE to be a HERO by HELPING instead of a bully by hurting.”

They also promote the concept of POSITIVE PERSONAL VISION, helping each student to realistically visualize his or her own "Future Self," and in doing so help relate consequences of actions and attitudes today (good or bad) to that future self.

It is the spaced repetition of these principles that makes the program effective. It is the 100% turn-key presentation that makes it easy!

This program takes VIRTUALLY NO TIME (only 4 minutes a week!) away from classroom instruction. But it also provides a common language across the entire campus when teachable moments occur!

The T...

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The Character Network Presents: The Beginning of a Famous Hero - Beginning of a Famous Hero - The Childhood Story of Automobile and Assembly Line Inventor and Businessman, HENRY FORD
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11/19/21 • 2 min

Please visit us at www.Patreon.com/TheCharacterNetwork to help support TCN and help us keep providing these unique and extremely effective research based Bully and Violence Prevention and Character Education Programs to schools around the world, and help more kids who desperately need special intervention. Go to www.TheCharacterNetwork.org to learn more and get involved. Thank you! Public use in schools requires a site license, please visit The Character Network to find out how your school can get these life changing program as a part of the TCN METHOD for school violence and bully prevention.

Go HERE for a Free Copy of Jim Lord's Life Changing Breakthrough Novel, Mr. Delaney's Mirror, A Reflection of Your Future

https://bit.ly/GetDelaneysMirrorHere

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A HERO is someone who does something special to HELP OTHERS. Every hero STARTS as a CHILD, and every Child can CHOOSE to become a Hero... Just like THIS one!

Little Henry was curious about everything! His parents could hardly answer one question before he was asking another! How does this work? Why does that happen? What can we do about this?

Little Henry, Henry Ford, was born when Abraham Lincoln was president before there were electric lights, or cars, or airplanes. He was curious about animals and plants, but most of all he was curious about tools and machines. Sometimes Henry s curiosity got him into trouble, like the time he took apart his brother s brand new toy just to see what made it w ork! Sometimes Henry s curiosity gave him wonderful ideas to HELP make life easier for himself or for his family. You see, Henry Ford did not wait for other people to work everything out for him. Even though he had to work hard in school and on the farm, he relied on himself to look for a better way to get jobs done. He especially loved math in school, and he used it to help him understand how to fix things and how to make new things.

For years, Henry thought about how he might invent an easier and faster way for people to travel faster than horses pulling wagons. Sure enough, when Henry Ford was still a young man, he made his first horseless carriage. Later, he figured out how to make thousands of cars, all just alike, on an assembly line, which made cars affordable for almost everyone. So the next time you see a car or a truck with the name Ford on it, remember the little boy named Henry Henry Ford, who was always looking for the best way to do things, and who certainly was a HERO.

That's what I know about the beginning of This Hero, and I know that YOU Can Be a Hero TOO!

Dear Parents,

After years of development, trial, and revision, we are so excited to now share with you the most effective version yet of our Proactive Bully Prevention Program that has proven to "change the culture" at hundreds of campuses across America in profound ways. Research has shown the TCN MethodTM to be the single most effective school based Violence and Bully Prevention Intervention of its entire genre. We have hundreds of testimonials from educators describing the results they have gotten, and you can view many of these at www.TheCharacterNetwork.org/Testimonials

This program, The Beginning of a Famous HeroTM is used in conjunction with a companion program called Bully Alert!TM in schools played over the intercom during morning announcements twice or more each school week, and backed up by a common culture which reinforces the principles taught, at every turn, and incorporates the phrases of the academic language during any teachable moment.

These two sets of stories work together to convey a common academic language which says, “A bully is a person who hurts others on purpose (even if it’s just hurting their feelings) but a HERO is a person who HELPS others. So CHOOSE to be a HERO by HELPING instead of a bully by hurting.”

