The daily meanderings of a teacher

Category: The Foxfire Approach to Teaching

  • 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…

  • Children learn what they live

    Bird Droppings April 10, 2015 Children learn what they live It is such a beautiful day and quiet outside, I had the opportunity to sit and meditate for for a few minutes just before the rising sun pushed across the fields behind our house. I took pictures of the nearly full moon the air was…

  • It is said dreams do not stand alone

    Bird Droppings April 9, 2015 It is said dreams do not stand alone “You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.” Richard Bach It has been so many years since I first experienced the whimsical book Jonathan Livingston Seagull,…

  • Looking for and clearing a pathway

    Bird Droppings April 8, 2015 Looking for and clearing a pathway “I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” Elwyn Brooks White Often I reflect on the journey of life and the many directions I…