The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings June 25, 2019 Teaching can be successful   As I do on many mornings when I get the time I try and find a quiet spot to ponder a few minutes, on vacation my balcony beckoned. At home developers have purchased the bank owned land in our development and new houses have taken…

Bird Droppings June 21, 2019 Standing in line at Kroger always thinking about teaching I am always looking for coincidence. This could be why so often I find it just about anywhere. It might be walking in my yard and seeing an owl sitting in a tree, or standing in line at an odd hour…

Bird Droppings June 19, 2019 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…

Bird Droppings June 17, 2019 Why do we wish, wonder and wait?   “Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.” William Davenant   It has been nearly thirteen years since we moved last and found ourselves in this house.  I wasn’t sure from where to start several ideas have been…

Bird Droppings June 16, 2019 Don’t cross word puzzles take some time?   Towards the end of my last History class that I taught in college one of my students was working on a particular assignment and had to define bias. She was not sure which definition was correct and asked my opinion. I explained…

Bird Droppings June 15, 2019 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…

Bird Droppings June 14, 2019 Amazing how intertwined the strands of life really are   I was asked at 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 with…

Bird Droppings June 13, 2019 Today should always be a first day   “I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man to depend simply upon himself.” Lone Man (Isna-la-wica)Teton Sioux   So often in life we think we are the one. We can do it all on our…

Bird Droppings June 12, 2019 Why is seeking peace so difficult?   Around the world armies are moving as I write. There are missiles are being aimed and tanks rolling. War is a profit driving machine for industry and sadly more so about money than ideology. I have always been against war and always have…

Bird Droppings June 11, 2018 Often we find ourselves in a fog of education I got up as I do a bit later on somedays and walked a mile in the pool. I tend to meditate and wander in my thinking ponder as it might be. I use a small white plastic cube to mark…