They also promote the concept of POSITIVE PERSONAL VISION, helping each student to realistically visualize his or her own "Future Self," and in doing so help relate consequences of actions and attitudes today (good or bad) to that future self.

It is the spaced repetition of these principles that makes the program effective. It is the 100% turn-key presentation that makes it easy!

This program takes VIRTUALLY NO TIME (only 4 minutes a week!) away from classroom instruction. But it also provides a common language across the entire campus when teachable moments occur!

The TCN Method ...

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The Character Network Presents: The Beginning of a Famous Hero - Beginning of a FAMOUS Hero: The Childhood Story of the MUPPETS Creator, Jim Henson

Beginning of a FAMOUS Hero: The Childhood Story of the MUPPETS Creator, Jim Henson

The Character Network Presents: The Beginning of a Famous Hero

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11/19/21 • 2 min

Please visit us at www.Patreon.com/TheCharacterNetwork to help support TCN and help us keep providing these unique and extremely effective research based Bully and Violence Prevention and Character Education Programs to schools around the world, and help more kids who desperately need special intervention. Go to www.TheCharacterNetwork.org to learn more and get involved. Thank you! Public use in schools requires a site license, please visit The Character Network to find out how your school can get these life changing program as a part of the TCN METHOD for school violence and bully prevention.

Go HERE for a Free Copy of Jim Lord's Life Changing Breakthrough Novel, Mr. Delaney's Mirror, A Reflection of Your Future

https://bit.ly/GetDelaneysMirrorHere

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A HERO is someone who does something special to HELP OTHERS. Every hero STARTS as a CHILD, and every Child can CHOOSE to become a Hero... Just like THIS one!

If your birthday happens to be on September 24th, then you share a birthday with a kid who grew up to be famous all over the world! He was born in Greenville, Mississippi in 1936, and his name was James Henson, but everybody called him Jim.

Jim had a very happy childhood, and he loved exploring. He would explore the countryside around his house, and he would explore his own artistic abilities. He had a natural talent for creating art out of different materials and for creating fun stories.

Because of his talent and his attitude of excellence, he was hired by a television station in Washington D.C. to do a puppet show while he was still in high school! Once again, his excellence astounded everyone, and soon he was doing a LOT of television shows and creating his own puppets except to be different, he called his puppets “Muppets.”

One of Jim’s first muppets (and probably still the most popular) was named Kermit after one of his childhood friends.

Soon, the people who started a program called Sesame Street asked Jim Henson to create some stars for their new show, and that’s when his sense of excellence came through again with Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Oscar the Grouch, and many others.

Not only did Jim Henson practice excellence in everything he did, he was a genuinely nice person. His business partner for many years, Frank Oz said that Jim Henson was as close to how you’re suppose to behave toward other people as anyone he’s ever known. Jim Henson was a HERO!

That's what I know about the beginning of This Hero, and I know that YOU Can Be a Hero TOO!

Dear Parents,

After years of development, trial, and revision, we are so excited to now share with you the most effective version yet of our Proactive Bully Prevention Program that has proven to "change the culture" at hundreds of campuses across America in profound ways. Research has shown the TCN MethodTM to be the single most effective school based Violence and Bully Prevention Intervention of its entire genre. We have hundreds of testimonials from educators describing the results they have gotten, and you can view many of these at www.TheCharacterNetwork.org/Testimonials

This program, The Beginning of a Famous HeroTM is used in conjunction with a companion program called Bully Alert!TM in schools played over the intercom during morning announcements twice or more each school week, and backed up by a common culture which reinforces the principles taught, at every turn, and incorporates the phrases of the academic language during any teachable moment.

These two sets of stories work together to convey a common academic language which says, “A bully is a person who hurts others on purpose (even if it’s just hurting their feelings) but a HERO is a person who HELPS others. So CHOOSE to be a HERO by HELPING instead of a bully by hurting.”

They also promote the concept of POSITIVE PERSONAL VISION, helping each student to realistically visualize his or her own "Future Self," and in doing so help relate consequences of actions and attitudes today (good or bad) to that future self.

