The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings April 6, 2021Sometimes I feel like I am missing a day So often I speak of coincidences in life. A few evenings back while helping my wife with some graphics and issues in a class she was teaching I was also thinking about a new Bird Droppings. Some ideas had hit me and…

Bird Droppings April 5, 2021Green Bay Wisconsin is cold “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get back up.” Vince Lombardi It has been a few days since I used a Lombardi quote. Years back I can recall my father borrowing verbiage from the great coach of the Green bay Packers and…

Bird Droppings April 4, 2021POTENTIAL “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 magically merged into a lifelong friendship. And I’ve known…

Bird Droppings April 3, 2021Hunting for the right words “The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands.” Robert M. Pirsig, American author Whether it is trying to offer a few words of condolence to friends whose loved one has passed away or trying to sort out the…

Bird Droppings April 2, 2021A spiritual side to teaching “Solitude does not necessarily mean living apart from others; rather, it’s never living apart from one’s self. Not about the absence of other people – it is about being fully present to ourselves, whether or not we are with others.” Parker Palmer Dr. Parker Palmer is…

Bird Droppings April 1, 2021Getting ready “In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been instituted there, and it’s a policy where they do not encourage, in fact, discourage, critical thinking and the creation of ideas and public education.” Russell Means I walked early this morning before the sunrise…

Bird Droppings March 31, 2021  Looking for reasons for why kids go bad “Come; let us put our minds together to see what kind of life we can create for our children.” Sitting Bull, Lakota Sioux Nearly twenty years have passed since I did a research paper on the causes of various emotional issues with…

Bird Droppings March 30, 2021So close to finishing So often as I start my writings each morning there has been an experience recently to build upon. It is utilizing these previous experiences that provide windows and doors into future experiences. I was driving through our town and a shop I had seen numerous times caught…

Bird Droppings March 29, 2021All in a name On February 3, 2003 I officially started titling my daily emailing and blogging, Bird Droppings. I went back in my files and pulled up a few old thoughts and ideas. As I was reading the local paper today a street poll was included asking locals about gas…

Bird Droppings March 27, 2021Not all learning difficulties can be tested for It has been a few days since my last post. I have been extremely occupied. Last week several doctor appointments, ultrasounds, blood work, and more doctors made it a crazy week. It seems my heart rate or lack thereof has got the best…