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Is the curriculum sacred or simply someone’s idea of what it should be?
Bird Droppings April 15, 2025Is the curriculum sacred or simply someone’s idea of what it should be? My wife and I are talking about taking a few days’ hiatus to head to the South Carolina coast with no schedule and little baggage—just a spur-of-the-moment trip. I was thinking back to our last crazy trip, which…
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Bird Droppings April 14, 2026 Innocence is more than a definition. “Look at children. Of course, they may quarrel, but generally speaking, they do not harbor ill feelings as much or as long as adults do. Most adults have the advantage of education over children, but what is the use of an education if they…
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Bird Droppings April 13, 2026Can we figure out a way to filter it all? “Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?” T.S. Elliot Sifting through the tons of information that bombards us daily is a task: emails, text messages, cell phone calls, online advertising,…
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Making a difference each day
Bird Droppings April 12, 2026 Making a difference each day “Dialogue is the encounter between men, mediated by the world, in order to name the world,” Paulo Freire. A Brazilian educationalist and one of the most influential thinkers of the late twentieth century used the term dialogue in his writing. As I read a bit…
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I did some serious pondering and researching of education while sleeping by a waterfall.
Bird Droppings April 10, 2026I did some serious pondering and researching of education while sleeping by a waterfall. It has been almost sixteen years since I stayed at the Sylvan Mills Bed and Breakfast in a room literally over a waterfall. I went up to North Georgia to recharge; perhaps another word might be to…
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Ethics and Politics are not synonymous; they could be antonyms.
Bird Droppings April 9, 2026Ethics and Politics are not synonymous; they could be antonyms. So many things are happening in our world that are often whims of a politician we voted for or, in my case, against. Industry is being remade, wars are being fought, jobs are appearing and disappearing, and health care reform is…
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Occasionally, we need to learn again about the Rock and the Smoke, perhaps before it is too late.
Bird Droppings April 8, 2026Occasionally, we need to learn again about the Rock and the Smoke, perhaps before it is too late. Thinking back to my biology teaching days, high school students always ask questions about religion as we get into evolution. Occasionally, I get someone who wants to prove a point. A young lady…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 