It is the spaced repetition of these principles that makes the program effective. It is the 100% turn-key presentation that makes it easy!

This program takes VIRTUALLY NO TIME (only 4 minutes a week!) away from classroom instruction. But it also provides a common language across the entire campus when teachable moments occur!

The TCN Method has been extraordinarily successful in the pa...

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The Character Network Presents: The Beginning of a Famous Hero - Beginning of a Famous Hero - The Childhood Story of Writer and Poet, Langston Hughes

Beginning of a Famous Hero - The Childhood Story of Writer and Poet, Langston Hughes

The Character Network Presents: The Beginning of a Famous Hero

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11/19/21 • 2 min

Please visit us at www.Patreon.com/TheCharacterNetwork to help support TCN and help us keep providing these unique and extremely effective research based Bully and Violence Prevention and Character Education Programs to schools around the world, and help more kids who desperately need special intervention. Go to www.TheCharacterNetwork.org to learn more and get involved. Thank you! Public use in schools requires a site license, please visit The Character Network to find out how your school can get these life changing program as a part of the TCN METHOD for school violence and bully prevention.

Go HERE for a Free Copy of Jim Lord's Life Changing Breakthrough Novel, Mr. Delaney's Mirror, A Reflection of Your Future

https://bit.ly/GetDelaneysMirrorHere

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A HERO is someone who does something special to HELP OTHERS. Every hero STARTS as a CHILD, and every Child can CHOOSE to become a Hero... Just like THIS one!

Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri in 1902, but all through his childhood, he and his mother lived in a lot of different cities. Langston was a good student in school, and while he enjoyed many things, he loved writing poetry the most. He began writing seriously when he was in the eighth grade, so by the time he was a young man, he was very, very good at it.

Some of Langston s poems were happy, and some were sad, but all of his poems were about the hard life that black people faced in the early nineteen-hundreds. Eventually, Langston moved to Harlem, a part of New York City where only black people lived. He loved Harlem very much and wrote a lot about it. He loved the people; he loved their music, and all their special talents. Over time, people like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and many others had HELPED provide opportunities for the people in places like Harlem, and others all over the country who had been treated so badly. Many used those opportunities to make better lives for themselves and their families. But many turned to drugs and fighting, thinking that would give them a better life. Langston knew those things would ruin lives, not make them better, so he wrote about that, too. Langston Hughes also wrote many books, and even plays that showed his love for people and how they lived. He became very famous, and he became a HERO to people everywhere who cared about how we treat each other and how we all try to make better lives for our families and our neighbors. Yes, that little boy named Langston Langston Hughes, who loved writing so much grew up to be a very special HERO.

That's what I know about the beginning of This Hero, and I know that YOU Can Be a Hero TOO!

Dear Parents,

After years of development, trial, and revision, we are so excited to now share with you the most effective version yet of our Proactive Bully Prevention Program that has proven to "change the culture" at hundreds of campuses across America in profound ways. Research has shown the TCN MethodTM to be the single most effective school based Violence and Bully Prevention Intervention of its entire genre. We have hundreds of testimonials from educators describing the results they have gotten, and you can view many of these at www.TheCharacterNetwork.org/Testimonials

This program, The Beginning of a Famous HeroTM is used in conjunction with a companion program called Bully Alert!TM in schools played over the intercom during morning announcements twice or more each school week, and backed up by a common culture which reinforces the principles taught, at every turn, and incorporates the phrases of the academic language during any teachable moment.

These two sets of stories work together to convey a common academic language which says, “A bully is a person who hurts others on purpose (even if it’s just hurting their feelings) but a HERO is a person who HELPS others. So CHOOSE to be a HERO by HELPING instead of a bully by hurting.”

They also promote the concept of POSITIVE PERSONAL VISION, helping each student to realistically visualize his or her own "Future Self," and in doing so help relate consequences of actions and attitudes today (good or bad) to that future self.

