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The inability to surmount learning difficulties
Bird Droppings March 25, 2026The inability to surmount learning difficulties I will borrow from old droppings and share them again, perhaps in the future when the message is important to me. In one of my last IEP meetings, my student was reaffirmed, yes, you do have a deficit in math according to state testing. However,…
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We must reconcile the present, past, and future to find balance
Bird Droppings March 24, 2026 We must reconcile the present, past, and future to find balance Several months ago, we spent a few days in Southern Pines, North Carolina, visiting our son, daughter-in-law, and grandkids. On our way home, we side-tracked to Pawleys Island, South Carolina, and Huntington State Park for a quick drive through…
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Hunting for the right words on a spring morning
Bird Droppings March 21, 2026Hunting for the right words on a spring morning “The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart, head, and hands.” Robert M. Pirsig, American author Whether we are trying to offer a few words of condolence to friends whose loved ones have passed away or trying to…
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Why is seeking peace so difficult?
Bird Droppings March 19, 2026Why is seeking peace so difficult? Around the world, armies are moving as I write. There are missiles being aimed and tanks rolling. War is a profit-driven machine for industry, and sadly, it is more about money than ideology. I have always been against war and have always felt that there…
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Individuality can be a lonely journey for some of us, a lifelong pathway.
Bird Droppings March 17, 2026Individuality can be a lonely journey for some of us, a lifelong pathway. It was fifteen years ago that I walked out about 1:30 AM this morning, taking our westie for her constitutional, and off in the pines that are within a hundred feet of our house, several hundred acres of…
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Keeping the stories going, remembering a dear friend
Bird Droppings March 16, 2026Keeping the stories going, remembering a dear friend For years, I would visit, take photos, and offer my two cents at the Foxfire Approach to Teaching Course, hosted by Piedmont College for graduate students and teachers already in the classroom in Mountain City, Georgia. This course was an elective graduate class…
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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…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 