The daily meanderings of a teacher

A journal from a teacher

What is the Holy Grail (solution/answer) in education?

Bird Droppings August 6, 2018 What is the Holy Grail (solution/answer) in education? “Obsessive search for the holy grail through only that which can be measured and documented effectively diminishes the sacred and leaves us standing empty without souls.” Dr. Grant Bennett A day or two ago I got a bit carried away…

August 7, 2018
Can we find answers outside our windows?

Bird Droppings August 4, 2018 Can we find answers outside our windows? As I read and pondered a world engrossed with money and how we can spend that money. I wonder if perhaps some of the thinking that is bringing so many American Indians back to their more traditional world views has merit. I…

August 4, 2018
Should children be left behind?

Bird Droppings August 3, 2018 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…

August 3, 2018
Do we teach or are we taught, a great question?

Bird Droppings August 2, 2018 Do we teach or are we taught, a great question? “The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.” Albert Einstein Andrea Teader does Podcasts, I happened upon one while sitting in my doctor’s office looking up storytelling on the internet. She started her Podcast, The…

August 2, 2018
Why is it hard to think about compassion?

Bird Dropping August 1, 2018 Why is it hard to think about compassion? Almost six years ago I was quietly sitting in a hotel room in South Carolina it was still dark outside and it was odd not being at school. I so seldom missed a day of school. My middle son and his…

August 1, 2018
Doing what you love is not really work

Bird Droppings July 31, 2018 Doing what you love is not really work “To love what you do and feel that it matters, how could anything be more fun?” Katharine Graham It seems I learn something every day as I wander about the internet and books I find along the way. My life’s…

July 31, 2018
Pondering and thinking wiping away a tear or two

Bird Droppings July 29, 2018 Pondering and thinking wiping away a tear or two I was outside very early today doing my laps in the pool as a great horned owl was irritating my dog keeping him up. It seems it was more than one as around me several were calling back and forth…

July 30, 2018
All about how you feed the wolves

Bird Droppings July 28, 2018 All about how you feed the wolves I walked outside very early this morning to a sky filled with stars and wisps of clouds floating by. Crickets were almost together chirping slowly in the cool morning. My morning started long before sunrise today and the sounds as I walked…

July 29, 2018
It takes more than one strand to make a rope, in life and in education.

Bird Droppings July 27, 2018 It takes more than one strand to make a rope, in life and in education. “You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it.” Faith Baldwin Each day as I talk to…

July 27, 2018
Maybe we are in the wrong

Bird Droppings July 25, 2018 Maybe we are in the wrong “I am tired of talk that comes to nothing. It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who have no right to talk. Too many misinterpretations…

July 25, 2018