The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings July 12, 2019 What do we miss?   All Along the Watchtower   There must be some way out of here, Said the joker to the thief, There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief. Businessmen, they drink my wine, Plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line Know what…

Bird Droppings July 10, 2019 Like the spider web all of life is connected and intertwined   As I thought about the Sydney J. Harris passage below I recall a walk one morning out to a quiet spot where I meditate and something hit me. As I faced east towards the rising sun the gossamer…

Bird Droppings July 9, 2019 Hearing and listening are critical   “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” Epictetus   A simple analogy yet we far too often we as parents. Teachers and or friends do not understand that statement. Perhaps it is because…

Bird Droppings July 9, 2018 In a world of data can we still use intuition?   I had a thought this morning and it’s kind of depressing when I think about it. We are basically training our new teachers in all the things that we as older teachers find wrong in education. (pre NCLB) It hit…

Bird Droppings July 6, 2019 Foxfire is a name for a fungus glowing in the dark, until you wander up Black Rock Mountain   Yesterday I was involved in another synchronous adventure, as I am literally daily. I Have been thinking about it ever since. I have been a fan of Carl Jung and the idea…

Bird Droppings July 4, 2019 The ability to surmount those learning difficulties   We celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence. I have watched the materialism of our culture run rampant as we today in Washington put on a big display. I won’t be watching the DC show but spending time with family. My…

Bird Droppings June 30, 2019 Teaching and or 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Manchu I walked in the house from vacation after unloading my car, swam about a half mile and sat down to write. I will be having my eighteenth first day of school teaching high school in a few weeks. I…

Bird Droppings June 29, 2019 What am I doing looking for clues?   We all enjoy mysteries and trying to solve the secret before the end of the movie or novel. We all seem to go through life looking for the one big clue and answer to all of the mysteries that surround us. I…

Bird Droppings June 27, 2019 Life is making a quilt It was nearly twelve years ago today my wife walked in and told me that my mother said this was to be a happy time a joyous occasion as we celebrated my father’s life on Sunday. She said I think we are even having a…

Bird Droppings June 26, 2019 Amazing how intertwined the strands of life really are I was asked at dinner one evening 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 with my…