The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings October 25, 2019 Within the circle of life a new life coming   I have wandered many miles emotionally, psychologically and spiritually the past few days. After being down physically for sixteen weeks limited to a hard cast from my leg injury it was removed yesterday and my adrenalin seriously kicked in. My…

Bird Droppings October 24, 2019 All is connected and intertwined   As I thought about the Sydney J. Harris passage below and sat here waiting to go to my orthopedic doctor to hopefully get out of this hard cast, something hit me. Standing on my front porch as I faced east towards the rising sun…

Bird Droppings October 23, 2019 Do we build doors or walls?   I enjoy arriving at school while the stars are still shining overhead something about the darkness is peaceful for me. I can remember when my youngest would ride to school with me; he is not quite as big a fan of mornings and…

Bird Droppings October 22, 2019 Sometimes it takes an inner journey to help others   It has been several months that I have focused on my own issues and problems and often let others problems drift by the wayside. Being somewhat immobile with a non-walking cast presents physical and psychological dilemmas. I have been there…

Bird Droppings October 21, 2019 Can we change things?   “Therefore, the shortage of effective teachers is not a problem that can be solved by a new structure. It is caused by how we train and manage teachers, and can only be solved by improving the way we do this, no matter what the structure…

Bird Droppings October 20, 2019 Hearing an owl   “If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing double dahlias in his garden. He will not be searching for happiness as if it were a collar button that has rolled under the radiator.”…

Bird Droppings October 18, 2019 I am always finding where community exists   I am sitting listening to Allman Brother’s Fillmore East CD on a Friday morning a moon hidden in our infrequent lately clouds outside. As I think about heading to school today I had several thoughts streaming through my head. How do two…

Bird Droppings October 17, 2019 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 got out a bit early from the house to turn…

Bird Droppings October 16, 2019 What about adding to our current reality TV: The great teachers of America?   I am back in grad school and finishing my twelve yearlong doctorate, today working on writing. A time ago I had been set up to teach several new college classes when I received notification of a reduction…

Bird Droppings October 15, 2019 Am I a Weginahsa?   “The work of a teacher – exhausting, complex, idiosyncratic, never twice the same – is at its heart, an intellectual and ethical enterprise. Teaching is the vocation of vocations, a calling that shepherds a multitude of other callings. It is an activity that is intensely…