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“Now when we fought you had the eye of the tiger man, the edge.  And now you gotta get it back, and the way to get it back is to go back to the beginning – you know what I mean?” “The worst thing happened to you that could happen to any fighter – you got civilized.” “See that look …

“Who do you think is a great leader?  Pick someone past or present.  Who do think has had a significant impact on people’s lives?  Why?  How did they do it?” When I speak to university students I often ask these questions.  I give them some time to think about it.  Sometimes I will put them in pairs to discuss it.  …

He knew he was going too fast.  He also knew he would not make the corner… He had been quadding with a group of friends in the mountains above Naramata.  He stopped to take care of something while the rest of the group headed down the trail.  He then set off at high speed to catch up to them.  Being …

He stood there talking with his best friend Jenny.  They weren’t bothering anyone, they were simply standing chatting in the shade of a large canopy of trees on the dirt road on the way home from school. Then the bullies arrived. They mocked him and threw things at him, all because he wore braces on his legs. He had weak …