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Where is the passion in our teachers?
Bird Droppings February 27, 2026Where is the passion in our teachers? Two events happened to me over the past two days. Yesterday I spent fifteen minutes talking with a friend who was retiring as principal of a school I hold dearly. In the course of the conversation, she said I miss teaching, maybe I will…
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I am pondering Dr. Carl G. Jung and “school reform.”I find the answer is simple: CARING.
Bird Droppings February 26, 2026I am pondering Dr. Carl G. Jung and “school reform.”I find the answer is simple: CARING. “If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.” Carl G. Jung Over the…
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All of life is connected and intertwined with threads so delicate that it may take a bit of sunlight to see them.
Bird Droppings February 24, 2026All of life is connected and intertwined with threads so delicate that it may take a bit of sunlight to see them. “In all likelihood, one is in the past while in the present. The present is then veiled; the past is manifest and apparent. However, so transparently present that is…
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To die a happy death:
Bird Droppings February 21, 2026 To die a happy death: My mother’s spirit passed on five years ago. She went to sleep and moved on. As I ponder my thoughts for today, I always think about education. I have been teaching public high school for nearly 20 years, elementary school for 2, and college for…
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I ponder educational genocide as this administration tries to gut education and NCLB, norming children, only leaves the best (Depending on your perspective)
Bird Droppings February 19, 2026 I ponder educational genocide as this administration tries to gut education and NCLB, norming children, only leaves the best (Depending on your perspective) I left my Carhartt vest at the house as I went outside to chase a sunrise this morning. It was 60 degrees. I stopped along the way…
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The Power of Example goes beyond the curriculum and the classroom.
Bird Droppings February 18, 2026The Power of Example goes beyond the curriculum and the classroom. “We taught our children by both example and instruction, but with an emphasis on example, because all learning is a dead language to one who gets it second hand.” Kent Nerburn, The Wisdom of the Native Americans For nearly twenty-five…
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Patience
Bird Droppings February 15 2026 Patience Since 2003, I have pondered the idea of a book, Bird Droppings, a teacher journal. The idea came from my daily postings I was using with students and started sharing through social media in the early days, with email and MySpace. In 2009, I began using WordPress for my…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 