The daily meanderings of a teacher

Category: The Foxfire Approach to Teaching

  • Within the circle of life a new life coming

    Bird Droppings November 28, 2016 Within the circle of life a new life coming   Resurrection By Susan Thomas Underwood   The universe is energy in constant motion. There are ebbs and flows; Outcomes and income, And change…… Always change. The physical world reflects this motion In the cycles of life, There is spring and…

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

    Bird Droppings November 25, 2016 “Teach to where the learning will be not to where it is”   I had a relaxing week with family and sort of got my thoughts together as the days went by. Somewhere as what little rain dissipated and we had a more days of sunshine even though the temperatures…

  • Finding solace along the way

    Bird Droppings November 18, 2016 Finding solace along the way   A few days ago a good friend said I could read every word in Bird Droppings today and I did not think I used too many fancy words, although I have a bad habit of inventing words. They said there were no fancy high…

  • Teaching is always climbing up another rung

    Bird Droppings November 16, 2016 Teaching is always climbing up another rung   Today was a hard day for me. I have been hit hard with a seasonal allergy sinus issue and smoke from North Georgia is definitely not helping. Our house is heated with gas and the dry heat does me in every year.…

  • While deadly a spider spins to survive

    Bird Droppings November 15, 2016 While deadly a spider spins to survive “When Peter pulled his sword and attacked the Roman soldier he was told to put it away and his boss turned to the injured soldier and healed his ear but that was before Christianity” Frank Bird Ed.S. D.D. Every other Facebook post is…

  • I am still trying to figure out teaching

    Bird Droppings November 14, 2016 I am still trying to figure out teaching   The names are withheld but on my Facebook page a few years back. “Good morning Mr. Bird , I would like to thank you for being a great teacher, my son John Doe speaks highly of you, John has grown up…

  • Teacher’s need to consult their hearts

    Bird Droppings November 9, 2016 Teacher’s need to consult their hearts   I was amazed walking out this morning to the car and 45 degrees no frogs chirping away. We have the day off Friday and I have much to do. I was going through some research material and pulled out a little book. It…

  • I am always finding where community exists

    Bird Droppings November 8, 2016 I am always finding where community exists   “I am sitting listening to Allman Brother’s Fillmore East CD on a Tuesday morning a moon hidden in our infrequent lately clouds outside. As I drove to school today I had several thoughts streaming through my head. How do two people see…

  • 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…