The daily meanderings of a teacher

Author: birddroppings

  • Teaching is always climbing up another rung

    Bird Droppings November 9, 2017 Teaching is always climbing up another rung   I had a great night sleep. I was planning on writing this morning. I have an IEP observation to write up for tomorrow and a preproscectus for my dissertation I would like to have competed by the end of December.  . I…

  • While deadly a spider spins to survive

    Bird Droppings November 8, 2017 While deadly a spider spins to survive “When Peter pulled his sword and attacked the Roman soldier he was told to put it away and his boss turned to the injured soldier and healed his ear but that was before Christianity” Frank Bird Ed.S. D.D. Every other Facebook post is…

  • I am still trying to figure out teaching

    Bird Droppings November 7, 2017 I am still trying to figure out teaching   The names are withheld but on my Facebook page a few years back. “Good morning Mr. Bird , I would like to thank you for being a great teacher, my son John Doe speaks highly of you, John has grown up…

  • Teacher’s need to consult their hearts

    Bird Droppings November 6, 2017 Teacher’s need to consult their hearts   I was amazed walking out this morning to the car and 58 degrees no frogs chirping away. I have much to do today. I was going through some research material and pulled out a little book. It has been several years since I…

  • Gratitude is an action

    Bird Droppings November 4, 2017 Gratitude is an action   “Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” Chief Seattle, 1854   Most mornings I am getting up about four…

  • I still like the seagull book

    Bird Droppings November 3, 2017 I still like the seagull book   Once upon a time, that line has started so many stories in my day that perhaps it would be a good way to start today. Many years ago as I drove my kids to school each morning I would spin yarns of various…

  • Education is turning an ugly face jug not pouring in a mold

    Bird Droppings November 2, 2017 Education is turning an ugly face jug not pouring in a mold It has been a few years since the last time I talked with and watched the late Cleater Meadors turn a jug on the potter’s wheel at Mossy Creek Arts and Crafts fair in Perry Georgia. A simple…

  • Can we think about compassion in today’s world?

    Bird Dropping November 1, 2017 Can we think about compassion in today’s world?   I am sitting here looking out my window next to my computer into a dark world. Friends from New York City write about the killings yesterday on a bike path. Editorials blare about how an evil man did this. A terrorist…

  • Sometimes it takes an inner journey to help others

    Bird Droppings October 31, 2017 Sometimes it takes an inner journey to help others It has been several months that I have again focused on my own issues and problems and often let others problems drift by the wayside. I have been there but only perhaps in body so self-focused that many things drifted by.…

  • In a world of data can we still use intuition?

    Bird Droppings October 30, 2017 In a world of data can we still use intuition?   I mentioned to a fellow teacher I can tell when a child has emotional issues most of the time after observing a few minutes and listening. Granted observations are part of most evaluations but I was referring to an…