The daily meanderings of a teacher

Month: August 2011

  • Staring into a starry sky listening to an owl call:

    Bird Droppings August 21, 2011 Staring into a starry sky listening to an owl call: LEARNING – KNOWING – FINDING When I went out on my morning excursion this morning or I should say several times as I think my dog and granddaughter plotted against me. I heard my granddaughter and went into check on…

  • I always come back to Emerson

    Bird Droppings August 20, 2011 I always come back to Emerson Last night I was extremely tired after the first week of school and our first official football game actually a cross-town scrimmage but I was just too tired to make it. While just a scrimmage I was hoping to make it I taught one…

  • Searching for ideals

    Bird Droppings August 19, 2011 Searching for ideals So often in life we are faced with choices which determine how we can face the day and or how we interact with the events surrounding us. On the news a phone cam videoed a man being shot by police. The video was grainy and what was…

  • Looking for the passion

    Bird Droppings August 18, 2011 Looking for the passion “All games have an important and probably decisive influence on the destinies of the players under ordinary social conditions; but some offer more opportunities than others for life long careers and are more likely to involve innocent bystanders.” Dr. Eric Berne, The games people play In…

  • It is not about asking for but giving thanks

    Bird Droppings August 17, 2011 It is not asking for but giving thanks As I do so often searching the book shelves at my local Barnes and Nobles or Borders, soon to be no more. I found a few books over the past weekend. Two of the books are by J. T. And William Garrett…

  • Finding our piece and or place

    Bird Droppings August 16, 2011 Finding our piece and or place “We are not all called to be great. But we are called to reach out our hands to our brothers and sisters, and to care for the earth in the time we are given” Kent Nerburn, Small Graces Many years ago when I lived…

  • Just do it! But when?

    Bird Droppings August 15, 2011 Just Do It! – But when? “I am only one, but I am still one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” Helen Keller I have always held a…

  • Sharpen the machete or bring a shovel

    Bird Droppings August 13, 2011 Sharpen the machete or bring a shovel “When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves.” Anthony J. D’Angelo Always in the movies with a jungle setting the leader has a machete and hacks away at the growth making the way clear for the group…

  • Looking back

    Bird Droppings August 11. 2011 Looking back Occasionally I will check my horoscope and see what the future foretells, and or see what is in store for me for the day. I picked up my morning papers and checked my email horoscope as well; today’s was an interesting lot for me. “You could be tuning…

  • Filtering into bottles

    Bird Droppings August 10, 2011 Filtering into bottles Starting back to school again today and sitting here on day one and thinking back. I remember how hard I was hit by the impact of No Child Left Behind so many years ago. I was testing or reading a test to students who within their IEP’s…