The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings June 19, 2020 Should we be pondering the idea of faith? I have been indirectly involved in several discussions lately involving the word faith. So I did a bit of research and thinking. “Modern technology advanced in such tiny increments for so long that we never realized how much our world was being…

Bird Droppings June 18, 2020 Can we even compare ethics and politics? I picked up a copy of the Atlanta Journal Constitution some time ago. The front page had various articles but one caught my attention. Having been a student in psychology at Mercer University in Macon and required to go on a field trip…

Bird Droppings June 17, 2020 Learning and teaching are not the same and yet intertwine “In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.” Dr. Mortimer J. Adler Dr. Adler founded the Center for the Study…

Bird Droppings June 16, 2020 Amazing how intertwined the strands of life really are I was asked at a teachers dinner one time when did I start teaching and I responded at age twelve. The group I was with was thinking I was being my typical sarcastic self. Then I explained I started teaching swimming…

Bird Droppings June 11, 2020 Keeping the stories going remembering a dear friend In years gone by I would visit, take photos and offer my two cents at the Foxfire Approach to Teaching Course put on by Piedmont College for graduate students and teachers already in the classroom in Mountain City Georgia. This course is…

Bird Droppings June 9, 2020 Can you be dreaming, imagining, thinking, pondering and reflecting all in a few minutes? I drove to south east Georgia over ten years ago to take my oral exams for my doctorate. This was basically a follow-up face to face with my committee of professors and in turn responding to…

Bird Droppings June 7, 2020 Trying 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…

Bird Droppings June 5, 2020 I wonder what my favorite store is; Then again is it even important? Interesting I had two thoughts earlier in the week as I started the day out. One I heard on the radio going to get some air in my wife’s tire in her car from a satellite radio…

Bird Droppings May 25, 2020 Is curriculum sacred?   My wife and I are talking about taking a few days hiatus to head to the South Carolina coast with no schedule and little baggage. We will head north Saturday morning no plans. Thinking back to our last crazy trip our last journey included a nursery…

Bird Droppings May 24, 2020 In the pursuit of excellence   I was listening to crickets and tree frogs as the sounds of morning surrounded me with the rustling of leaves in the steady breeze as I sojourned out in the wee hours with our dog. It is a great day to walk this reality…