Yesterday I wrote about Luke, a precocious 7 year-old who is struggling in school because other kids are noisy and disruptive in class.  I want to give you more background on Luke….as a reminder to all of us that we face different types of challenges each day.  Learning how to deal with challenges in life, including a group of kids in your classes who bug the heck out of you, is what the staff teach and model at my family’s Martial Arts Academy….as this story will tell. Luke failed his first belt test at the Academy in January 2009.  His mom Jennifer e-mailed my husband (the Head of School) that evening thanking him for holding Luke to high standards.  She wrote: “Thank you for helping us to teach Luke that there are times that he will have to work for something.  Until today he has never struggled to achieve anything.  Everything has always come very easily to him.  It … [Read more...]