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Bird Droppings March 12, 2026Passion: Can it be rekindled in teachers? The past few days have been most interesting. I have been struggling with a blood pressure issue from a new medication, and I hope to have that resolved. Yesterday, the thought crossed my mind: why do students want to be in my classroom? Over…
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As I get older, each day becomes special, whether I’m playing with grandkids or speaking with my wife and my sons. I cherish each moment of the journey.
Bird Droppings March 11, 2026 As I get older, each day becomes special, whether I’m playing with grandkids or speaking with my wife and my sons. I cherish each moment of the journey. My mother’s spirit passed on several years ago. My father was several years before her. She went to sleep and moved on…
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Reflecting on getting older, I might ponder here for a bit since I might forget something.
Bird Droppings March 9, 2026Reflecting on getting older, I might ponder here for a bit since I might forget something. As I am now seventy-six, going on twenty-five, I have been thinking, or pondering, as I say. I started writing my daily sojourns nearly twenty-five years ago. I first used a YAHOO group, then Myspace,…
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Finding the right spot for the puzzle pieces once we realize we have a puzzle
Bird Droppings February 8, 2026 Finding the right spot for the puzzle pieces once we realize we have a puzzle “In order to learn the nature of the myriad things, you must know that although they may look round or square, the other features of oceans and mountains are infinite in variety; whole worlds are…
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Is there a difference between progressive and traditional teachers?
Bird Droppings March 5, 2026Is there a difference between progressive and traditional teachers? In a ninth-grade literature class I co-taught many years ago, I was introduced to the book Freedom Writers Diary and the film based on it. In some ways, the story is similar to Foxfire. Erin Gruell, a first-year brand-new teacher at an…
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Our teaching can make a difference every day, pouring a gallon of information into a liter bottle.
Bird Droppings March 3, 2026Our teaching can make a difference every day, pouring a gallon of information into a liter bottle. I recall one day when I was looking through data while sitting through a special education training session. This is an interesting situation. I was reviewing data from a recent biology benchmark test. It…
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Teaching as improvisational art using learning as the palette
Bird Droppings February 28, 2026 Teaching as improvisational art using learning as the palette I wrote the basics of this article nearly 17 years ago, thinking of an artist friend, now a computer programmer, who was trying to define her art and searching for her meaning in life. My friend often reflected on her political…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 