It is the spaced repetition of these principles that makes the program effective. It is the 100% turn-key presentation that makes it easy!

This program takes VIRTUALLY NO TIME (only 4 minutes a week!) away from classroom instruction. But it also provides a common languag...

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The Character Network Presents: The Beginning of a Famous Hero - Beginning of a Famous Hero: The Childhood Story of "Little Women" author Louisa May Alcott

Beginning of a Famous Hero: The Childhood Story of "Little Women" author Louisa May Alcott

The Character Network Presents: The Beginning of a Famous Hero

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11/19/21 • 2 min

Please visit us at www.Patreon.com/TheCharacterNetwork to help support TCN and help us keep providing these unique and extremely effective research based Bully and Violence Prevention and Character Education Programs to schools around the world, and help more kids who desperately need special intervention. Go to www.TheCharacterNetwork.org to learn more and get involved. Thank you! Public use in schools requires a site license, please visit The Character Network to find out how your school can get these life changing program as a part of the TCN METHOD for school violence and bully prevention.

Go HERE for a Free Copy of Jim Lord's Life Changing Breakthrough Novel, Mr. Delaney's Mirror, A Reflection of Your Future

https://bit.ly/GetDelaneysMirrorHere

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A HERO is someone who does something special to HELP OTHERS. Every hero STARTS as a CHILD, and every Child can CHOOSE to become a Hero... Just like THIS one!

Louisa was born in Massachusetts in the year 1833, and her family lived in a house that was full of laughter and love. Mr. and Mrs. Alcott had three other girls, too, and they loved romping and playing up and down the hills near their home. One of their favorite things was to put on plays for neighbors. The barn was their theater, and they loved performing the stories of Jack-and-the-Beanstalk, Cinderella, and many others.

As Louisa grew older she became popular with the younger children for the wonderful stories she told. She also began realizing how little money her family had and how her parents had to work so hard. She had always been HELPFUL, but now Louisa knew she could really HELP. She began writing stories for magazines and newspapers. The talent she had enjoyed sharing with others as a child now HELPED her make a name for herself, as well as some money to send home to her family.

After that, a publisher asked Louisa if she would write a book for girls. When she began thinking about what she should write, memories of her childhood came to mind—fun with her sisters and the love from their parents. She began writing her book about all of those people and events. She called it Little Women, a story that made people laugh and cry. It was so popular that Louisa had enough money to buy a new home for her parents. All of her books are still loved and read today. Little Women has even been made into a movie—more than once! And Louisa May Alcott became a HERO.

That's what I know about the beginning of This Hero, and I know that YOU Can Be a Hero TOO!

Dear Parents,

After years of development, trial, and revision, we are so excited to now share with you the most effective version yet of our Proactive Bully Prevention Program that has proven to "change the culture" at hundreds of campuses across America in profound ways. Research has shown the TCN MethodTM to be the single most effective school based Violence and Bully Prevention Intervention of its entire genre. We have hundreds of testimonials from educators describing the results they have gotten, and you can view many of these at www.TheCharacterNetwork.org/Testimonials

This program, The Beginning of a Famous HeroTM is used in conjunction with a companion program called Bully Alert!TM in schools played over the intercom during morning announcements twice or more each school week, and backed up by a common culture which reinforces the principles taught, at every turn, and incorporates the phrases of the academic language during any teachable moment.

These two sets of stories work together to convey a common academic language which says, “A bully is a person who hurts others on purpose (even if it’s just hurting their feelings) but a HERO is a person who HELPS others. So CHOOSE to be a HERO by HELPING instead of a bully by hurting.”

They also promote the concept of POSITIVE PERSONAL VISION, helping each student to realistically visualize his or her own "Future Self," and in doing so help relate consequences of actions and attitudes today (good or bad) to that future self.

