Excerpt of an article by Lyrysa Smith:  “Chris Gardner is founder and CEO of Gardner Rich, LLC, an institutional brokerage firm with offices in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. But you probably know him best as the guy Will Smith portrayed in the movie The Pursuit of Happyness……..Now, you'll know another side of Gardner — the passionate philanthropist.”  Read the remainder of the Lyrysa's article at: http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_14284.htm

A brief review of his book, Start Where You Are: Life Lessons in Getting From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be, can be found at: http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_14283.htm

Be sure to check out the “idea of the week” and “website of the week” at www.energizetheclassroom.com .

-Paul Richmond

 E.T.C.