The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings June 12, 2018 Keeping the stories going remembering a dear friend   In years gone by I would visit, take photos and offer my two cents at the Foxfire Approach to Teaching Course put on by Piedmont College for graduate students and teachers already in the classroom in Mountain City Georgia. This course…

Bird Droppings June 11, 2018 Can you be dreaming, imagining, thinking, pondering and reflecting all in a few minutes?   I drove to south east Georgia over nine years ago to take my oral exams for my doctorate. This was basically a follow-up face to face with my committee of professors and in turn responding…

Bird Droppings June 9, 2018 The head of education in the US should not be an idiot   It was nearly eight years ago I was reading an article actually an interview with Arne Duncan, the former Secretary of Education. I selected a few choice quotes from his interview to savor and ponder for a…

Bird Droppings June 8, 2018 Trying to teach 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. Kennedy…

Bird Droppings June 6, 2018 I am always thinking about where I am going   Two years ago this time it was hectic. I drove down to Savannah to present my portion of a new book coming out edited by Dr. Bill Reynolds, Forgotten Places: Critical studies in rural education. The book is based on…

Bird Droppings June 2, 2018 Why should we do more?   “Choices are sacred to life’s journey. They lie along the path that all of us must follow for ourselves. An important Cherokee lesson is that if you involve yourself in any decision, you also experience the consequences of that decision.” Dr. J.T. Garrett, Meditations…

Bird Droppings June 1, 2018 Can we find learning on the banks of the Chattahoochee River?   About two years ago I was apprehensive as I got up on that morning taking much longer than normal to get my day started. A good friend had called me and said that he would be in Phoenix…