The daily meanderings of a teacher

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.…

Bird Droppings April 1, 2020 Getting 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…

Bird Droppings March 30, 2020 What is it we see looking into a child’s eyes? I woke up at my normal time from a dream thinking I was back twenty or so years getting up and getting the kids all sent off to school and it was pretty quiet around the house. After walking to…

Bird Droppings March 29, 2020 An eclectic morning   “Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow.” Mahatma Gandhi   It has been quite a few years since I watched an episode of Star Trek actually it may have been one of the movies where…

Bird Droppings March 27, 2020 It is only a dropped feather?   Dr. Michael Garrett (1996), a Cherokee Indian from North Carolina, intertwined his native thoughts in his lessons as he taught college:   If we consider the eagle feather with its light and dark colors, we could argue that ‘the dark colors are more…

Birddroppings March 26, 2020 Engaging curriculum through Story Telling   Sitting at my computer getting my thoughts together to reach out to my students and think about being a student with a dissertation defense ahead. So today a piece of my thoughts as I sit reviewing notes and setting up various programs to engage students…

Bird Droppings March 25, 2020 Have we sold our souls for a few trinkets?   Morning is a special time for me always a new beginning. That might be far too easy of a way to say what I am trying to say. Today I went out a bit early from the house to take…

Bird Droppings March 24, 2020 Looking for reasons   “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 children. When I first…

Bird Droppings March 23, 2020 What is a birddropping? 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…

Bird Droppings March 21, 2020 Is it passion or just obsession?   “All games have an important and probably decisive influence on the destinies of the players under ordinary social conditions, but some offer more opportunities than others for life long careers and are more likely to involve innocent bystanders.” Dr. Eric Berne, The games…