The daily meanderings of a teacher

    Bird Droppings November 28, 2018 A look at essential Bird Pedagogy   It was five years ago I was reading an article actually an interview with Arne Duncan, the Secretary of Education. I selected a few choice quotes from his interview to savor and ponder for a few days. As I look at…

Bird Droppings November 27, 2018 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 November 26, 2018 Can we teach children to love learning again   This has been a perplexing time of my life. The thoughts of leaving retirement and going back to work and literally only a week left of retirement part one sort of over whelming me. I have a paper submitted that I…

Bird Droppings November 25, 2018 Going back to school again for the first time So often as I start my writings each morning there has been an experience recently to build upon. It is utilizing these previous experiences that provide windows and doors into future experiences. I was driving through our town and a shop…

Bird Droppings November 23, 2018 Teaching is more than just wanting to   “I want to say one other challenge that we face is simply that we must find an alternative to war and bloodshed. Anyone who feels, and there are still a lot of     people who feel that way, that war can solve…

Birddroppings November 24, 2018 Venting a bit on a Saturday morning   I wrote yesterday and decided to be lazy today to get ready for holidays, Christmas trees etc. Last night and this morning I read several alarming posts on various friend’s pages. I followed links and they led to para military groups discussing declaring…

Bird Droppings November 19, 2018 Within the circle of life a new life coming   Resurrection By Susan Thomas Underwood The universe is energy in constant motion. There are ebbs and flows; Outcomes and income, And change…… Always change.   The physical world reflects this motion In the cycles of life, There is spring and…

Bird Droppings November 18, 2018 Listening to a philosopher A beautiful sky this morning as I walked out and actually not too cold which is surprising as the sky was clear. Sadly I looked across the space between our house and the neighbors and now the trees are gone. Only weeks ago it was a…

Bird Droppings November 17, 2018     All through history weaving has been a critical aspect of civilization. Weaving cloth for clothes and blankets in order to survive and soon after weaving for art sake.   “For certain fortunate people there is something that transcends all classifications of behavior, and that is awareness, something which…

Bird Droppings November 16, 2018 Finding solace along the way   A few days ago a good friend said I could read every word in Bird Droppings today. I did not think I used too many fancy words in my writing. Although I have a bad habit of inventing words. He said there were no…