The daily meanderings of a teacher

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  • We need LOVE

    Bird Droppings March 27, 2018 We need LOVE Sometimes we so easily use the word love. It gets used daily by many folks and yet do we truly have any conception of what it is we speak. I was just in a conversation and the word love came up, I responded how we each have…

    March 27, 2018
  • Teachers! We should always be near the edge.

    Bird Droppings March 26, 2018 Teachers! We should always be near the edge.   I recall taking groups hiking in North Georgia and always there is that one person who has to be at the edge of a gorge or edge of the trail dropping two hundred feet down looking over and nearly falling. A…

    March 26, 2018
  • Can we find answers to our questions?

    Bird Droppings March 25, 2018 Can we find answers to our questions?   Several years ago I would have said there were answers to almost any question that could be asked. Today sitting here I wonder granted first you have to ask what is the question or questions but I have a different attitude now…

    March 25, 2018
  • Seeking perfection in a world full of mud

    Bird Droppings March 24, 2018 Seeking perfection in a world full of mud “I have found there are those who can write and speak fluently and yet do not have anything to say and then there are those who have something to say who may not be so fluent. The big question is who do,…

    March 24, 2018
  • Inability of surmounting learning difficulties

    Bird Droppings March 23, 2018 Inability of surmounting learning difficulties   It has been a few days since my last post. I have been extremely occupied with surgery Tuesday and recovering past few days. Last week I had several doctor appointments, ultrasounds, blood work, and more doctors made it a crazy week. It seems my…

    March 23, 2018
  • Religion is what you make of it

    Bird Droppings March 21, 2018 Religion is what you make of it   “A poor devotee points to the sky and says, ‘God is up there.’ An average devotee says, ‘God dwells in the heart as the Inner Master.’ The best devotee says, ‘God alone is and everything I perceive is a form of God.’”…

    March 21, 2018
  • Can we teach again a love of learning

    Bird Droppings March 19, 2018 Can we teach again a love of learning   This has been a perplexing time of my life. I recall an event, a car wreck in which a young man was killed and his passenger who was a good friend of my youngest son was severely injured. My thoughts rambled…

    March 19, 2018
  • Teacher’s should always be near the edge

    Bird Droppings March 15, 2018 Teacher’s should always be near the edge   I recall taking groups hiking in North Georgia and always there is that one person who has to be at the edge of a gorge or edge of the trail dropping two hundred feet down looking over and nearly falling. Maybe they…

    March 16, 2018
  • Sacredness, of finding Foxfire in the Kalahari Desert

    Bird Droppings March 14, 2018 Sacredness, of finding Foxfire in the Kalahari Desert   I have known about Foxfire for nearly fifty years since I bought my first copy of a Foxfire book in 1972 or so. Since that time coincidence as it may be I have taken courses in the Foxfire approach to teaching…

    March 14, 2018
  • Going to school again for the first time

    Bird Droppings March 12, 2018 Going 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 I…

    March 12, 2018
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