It is the spaced repetition of these principles that makes the program effective. It is the 100% turn-key presentation that makes it easy!

This program takes VIRTUALLY NO TIME (only 4 minutes a week!) away from classroom instruction. But it also provides a common language across the entire campus when teachable moments occur!

The TCN Method has been extraordinarily successful in the past, in almost a...

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The Character Network Presents: The Beginning of a Famous Hero - Beginning of a FAMOUS Hero: The Childhood Story of Pioneering Aviator AMELIA EARHART

Beginning of a FAMOUS Hero: The Childhood Story of Pioneering Aviator AMELIA EARHART

The Character Network Presents: The Beginning of a Famous Hero

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11/19/21 • 2 min

Please visit us at www.Patreon.com/TheCharacterNetwork to help support TCN and help us keep providing these unique and extremely effective research based Bully and Violence Prevention and Character Education Programs to schools around the world, and help more kids who desperately need special intervention. Go to www.TheCharacterNetwork.org to learn more and get involved. Thank you! Public use in schools requires a site license, please visit The Character Network to find out how your school can get these life changing program as a part of the TCN METHOD for school violence and bully prevention.

Go HERE for a Free Copy of Jim Lord's Life Changing Breakthrough Novel, Mr. Delaney's Mirror, A Reflection of Your Future

https://bit.ly/GetDelaneysMirrorHere

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A HERO is someone who does something special to HELP OTHERS. Every hero STARTS as a CHILD, and every Child can CHOOSE to become a Hero... Just like THIS one!

Once, in the very early 1900s, there was a little girl named Amelia, but everyone called her Meely. She and her younger sister were very adventurous. They also loved horses, and they loved reading. Almost every night they would read aloud to each other.

When Meely Amelia got old enough, she started working at a hospital in Canada. That’s when she met some pilots who had just come back from flying their airplanes in World War I, and she got her first airplane ride. She knew right then that she, too, would become a pilot.

Meely, or Amelia as they called her by then, wanted to show the world that women could also do things that everyone thought only men could do. She did learn to fly, and she had the courage to set goals and do many great things. For example, Amelia became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She had many other record-breaking flights, too.

Amelia was now very famous, and people paid her to write about her adventures and lecture about them. Her last big adventure started in the spring of 1937. She wanted to be the first person to fly around the world at the equator. And even though she did not make it quite all the way, because of her courage, she became an inspiration to people everywhere. And for that, Amelia Earhart became a HERO.

That's what I know about the beginning of THIS Hero, and I know that YOU can become a Hero TOO!

That's what I know about the beginning of This Hero, and I know that YOU Can Be a Hero TOO!

Dear Parents,

After years of development, trial, and revision, we are so excited to now share with you the most effective version yet of our Proactive Bully Prevention Program that has proven to "change the culture" at hundreds of campuses across America in profound ways. Research has shown the TCN MethodTM to be the single most effective school based Violence and Bully Prevention Intervention of its entire genre. We have hundreds of testimonials from educators describing the results they have gotten, and you can view many of these at www.TheCharacterNetwork.org/Testimonials

This program, The Beginning of a Famous HeroTM is used in conjunction with a companion program called Bully Alert!TM in schools played over the intercom during morning announcements twice or more each school week, and backed up by a common culture which reinforces the principles taught, at every turn, and incorporates the phrases of the academic language during any teachable moment.

These two sets of stories work together to convey a common academic language which says, “A bully is a person who hurts others on purpose (even if it’s just hurting their feelings) but a HERO is a person who HELPS others. So CHOOSE to be a HERO by HELPING instead of a bully by hurting.”

They also promote the concept of POSITIVE PERSONAL VISION, helping each student to realistically visualize his or her own "Future Self," and in doing so help relate consequences of actions and attitudes today (good or bad) to that future self.

It is the spaced repetition of these principles that makes the program effective. It is the 100% turn-key presentation that makes it easy!

