The daily meanderings of a teacher

Month: January 2011

  • Jumping in rain puddles

    Bird Droppings January 14, 2011 Jumping in rain puddles It has been a week of many happenings within our society and within the local community. It has been a holiday season filled with local sorrow, national sorrow and joy and hope for a new tomorrow. Here at our house we have cherished every second with…

  • Heroism and humility are spelled the same

    Bird Droppings January 13, 2011 Heroism and humility are spelled the same Even though I am one of the worst spellers in this local area I know heroism and humility are technically spelled differently. I will concede to using words to come up with a perhaps catchy title for my morning wanderings. I sat and…

  • Reflection is a needed piece in our puzzle of humanity

    Bird Droppings January 10-12, 2011 Reflection is a needed piece in our puzzle of humanity “We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.” Ronald Reagan Much of the news…

  • Caring is a very precious commodity in teaching

    Bird Droppings January 9, 2011 Caring is a very precious commodity in teaching As I am pondering my last hours before the holiday is over. The air temperature is nineteen outside and we are under a winter storm watch tonight through Tuesday morning. The anticipation of several inches of snow and up to a half…

  • Mountians offer a more clear view

    Bird Droppings January 6-7, 2011 Mountains offer a more clear view “I have a pretty fair education, but I would hate to be turned loose in these mountains right now and be told to put food in my belly, clothing on my body, shelter over my head, and provide protection from my enemies, both two…

  • Being a wise guy

    Bird Droppings January 5, 2011 Being a wise guy “Wisdom is like electricity. There is no permanently wise man, but men capable of wisdom, who, being put into certain company, or other favorable conditions, become wise for a short time, as glasses rubbed acquire electric power for a while.” Ralph Waldo Emerson I found this…

  • Leaving behind and moving forward

    Bird Droppings January 4, 2011 Leaving behind moving forward “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another!” Gail Sheehy, American journalist, author I look around my room and wonder what would…

  • Building sandcastles drip by drip

    Bird Droppings January 3, 2011 Building Sand castles drip by drip Back when I was going to Graduate School nearly every day and before switching to Internet classes and webct it took some getting used to going to school and then going to school. I was teaching from 7:20 – 3:00 students who have had…

  • A surgeon general, holy man, medicine man and a psychologist

    Bird Droppings January 2, 2011 A Surgeon General, Holy Man, Medicine Man and Psychologist “Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation.” Dr. C. Everett Koop 1916 – Author, Teacher, former Surgeon General of the United States, and former head of Pediatric surgery at the Children’s Hospital in…