The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings May 8, 2019 How do we make learning successful? So as I do on many mornings when I get the time I walked out to a quiet corner of my back yard. Nestled in a patch of weeds and brush I laid claim to my quiet spot and look toward the east in the…

Bird Droppings May 7, 2019 Can we be about healing?   I came out earlier today into the darkness and the first thing I heard was a bullfrog off in the distance calling that’s the first one of the year. As I listened I heard more I heard many birds starting to chirp, whistle and…

Bird Droppings May 3, 2019 Every day a new journey begins   “School divides life into two segments, which are increasingly of comparable length. As much as anything else, schooling implies custodial care for persons who are declared undesirable elsewhere by the simple fact that a school has been built to serve them.” Ivan Illich,…

Bird Droppings May 1, 2019 Pondering and researching education while remembering a waterfalls   It has been seven years since I was staying at the Sylvan Mills Bed and Breakfast in a room literally over a waterfall. I went up to North Georgia to recharge perhaps another word might be to rekindle my passion for…

Bird Droppings May 1, 2019 Trooper, pondering, remembering and digesting the stories   Forty six years ago I was a student at Mercer University in Macon Georgia. I had moved south only a few months before from Pennsylvania. Macon was new to me and I will admit I was a bit naive at the time.…

Bird Droppings April 30, 2019 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 April 29, 2019 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 absence of other people – it is about being fully present to ourselves, whether or not we are with others.” Parker Palmer   Dr. Parker…

Bird Droppings April 28, 2019 Hunting for the right words   “The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands.” Robert M. Pirsig, American author   Whether it is trying to offer a few words of condolence to friends whose loved one has passed away or trying to…

Bird Droppings April 26, 2019 POTENTIAL   “Love is a complex experience which seems to follow no rules but its own. Romantic love can have the power of a hurricane or the tenderness of a soft wet wind. I have known, too, a chance introduction which instantly and magically merged into a lifelong friendship. And…

Bird Droppings April 25, 2019 Green Bay Wisconsin is cold   “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get back up.” Vince Lombardi   It has been a few days since I used a Lombardi quote. Years back I can recall my father borrowing verbiage from the great coach of the Green…