Bird Droppings June 12, 2015 Teaching and or 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Manchu I will be having my fifteenth first day of school at this high school. I will just assume it will not be as tense and hectic as my first on September 11, 2001. I began the day thinking back…

Bird Droppings June 11, 2015 A quick reflection this beautiful day, thinking of others and a dear friend “I think that empathy is important not only as a means of enhancing compassion, but I think that generally speaking when dealing with others on any level, if you are having difficulties, it’s extremely helpful to be…

Bird Droppings June 10, 2015 I am always searching for the ends of a bell-shaped curve I was reminded as former students came by at our last Open House of how we as teacher’s impact lives. Students are so much more than test scores and grades. So much more than content we teach. I was joking…

Bird Droppings June 9, 2015 Wondering is a powerful tool Several years back during the school year we started sort of a school-wide vocabulary of the week I was reminded of this as I was looking through my various files for quotes and such. About three years ago as the day wound down an email…

Bird Droppings June 7, 2015 Don’t cross word puzzles take some time? Towards the end of my last History class that I teach in college one of my students was working on a particular assignment and had to define bias. She was not sure which definition was correct and asked my opinion. I explained in…

Bird Droppings June 6, 2015 Why should we do more? “Choices are sacred to life’s journey. They lie along the path that all of us must follow for ourselves. An important Cherokee lesson is that if you involve yourself in any decision, you also experience the consequences of that decision.” Dr. J.T. Garrett, Meditations with…

Bird Droppings June 3, 2015 Researching Education a bit on a Friday morning over tea I took a day or two hiatus playing with grand babies and need to get serious about my research, photography and writing. Although the past two days were fantastic watching two little ones change so much so fast I felt…

Bird Droppings June 3, 2015 Just a morning observation and some observing “I do not write from mythology when I reflect upon Native American spirituality in this book. In my own opinion, mythology leads to superstition; and superstition has proved fatally destruction to many millions down through time. It is ironic, then that Dominant Society…

Bird Droppings June 2, 2015 Do we as teachers build doors or walls? I enjoy arriving at school while the stars are still shining overhead something about the darkness is peaceful for me. I can remember when my youngest would ride to school with me; he is not quite as big a fan of mornings…

Bird Droppings June 1, 2015 Can we find learning in the Kalahari Desert or on the banks of the Chattahoochee River? I was apprehensive as I got up on Sunday morning taking much longer than normal to get my day started. A good friend had called me last week and said that he would be…