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Finding Soul in looking at the Curriculum, or can I get a nickel’s worth of cheese, please.
Bird Droppings July 4, 2025Finding Soul in looking at the Curriculum, or can I get a nickel’s worth of cheese, please. I interviewed for a part-time teaching position yesterday and then had lunch with a fellow teacher and friend from the last school I taught in. After driving home, I had many thoughts about education.…
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Is it a paradox that sometimes small can be big?
Bird Droppings July 3, 2025Is it a paradox that sometimes small can be big? July has been interesting so far, with clouds and fog to start the month and a beautiful sunrise today. Somehow, between the clouds and even in the mist, I have found images worthy of a photo. Finding the tiny pieces within…
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How do we know on a cloudy day, is the moon setting or the sun rising?
Bird Droppings July 2, 2025How do we know on a cloudy day, is the moon setting or the sun rising? I left the house relatively early to get gas for my wife’s car, and since I have been home today to work on writing a bottle of grapefruit cranberry juice. My days have been hectic…
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Isn’t every day a good day?
Bird Droppings July 1, 2025Isn’t every day a good day? Recently, I had the great privilege of spending time with some dear friends. These are people I have known for many years. Over the past few weeks, I have driven nearly two thousand miles on various, always exciting excursions. There were several trips to Athens…
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How do we know we have grown up?
Bird Droppings June 27, 2025How do we know we have grown up? “The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.” Alden Nowlan Earlier this week, a former student posted a simple line…
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Maybe we are in the wrong.
Bird Droppings June 26, 2025Maybe we are in the wrong. “I am tired of talk that comes to nothing. It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men with no right to talk. Too many misinterpretations have been made;…
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Foxfire is a name for a fungus that glows in the dark until you wander up Black Rock Mountain.
Bird Droppings June 24, 2025Foxfire is a name for a fungus that glows in the dark until you wander up Black Rock Mountain. A few weeks back, I was involved in another synchronous adventure, as I am daily. I have been thinking about it ever since. I have been a fan of Carl Jung and the…
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Is it only a dropped feather?
Bird Droppings June 23, 2025Is it only a dropped feather? “If we consider the eagle feather with its light and dark colors, we could argue that ‘the dark colors are more beautiful and, therefore, naturally more valuable,’ or vice versa. Regardless of which colors are more beautiful, necessary, or valuable, the truth is the bottom…
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Trying to teach an unteachable child
Bird Droppings June 20, 2025Trying to teach an unteachable child “Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.” John F. Kennedy As I…
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At what age should we be seeking a destination
Bird Droppings June 19, 2025At what age should we be seeking a destination “Life is about the journey, not the destination; we don’t know what tomorrow brings,” Steven Tyler, AEROSMITH. Occasionally, I get amazed, and not too many days ago, while driving from point A to point B, a song was playing in my son’s…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 