The daily meanderings of a teacher

Author: birddroppings

  • Looking for and clearing a pathway

    Bird Droppings April 5, 2017 Looking for and clearing a pathway   A little over a year ago I started back on Weight Watchers and lost about thirty five pounds. I had never thought of changing medications for blood pressure. It seems as the week progressed I became dehydrated and by Thursday my kidneys were…

  • Seeking perfection in a world full of mud

    Bird Droppings March 28, 2017 Seeking perfection in a world full of mud “I have found there are those who can write and speak fluently and yet do not have anything to say and then there are those who have something to say who may not be so fluent. The big question is who do,…

  • Inability of surmounting learning difficulties

    Bird Droppings March 27, 2017 Inability of surmounting learning difficulties   It has been a few days since my last post. I have been extremely occupied. Last week several doctor appointments, ultrasounds, blood work, and more doctors made it a crazy week. It seems my gall bladder has got the best of me. One day…

  • Can we really find answers?

    Bird Droppings March 20, 2017 Can we really find answers?   Several years ago I would have said there were answers to almost any question that could be asked. Today sitting here I wonder granted first you have to ask what is the question or questions but I have a different attitude now sort of…

  • Can we teach again a love of learning

    Bird Droppings March 17, 2017 Can we teach again a love of learning   This has been a perplexing time of my life. A few weeks back a car wreck young man was killed and his passenger who was a good friend of my youngest son was severely injured. My thoughts rambled back to when…

  • As a teacher we should always be near the edge

    Bird Droppings March 15, 2017 As a teacher we should always be near the edge   I recall taking groups hiking in North Georgia and always there is that one person who has to be at the edge of a gorge or edge of the trail dropping two hundred feet down looking over and nearly…

  • The sacredness of finding Foxfire in the Kalahari Desert

    Bird Droppings March 14, 2017 The sacredness of finding Foxfire in the Kalahari Desert   I have known about Foxfire for nearly fifty years since I bought my first copy of a Foxfire book in 1972 or so. Since that time coincidence as it may be I have taken courses in the Foxfire approach to…

  • Going to school again for the first time

    Bird Droppings March 13, 2017 Going to school again for the first time So often as I start my writings each morning there has been an experience recently to build upon. It is utilizing these previous experiences that provide windows and doors into future experiences. I was driving through our town and a shop I…

  • Using pronouns as a cover up

    Bird Droppings March 10, 2017 Using pronouns as a cover up   My mornings generally consist of a trip to Quick Trip to get unsweet tea and fill my thermal cup with ice. Today was no different and as I drove toward QT I by chance caught a blur on the road, some movement in…

  • Why should it be neither wolf nor dog in education?

    Bird Droppings March 9, 2017 Why should it be neither wolf nor dog in education?   In light of watching current news and political turmoil I recalled a trip to the Atlanta Zoo. I was approached as I walked up the hill at the Zoo by an elderly man. I had never met this man…