The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings June 9, 2019 Can you be dreaming, imagining, thinking, pondering and reflecting all at the same time?   I drove to south east Georgia over ten years ago to take my oral exams for my doctorate. This was basically a follow-up face to face with my committee of professors and in turn responding…

Bird Droppings June 8, 2019 The head of education in the US should not be an idiot   It was nearly ten years ago I was reading an article actually an interview with Arne Duncan, the former Secretary of Education. I selected a few choice quotes from his interview to savor and ponder for a…

Bird Droppings June 7, 2019 Trying to teach an unteachable child   “Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.” John F. Kennedy…

Bird Droppings June 5, 2019 I wonder what my favorite store is; Then again is it even important?   Interesting I had two thoughts earlier in the week as I started the day out. One I heard on the radio going to get some air in my wife’s tire in her car from a satellite…

Bird Droppings June 4, 2019 Teaching and or 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Manchu   I just finished my first half year back in teaching after my first year of teaching retirement from high school. Thinking back my last day was rough but not quite as bad, tense and hectic as my first…

Bird Droppings June 2, 2019 Why should we do more?   “Choices are sacred to life’s journey. They lie along the path that all of us must follow for ourselves. An important Cherokee lesson is that if you involve yourself in any decision, you also experience the consequences of that decision.” Dr. J.T. Garrett, Meditations…

Bird Droppings June 1- 2, 2019 Teachers thoughts along the banks of the Chattahoochee River? I started writing yesterday and got sidetracked by a trip to the museum with my grandkids. About two years ago I was apprehensive as I got up on that morning taking much longer than normal to get my day started.…

Bird Droppings May 28, 2019 Always on my mind and in my heart I avoided writing yesterday as so many memories and thoughts consumed me. I have many friends who dies in wars recently and both my father and father in law fought in wars previously. I do not believe in war but I do…

Bird Droppings May 26, 2019 Occasionally we need to learn again about the Rock and the Smoke   High school students always ask questions about religion. As we get into evolution especially in biology. Occasionally I get someone who wants to prove a point. A young lady brought in her father’s sermon on creation and…

Bird Droppings May 24, 2019 Being reborn is listening with the heart   So often in life we tend to hear words and then we rationalize those utterances, develop an opinion and then logically state a response. I got thinking back to a conversation sitting discussing existentialism with my granddaughter last night nearly eight years…