Bird Droppings April 7, 2013 Making a difference each day “Dialogue, is the encounter between men, mediated by the world, in order to name the world” Paulo Freire A Brazilian educationalist and one of the most influential thinkers of the late twentieth century made famous the term dialogue in his writing. As I read a…

Bird Droppings April 5, 2013 Potential is only that unless it is acted upon “Love is a complex experience which seems to follow no rules but its own. Romantic love can have the power of a hurricane or the tenderness of a soft wet wind. I have known, too, a chance introduction which instantly and…

Bird Droppings April 4, 2013 While I detest shopping I really like Kroger Interesting two thoughts while similar struck me this morning as I started the day out. One I heard on the radio going to get gas for my wife a country music radio announcer recalling an old George W. Bush quote, and the…

Bird Droppings April 3, 2013 Pondering ABABABABABAB Last night I went back over some notes from one of my numerous posts in my various blog sites and graduate school notes. I had been reading from a paper on a program that was developed in the mid 1980’s in California. The program with one teacher in…

Bird Droppings April 2, 2013 Listening for nature’s call Lately as I venture out in the wee hours of the morning whippoorwills are calling. It has been a few years since I heard them with such regularity. They seem to start after midnight and go till nearly dawn. Close to the house is a dense…

Bird Droppings April 1, 2013 A song in and of the morning There is a time each day when the birds’ first start singing it is generally just before the sun begins to come up. First one and then another start in and soon birds can be heard throughout the trees. I stood trying to…

Bird Droppings March 31, 2013 Seeking Perfection midst the 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, you listen too?”…

Bird Droppings March 29, 2013 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 one…

Bird Droppings March 28, 2013 A morning meandering while the moon sets As I read through several old emails of my former doctorate and graduate cohort folks as they some are defending their dissertations in the coming weeks. In another set of emails from an article review several commented on how these particular readings provided…

Bird Droppings March 27, 2013 Progressive versus traditional teachers In a ninth grade literature class that I happen to co-teach in I was introduced to the Freedom Writers Diary and the film based on the book. In some ways the story is similar to the story of Foxfire. Erin Gruell a first year brand new…