This program takes VIRTUALLY NO TIME (only 4 minutes a week!) away from classroom instruction. But it also provides a common language across the entire campus when teachable moments occur!

The TCN Method has been extraordinarily successful in the past, in almost a thousand schools all across America, from California to New York, with a special concentration ...

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The Character Network Presents: The Beginning of a Famous Hero - Beginning of a Famous Hero: The Childhood Story of First Man on the Moon, Astronaut NEIL ARMSTRONG
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11/19/21 • 2 min

Please visit us at www.Patreon.com/TheCharacterNetwork to help support TCN and help us keep providing these unique and extremely effective research based Bully and Violence Prevention and Character Education Programs to schools around the world, and help more kids who desperately need special intervention. Go to www.TheCharacterNetwork.org to learn more and get involved. Thank you! Public use in schools requires a site license, please visit The Character Network to find out how your school can get these life changing program as a part of the TCN METHOD for school violence and bully prevention.

Go HERE for a Free Copy of Jim Lord's Life Changing Breakthrough Novel, Mr. Delaney's Mirror, A Reflection of Your Future

https://bit.ly/GetDelaneysMirrorHere

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A HERO is someone who does something special to HELP OTHERS. Every hero STARTS as a CHILD, and every Child can CHOOSE to become a Hero... Just like THIS one!

Neil was only two-years-old when his father took him to the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio. That was all the way back in 1932, but even then, Neil knew he liked airplanes!

While he was still very young, he began doing his share of the family work by mowing the yard, weeding the garden, and washing clothes. When Neil and his parents weren’t working, his mother spent many hours reading to him. Neil loved books, and when he was in the first grade, he read 90 books!

Also, when was in the first grade, his father took him on his very first plane ride! And soon after that, Neil started building model airplanes. As he grew older, his models became bigger and better and more complicated. He also had a great interest in science and math and he started studying about stars and planets. He loved looking through a telescope at the night sky. When he was old enough, Neil worked hard to earn enough money for flying lessons. And on his 16th birthday, he got his pilot’s license.

Later Neil became a pilot for the United States Navy and after that, a test pilot for the Air Force. Then, he joined the space program, and the rest, as they say, is history—very important history! Because young Neil, Neil Armstrong worked hard and studied hard to prepare himself and because he made good choices along the way, he had the opportunity on July 20, 1969 to become the very first man ever to walk on the moon! He became a HERO!

That's what I know about the beginning of THIS Hero, and I know that YOU can become a Hero Too!

Dear Parents,

After years of development, trial, and revision, we are so excited to now share with you the most effective version yet of our Proactive Bully Prevention Program that has proven to "change the culture" at hundreds of campuses across America in profound ways. Research has shown the TCN MethodTM to be the single most effective school based Violence and Bully Prevention Intervention of its entire genre. We have hundreds of testimonials from educators describing the results they have gotten, and you can view many of these at www.TheCharacterNetwork.org/Testimonials

This program, The Beginning of a Famous HeroTM is used in conjunction with a companion program called Bully Alert!TM in schools played over the intercom during morning announcements twice or more each school week, and backed up by a common culture which reinforces the principles taught, at every turn, and incorporates the phrases of the academic language during any teachable moment.

These two sets of stories work together to convey a common academic language which says, “A bully is a person who hurts others on purpose (even if it’s just hurting their feelings) but a HERO is a person who HELPS others. So CHOOSE to be a HERO by HELPING instead of a bully by hurting.”

They also promote the concept of POSITIVE PERSONAL VISION, helping each student to realistically visualize his or her own "Future Self," and in doing so help relate consequences of actions and attitudes today (good or bad) to that future self.

It is the spaced repetition of these principles that makes the program effective. It is the 100% turn-key presentation that makes it easy!

This program takes VIRTUALLY NO TIME (only 4 minutes a week!) away from classroom instruction. But it also provides a common language across the entire campus when teachable moments occur!

