The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings April 3, 2019 I detest shopping but I really like Kroger   About three years back I spent nearly a week of using ice packs as heat extractors for my computer until getting the fan fixed. It was interesting I had two thoughts while similar that came to me this morning as I…

Bird Droppings April 2, 2019 Watching a hawk fly by   I have over the years attended numerous track meets. I would take a few photos as I tend to do. I recall about eight years ago when I was not able to get to the region meet till after school. Since it started before…

Bird Droppings March 31, 2019 My pedagogy is evolving as I learn, see and listen more   “We would do away with examinations. They measure the inconsequential type of learning. We would do away with grades and credits for the same reason. We would do away with degrees as a measure of competence partly for…

Bird Droppings March 30, 2019 Is it passion or just obsession?   “All games have an important and probably decisive influence on the destinies of the players under ordinary social conditions; but some offer more opportunities than others for life long careers and are more likely to involve innocent bystanders.” Dr. Eric Berne, The games…

Bird Droppings March 24, 2019 Children Teach what they Live   It is a beautiful spring day outside and quiet after a crazy open house next door. It seems the solitude of the country has changed rapidly in only a few weeks. A developer bought sub-division and has put up houses. People are moving into…

Bird Droppings March 22, 2019 Setting priorities on a chilly spring morning   “Keep in mind that you are always saying ‘no’ to something. If it isn’t to the apparent, urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things. Even when the urgent is good, the good can keep…

Bird Droppings March 21, 2019 Are we going in the right direction?   “I believe that education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living. I believe that the school must represent present life-life as real and vital to the child as that which he carries on in the home,…

Bird Droppings March 20, 2019 Where is the beginning or end in a circle?   “It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.” Albert Einstein…

Bird Droppings March 19, 2019 When did Bird Droppings start? On February 3, 2003 I officially started titling my daily emailing and blogging, Bird Droppings. I went back in my files and pulled up a few old thoughts and ideas. As I was reading the local paper today a street poll was included asking locals…

Bird Droppings March 18, 2018 Quietly listening to Bob Dylan and pondering the word inspiration   My mind wandered back fourteen years to a county wide teacher kick off meeting, traditionally a packaged inspirational meeting and welcome back for the new school year hosted by an outside speaker. The county would pay big bucks to…