The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings April 12, 2020 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   I reflect on the journey of life and the many directions…

ird Droppings April 10, 2020 The great teachers of America: Where do they come from?   I started back to grad school after my ten-year doctorate furlough. I am looking to teach several new college classes when I get back on track. For now, I am finishing the year at Alcovy high school and getting…

Bird Droppings April 8, 2020 Ethics and Politics   There are so many things happening in our world that are often at the whim of a politician who we voted for or in my case against. The auto industry was being remade, wars are being fought, jobs are appearing and disappearing, and health care reform…

Bird Droppings April 8, 2020 Pondering ABABABABABAB   Last night I went back over some notes from one of my numerous posts in my various blog sites and graduate school comments. I had been reading from a paper on a program that was developed in the mid-1980’s in California. The program with one teacher in…

Bird Droppings April 7, 2020 A wind in the trees   Over the past weeks, we have had several storms come through the area. Just before I went to bed last night according to the weather we were to get another today, although the forecast is now for tomorrow. Several times during the night I…

Bird Droppings April 6, 2020 Sometimes 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…

Bird Droppings April 5, 2020 Green Bay Wisconsin is cold. Did Lombardi ever wear gloves?   “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…

Bird Droppings April 4, 2020 POTENTIAL   “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…

Bird Droppings April 3, 2020 Hunting 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…

Bird Droppings April 2, 2020 A 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.…