The TCN Method has been extraordinarily successful in the past, in almost a thousand schools all across America, from Califo...

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The Character Network Presents: The Beginning of a Famous Hero - Beginning of a Famous Hero: The Childhood Story of Hero of the Hudson Pilot "Captain Sully" Chelsey Sullenberger
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11/19/21 • 2 min

Please visit us at www.Patreon.com/TheCharacterNetwork to help support TCN and help us keep providing these unique and extremely effective research based Bully and Violence Prevention and Character Education Programs to schools around the world, and help more kids who desperately need special intervention. Go to www.TheCharacterNetwork.org to learn more and get involved. Thank you! Public use in schools requires a site license, please visit The Character Network to find out how your school can get these life changing program as a part of the TCN METHOD for school violence and bully prevention.

Go HERE for a Free Copy of Jim Lord's Life Changing Breakthrough Novel, Mr. Delaney's Mirror, A Reflection of Your Future

https://bit.ly/GetDelaneysMirrorHere

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A HERO is someone who does something special to HELP OTHERS. Every hero STARTS as a CHILD, and every Child can CHOOSE to become a Hero... Just like THIS one!

It was January 23, 1951 when a little boy named Chesley was born in Denison, Texas. His father, Dr. Sullenberger was a dentist and his mother was an elementary school teacher. Even at a very young age, Chesley was interested in flying as he watched military airplanes from the nearby Air Force base fly over his house. He became an honor student in school, but in his spare time, he liked building model airplanes and model aircraft carriers.

All through school he participated in academic competitions, while continuing his interest in flying. He got his pilot’s license while he was still in high school. After college, he joined the United States Air Force where he became a fighter pilot. By this time, Chesley Sullenberger became known by his nickname, “Sully.”

In 1980, Captain Sully became an airline pilot. But it wasn’t until January 15, 2009 that Captain Sully’s name was world famous. It was on that day when he was piloting U.S. Airways Flight 1549, very shortly after take-off from New York’s LaGuardia Airport, that both engines quit from hitting a flock of birds. One engine was on fire, and there was no place to land. The airplane was not high enough yet to turn around and go back to the airport. There was only one choice— crash—but where? Nothing but buildings and narrow streets as far as he could see. “We’re gonna be in the Hudson,” Captain Sully told air traffic controllers on the radio in a calm voice. And indeed he did land that big Airbus 320 in the Hudson river—a VERY difficult thing to do. One slight miscalculation and the airplane would have disintegrated. But, on that day, in that moment, all of Chesley Sullenberger’s training, all of his precision, and all of his ability to think quickly came into play. On that day, and in that moment, Captain Sully saved the lives of all 155 passengers on board. On that day, and in that moment, Chesley Sullenberger became a HERO!

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The Character Network Presents: The Beginning of a Famous Hero - Beginning of a Famous Hero: The Childhood Story of X-rays Pioneer William Coolidge

Beginning of a Famous Hero: The Childhood Story of X-rays Pioneer William Coolidge

The Character Network Presents: The Beginning of a Famous Hero

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11/19/21 • 1 min

Please visit us at www.Patreon.com/TheCharacterNetwork to help support TCN and help us keep providing these unique and extremely effective research based Bully and Violence Prevention and Character Education Programs to schools around the world, and help more kids who desperately need special intervention. Go to www.TheCharacterNetwork.org to learn more and get involved. Thank you! Public use in schools requires a site license, please visit The Character Network to find out how your school can get these life changing program as a part of the TCN METHOD for school violence and bully prevention.

Go HERE for a Free Copy of Jim Lord's Life Changing Breakthrough Novel, Mr. Delaney's Mirror, A Reflection of Your Future

https://bit.ly/GetDelaneysMirrorHere

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A HERO is someone who does something special to HELP OTHERS. Every hero STARTS as a CHILD, and every Child can CHOOSE to become a Hero... Just like THIS one!

