The daily meanderings of a teacher

Category: The daily meanderings of a teacher

  • Gratitude is an action

    Bird Droppings November 7, 2016 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 driving to school about…

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

    Bird Droppings November 2, 2016 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, 2016 Can we think about compassion in today’s world?   “We are only human, and the demands of life make a raucous noise. But we must not let those demands drown out the quieter voices of the spirit. We must take time to stop and listen, knowing that the voice of…

  • Words not spoken are some of the most profound wisdom

    Bird Droppings October 28, 2016 Words not spoken are some of the most profound wisdom   I am sitting at least thinking about writing papers for grad school and words is what is on my mind right now. I just commented on a Facebook post about learning languages and how I know enough in several…

  • All is connected and intertwined

    Bird Droppings October 25, 2016 All is connected and intertwined   As I thought about the Sydney J. Harris passage below and walked out to a quiet spot where I meditate something hit me. As I faced east towards the rising sun the gossamer threads of life interconnected with everything. They were iridescent and softly…

  • I am searching for answers in reflection and thought

    Bird Droppings October 21, 2016 I am searching for answers in reflection and thought   Yesterday I was wished a happy birthday by a friend on Facebook and it got me thinking a week ahead that soon I would be another year older. Yesterday was not my birthday and it is coming up far too…

  • Thinking ahead

    Bird Droppings October 19, 2016 Thinking ahead   Occasionally I will have a crazy thought although my students will say occasionally I have a normal thought and that would be more like it. They are insinuating most of my thoughts are crazy. My youngest son just had his anniversary this past week and so many…

  • Having heart and kissing frogs

    Bird Droppings October 18, 2016 Having heart and kissing frogs   It is chilly out in northeast Georgia with nighttime temperatures still hanging in the high forties or low fifties but rumor of a near frost hanging out there. Many of us gardeners are bringing plants in. We have still a couple more weeks till…

  • What is that piece you cannot teach teachers?

    Bird Droppings October 12, 2016 What is that piece you cannot teach teachers?   “Studies suggest that instructional and management processes are key to effectiveness, but many interview and survey responses about effective teaching emphasize the teacher’s affective characteristics, or social and emotional behaviors, more than pedagogical practice.” James H. Stronge, Qualities of Effective Teachers…

  • “Teach to where the learning will be not to where it is”

    Bird Droppings October 7, 2016 “Teach to where the learning will be not to where it is”   It seems lately the pressure of old age has been weighing on my mind. Today is the first day in some time I felt pretty good it could be it’s a teachers work day no kids running…