The daily meanderings of a teacher

Category: The daily meanderings of a teacher

  • Wondering about the song lyrics of an old friend

    Bird Droppings April 22, 2015 Wondering about the song lyrics of an old friend I first started listening to Neil Young’s music in 1967 or so possibly even earlier if you count Buffalo Springfield, a short lived band and of course 1968 with Crosby Stills and Nash at Woodstock and Deja vu, their first album…

  • Can we figure a way to filter it all?

    Bird Droppings April 21, 2015 Can we figure a way to filter it all? “Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information.” T.S. Elliot Sifting through the tons of information that bombard us daily is a task, be it emails, text messages, cell phone calls,…

  • A man before his time

    Bird Droppings April 20, 2015 A man before his time “A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.” Arthur Schopenhauer Many great thinkers have found their motivation and beginnings in Schopenhauer. Arthur Schopenhauer was one of the first westerners to read and understand Eastern thought. He was well read and…

  • A wind in the trees

    Bird Droppings April 18, 2015 A wind in the trees Over the past weeks we have had several severe storms come through the area. Just before I went to bed last night according to the weather we were to get another today. Several times during the night I awakened and no storm was blowing and…

  • We need both the Rock and the Smoke

    Bird Droppings April 17, 2015 We need both the Rock and the Smoke “If people find no room in their lives to pray or to meditate, to reflect deeply on why they have been created and what they must do with their lives, and to listen with all of their being to the guidance of…

  • Filling cracks in leaky pots

    Bird Droppings April 16, 2015 Filling cracks in leaky pots Many thousands of years ago Buddha compared people to four kinds of clay vessels. Borrowing these words today as I am thinking to a day lost yesterday in my normal routine of writing and doing things. A lost day but a full day, time with…

  • Pondering in my search for wisdom

    Bird Droppings April 15, 2015 Pondering in my search for wisdom On the front page of today’s paper the lead story is the sentencing of the Atlanta teachers found guilty of cheating on state standardized tests. Another article is related to high school graduates are not ready for college and right next to it was…

  • Why not just imagine?

    Bird Droppings April 14, 2015 Why not just imagine? Some days I wonder if adults I know have ever imagined even considered imagination. For example have you ever lain on your back watching clouds trying to determine if this one is a dragon or a whale? I was driving home from Georgia Tech with my…

  • What about adding to reality TV, the great teachers of America?

    Bird Droppings April 13, 2015 What about adding to reality TV, The great teachers of America? I start a new college class in a few nights which had me started on a new syllabus and lesson plans and that got me thinking. Last night when I got home I was sitting mesmerized by the night…

  • It seems to be a new morning?

    Bird Droppings April 12, 2015 It seems to be a new morning? Last night I went to a movie with my oldest son. My wife was out of town and we both had nothing better to do. While he and I had been waiting outside to get in the car the sounds of the evening…