William David was the only child of Albert and Amanda Coolidge. His parents owned a farm in Massachusetts during the late 1800s, so there was plenty of work for young Will to do. He also studied hard in the small school he attended.

Somehow, Will still had time for a hobby which he got pretty good at. He loved taking pictures. In fact, he learned all he could about photography while he was still a young boy.

After graduating from high school in 1891, William was off to MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) to study in the field of electrical engineering. Then he went to Germany where he could learn more about scientific research.

It was there in 1898 that Will studied about X-rays which had been discovered only three years before but had not been perfected for practical use. After his return to the United States, William went to work for the General Electric Power Company where he created a tube that finally made X-rays both safe and convenient for the medical field.

Even though nearly 100 years have passed since his invention called the Coolidge tube, it is still the basic design used in the technology of X-ray today. No one could possibly count the number of lives that have been saved thanks to that little Massachusetts farm boy’s attitude of hard work, study, and interest in learning new things. And for that, William David Coolidge became a HERO.

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Go HERE for a Free Copy of Jim Lord's Life Changing Breakthrough Novel, Mr. Delaney's Mirror, A Reflection of Your Future

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A HERO is someone who does something special to HELP OTHERS. Every hero STARTS as a CHILD, and every Child can CHOOSE to become a Hero... Just like THIS one!

When young Johnny Schneider was in school, he was overweight, and the bullies would tease him and play mean tricks on him. But through it all, Johnny knew he wanted to grow up to be somebody special. He started acting on stage when he was only eight years old, and he worked hard to be the best actor he could possibly be. Not long after that, he learned how to play the guitar. As a teenager, he learned a lot about professional race car driving, but many of the older kids were still being mean to him. One day, Johnny found... a hundred dollar bill! He tried to turn it in, but he was told there was no way to know who had lost it. So Johnny knew this was his chance to change things.

He got a membership to a health club and started working out every day until he was strong and healthy. He was no longer overweight! Then, only a short time later when he was 18 years old, another big chance came his way. He tried out for the part of Bo Duke in a brand new television show called The Dukes of Hazzard. And you know what? He got the part! Later, he was hired to be an actor in a lot of movies and other television shows.

But all along, John knew there had to be more important things in life. One day, he and his friend, Marie Osmond, worked very hard together and started the Children’s Miracle Network, an organization that today has helped over 17 million kids! Yes, that little Johnny Schneider, who was picked on a lot when he was a child, grew up to be John Schneider the television and movie star who still works very hard to help other people in a lot of very special ways. He grew up to be... a HERO!

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Stay tuned for a very special message from John Schneider Himself!

That's what I know about the beginning of This Hero, and I know that YOU Can Be a Hero TOO!

The Beginning of a Famous HERO is a program of The Character Network. www.TheCharacterNetwork.org ©2021 The Character Network. All rights reserved.

Dear Parents,

After years of development, trial, and revision, we are so excited to now share with you the most effective version yet of our Proactive Bully Prevention Program that has proven to "change the culture" at hundreds of campuses across America in profound ways. Research has shown the TCN MethodTM to be the single most effective school based Violence and Bully Prevention Intervention of its entire genre. We have hundreds of testimonials from educators describing the results they have gotten, and you can view many of these at www.TheCharacterNetwork.org/Testimonials

This program, The Beginning of a Famous HeroTM is used in conjunction with a companion program called Bully Alert!TM in schools played over the intercom during morning announcements twice or more each school week, and backed up by a common culture which reinforces the principles taught, at every turn, and incorporates the phrases of the academic language during any teachable moment.

These two sets of stories work together to convey a common academic language which says, “A bully is a person who hurts others on purpose (even if it’s just hurting their feelings) but a HERO is a person who HELPS others. So CHOOSE to be a HERO by HELPING instead of a bully by hurting.”

They also promote the concept of POSITIVE PERSONAL VISION, helping each student to realistically visualize his or her own "Future Self," and in doing so help relate consequences of actions an...

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