The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings July 12, 2026 High Stakes Testing and/or Inspection: Does it work? About twenty-four years ago, I recall we spent several months preparing for a peer review; it was called a GAPPS Review. About the same time, you throw in the Georgia High School Graduation retests, the PSAT, and the End of Course tests…

Bird Droppings July 11, 2026 Can I teach myself, or am I even allowed? “There is then, nothing final about a logical rendering of experience. Its value is not contained in itself; its significance is that of standpoint, outlook, and method. It intervenes between the more casual, tentative, and roundabout experiences of the past, and…

Bird Droppings July 10, 2026 I wonder if you can get moon burn? Last night, after getting home from my grandson’s birthday dinner, I was listening to tree frogs begin their nightly chorus. As I stood outside, I noticed, high in the sky to the west, a smiling moon and knew it was going down…

Bird Droppings July 4, 2026Is “Counting knuckles” a thing? One Friday several years back, a student asked what day of the month next Friday would be.  I responded on January 30, and just as quickly as another said he thought it was the first. I said no, it was the thirty-first, and he proceeded to…