The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings November 12, 201 Should children be left behind?   “I believe that our own experience instructs us that the secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It is chosen and foreordained, and he only holds the key…

Bird Droppings November 10, 2018 I am always finding where community exists I am sitting listening to Allman Brother’s Fillmore East CD on a Saturday morning. After a few days of clouds and rain a clear sky but cold. As I drove to the corner store today I had several thoughts streaming through my head.…

Bird Droppings November 9, 2018 Today is day one or so I am told   Feeling old today now that I working on my seventieth year and a cold front coming in, my bones are aching. I remember nearly twelve years ago as we got closer to the last day in our old house it…

Bird Droppings November 4, 2017 Gratitude is an action   “Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” Chief Seattle, 1854   Most mornings I am getting up about four…

Bird Droppings November 7, 2018 While deadly, a spider spins to survive “When Peter pulled his sword and attacked the Roman soldier he was told to put it away and his boss turned to the injured soldier and healed his ear but that was before Christianity” Frank Bird Ed.S. D.D. With every other Facebook post…

Bird Droppings November 6, 2018 I am still trying to figure out teaching   The names are withheld, to protect the innocent, except on my Facebook page. A few years back I received this note. “Good morning Mr. Bird , I would like to thank you for being a great teacher, my son John Doe…

Bird Droppings November 8, 2018 Teaching is always climbing up another rung   I had a great night sleep. I was planning on writing this morning. I have an IEP observation to write up for tomorrow and a preproscectus for my dissertation I would like to have competed by the end of the week. I…

Bird Droppings November 3, 2018 I still like the seagull book   Once upon a time, that line has started so many stories in my day that perhaps it would be a good way to start today. Many years ago as I drove my kids to school each morning I would spin yarns of various…

Bird Dropping November 1, 2018 Can we think about compassion in today’s world?   I am sitting here looking out my window next to my computer into a dark world. My dear friends and those of you not so dear please consider this thought. We are in a turbulent time. A hurricane of politics and…