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I ponder educational genocide as this administration tries to gut education and/or NCLB, norming children, only leaves the best.
Bird Droppings June 10, 2026 I ponder educational genocide as this administration tries to gut education and/or NCLB, norming children, only leaves the best. I was huddled in my warm seat as I drove around, window open, as I went outside to chase a sunrise this morning. I stopped along the way to think a…
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I am pondering ABNANBNANBNANBNANBNANBC or antecedent behavior, new antecedent, new behavior, etc.
Bird Droppings June 9, 2026I am pondering ABNANBNANBNANBNANBNANBC or antecedent behavior, new antecedent, new behavior, etc. Last night, I reviewed some notes from one of my numerous posts on various blog sites and comments from my graduate school. I had been reading from a paper on a program developed in the mid-1980s in California. The…
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Walking and listening among the Cotton Woods
Bird Droppings June 8. 2026 Walking and listening among the Cotton Woods I walked outside earlier, as I do many mornings, listening, observing, trying to understand this reality I am walking about within. The sky was brilliant this morning, with a slight haze settling over the lake and the cornfield and a few visible clouds.…
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Should we be kissing frogs on a chilly, wet morning? Granted, it could be a poison arrow dart frog, and regardless, it is still hard.
Bird Droppings June 7, 2026Should we be kissing frogs on a chilly, wet morning? Granted, it could be a poison arrow dart frog, and regardless, it is still hard. It has been on the chilly side here in northeast Georgia over the past few days, with nighttime temperatures hanging in the low sixties. However, the…
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Can we use the word sacred truthfully?
Bird Droppings June 6, 2026Can we use the word sacred truthfully? “Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom.” Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of Freedom I have been a student and…
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Why is experience the greatest teacher? Could it be synchronistic?
Bird Droppings June 5, 2026Why is experience the greatest teacher? Could it be synchronistic? “Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.” Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy What a way to start with a…
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The impact of synchronicity, or perhaps you could say, in my life, the saga of synchronicity
Bird Droppings June 4, 2026The impact of synchronicity, or perhaps you could say, in my life, the saga of synchronicity Today in my morning sojourn looking for a sunrise, I drove by a spot I have passed by 5,000 times at least and never noticed. Alongside a red barn, a red wheelbarrow with petunias in…
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Don’t crossword puzzles take some time?
Bird Droppings June 3, 2026Don’t crossword puzzles take some time? Towards the end of teaching my last college history class, one of my students was working on an assignment and had to define “bias”. She was unsure which definition was correct and asked for my opinion. I explained that historical bias is that of the…
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Are we missing Creativity?
Bird Droppings June 2, 2026 Are we missing Creativity? Today was another quiet morning; as I wandered out and about, birds hiding from view were already calling—the crickets and frogs, as always, a beautiful chorus for the morning awakening. Yesterday, several tree frogs visited our back porch, hiding under pots and a baseball cap. The…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 