The daily meanderings of a teacher

A journal from a teacher

Can we even compare ethics and politics?

Bird Droppings May 21, 2025Can we even compare ethics and politics? I picked up a copy of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about eight years ago. The front page had various articles, but one caught my attention. Having been a student in psychology at Mercer University in Macon, I was required to go on a field trip…

May 21, 2025
Bird Droppings May 19, 2025 Innocence is more than a definition. “Look at children. Of course, they may quarrel, but generally speaking, they do not harbor ill feelings as much or as long as adults do. Most adults have the advantage of education over children, but what is the use of an education if they…

May 20, 2025
Filling cracks in leaky pots is not always the solution

Bird Droppings May 18, 2015Filling cracks in leaky pots is not always the solution Many thousands of years ago Buddha compared people to four kinds of clay vessels. Borrowing these words today as I am thinking to several days lost traveling to see a new grand baby, from my normal routine of writing and doing…

May 18, 2025
Bird Droppings May 17, 2025 Is there a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Abraham Lincoln Perhaps some people are inherently grouchy in the scheme of things; in Lincoln’s view, they want to be grouchy. Sitting here pondering…

May 17, 2025
Being reborn is simply listening with the heart

Bird Droppings May 14, 2025 Being reborn is simply listening with the heart So often in life, we hear words and rationalize those utterances, develop an opinion, and then logically state a response. I was sitting in a meeting after talking with my principal about next year, and being a retired part-timer, I am sort…

May 14, 2025
Teaching can be successful, and it can happen at any time.

Bird Droppings May 12, 2025 Teaching can be successful, and it can happen at any time. When I am home, I try to search for a sunrise almost every morning. When we go to the beach at Pawleys Island, I am always on the beach for sunrises. Even at the beach, strands of spider webbing…

May 12, 2025
Life is making a quilt it requires many pieces and many more stitches

Bird Droppings May 8, 2025Life is making a quilt it requires many pieces and many more stitches Nearly eighteen years ago, my wife told me that my mother said this would be a joyous time as we celebrated my father’s life on a Sunday. She said we even have a snow cone machine, and I…

May 8, 2025
Searching for a flower, the butterfly pea (Clitoria marina), or is it gone now

Bird Droppings May 7, 2025Searching for a flower, the butterfly pea (Clitoria marina), or is it gone now Interestingly, I had two thoughts earlier in the week as I started the day that made me think of them. One I heard on the radio was that I was going to get some gas in my…

May 7, 2025
Wondering is a powerful tool.

Bird Droppings May 6, 2025Wondering is a powerful tool. Several years back, we started a school-wide vocabulary of the week during the school year. I was reminded of this as I looked through my various files for quotes. About eight years ago, as the day wound down, an email from the head of the English…

May 6, 2025
Is there such a thing as an unteachable child

Bird Droppings May 2, 2025Is there such a thing as an unteachable child “Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.” John F.…

May 2, 2025