The daily meanderings of a teacher

Category: The Art of Learning: Using the Foxfire Core Practices as a pallette

  • We all know the slogan just do it, but I add when?

    Bird Droppings September 26, 2012 We all know the slogan just do it, but I add when?   With the issue of women’s rights in political forefront of the election and several other civil right issues as possible issues as well I referred to two very famous and wise women in history to start today.…

  • Is not friendship a rather simple concept?

    Bird Droppings September 25, 2012 Is not friendship a rather simple concept?   Recently I had the mother of three former students tell me how much her sons and daughter thought of me while I was coming into my current favorite store, Kroger. Sitting pondering here in the stillness of early morning we all need…

  • Who would have thought of a buffalo snort in the dark?

    Bird Droppings September 24, 2012 Who would have thought of a buffalo snort in the dark?   “Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it…

  • Is it possible that right may be wrong?

    Bird Droppings September 22, 2012 Is it possible that being right may be sometimes be wrong?   “One of the most common errors is to suppose that the opposite of being wrong is right, when in many cases it is only another way of being wrong. We see this most obviously in political and governmental…

  • Why do I write what I write?

    Bird Droppings September 21, 2012 Why do I write what I write?   There have been times when weather, water, various electrical issues and who knows what other gremlins have impacted my broadband service at our home out in Between Georgia. It could be that we are out in the country and only a handful…

  • Just what is intuition?

    Bird Droppings September 20, 2012 Just what is intuition?   “Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.”Edwin Hubbel Chapin   As I was discussing the final hours of a Journalism class yesterday afternoon with several of the students and a thought hit me as to why some teachers…

  • Why would anyone be unworthy of concern?

    Bird Droppings September 19, 2012 Why would anyone be unworthy of concern?     “I think the most important issue we have as a people is what we started, and that is to begin to trust our own thinking again and believe in ourselves enough to think that we can articulate our own vision of…

  • Do we need all need a bit more soul?

    September 18, 2012 Do we not all need a bit more soul?   “Soul is different from spirit; the deep soul is the way we live every day, our longings and our fears.” Thomas Moore               It has been nearly twenty years since I first read a book written by Thomas Moore. I picked…

  • Can soul be defined and codified?

    Bird Droppings September 17, 2012 Can soul be defined and codified?               Over the years I have written about the idea of and or concept of soul many times to the point of using the word at one point in my dissertation title. The word has differing meanings as you discuss with various religious…

  • What about trying to clear your head?

    Bird Droppings September 15, 2012 What about trying to clear your head?   “The hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.” Carl G. Jung               I have been a fan of Jung for some time perhaps as I like his view of having more than simply a black…