The daily meanderings of a teacher

A journal from a teacher

Thinking ahead

Bird Droppings October 12, 2017 Thinking ahead Occasionally I will have a crazy thought although my students used to say occasionally I have a normal thought and that would be more like it. They were insinuating most of my thoughts are crazy. My youngest son just had his anniversary this past week and so…

October 12, 2017
Taking small steps

Bird Droppings October 11, 2017 Taking small steps “Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow How many times are we told “take your time”? So often in life we are anxious to get the job finished or to get to the top…

October 11, 2017
An eclectic morning

Bird Droppings October 10, 2017 An eclectic morning I was talking with the cashier at a convenience store this morning. We began discussing, The Davinci Code and other philosophical diversions and fearing death as a basis for religion came up. “Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you…

October 10, 2017
Silence is the most profound wisdom

Bird Droppings October 9, 2017 Silence is the most profound wisdom I am sitting at least thinking about writing and working on an article on educational immersion and words is what is on my mind right now. I just commented on a Facebook post about learning languages and how I know enough in several…

October 9, 2017
“Teach to where the learning will be not to where it is”

Bird Droppings October 6, 2017 “Teach to where the learning will be not to where it is” It seems lately the pressure of old age has been weighing on my mind. Today is the first day in some time I felt pretty good it could be it’s a teacher’s work day and my grandkids…

October 6, 2017
Seeing puzzle pieces by being patient

Bird Droppings October 5, 2017 Seeing puzzle pieces by being patient For nearly a week I have been dealing with some sinus issues and meds mess with blood pressure so basically feeling sleepy or napping much of the day. Walking upstairs has even been a burden on some days. I have been trying to…

October 5, 2017
Educators, why are we deliberately wrong?

Bird Droppings October 4, 2017 Educators, why are we deliberately wrong? I stopped playing the lottery many months back but I will admit that on a previous Saturday night with a Powerball jackpot of only about one hundred fifty million dollars I was pondering retiring if I bought a ticket and won. I think…

October 4, 2017
Is the seat of the soul in the heart or mind?

Bird Droppings October 3, 2017 Is the seat of the soul in the heart or mind? I believe I was prepared from childhood to discuss this topic. It has been many years since my first introduction to Native Peoples. I was three or four years old when I first remember my father’s stories of…

October 3, 2017
Can we find learning in the Kalahari Desert?

Bird Droppings September 30, 2017 Can we find learning in the Kalahari Desert? I was walking about the yard and along the side of our nearby dirt road taking pictures of wildflowers and grasshoppers among other things that I find as ponder. I spent several minutes trying to photograph a seed from a broom…

September 30, 2017
Who else would have thought of a buffalo snort in the dark?

Bird Droppings September 29, 2017 Who else would have thought of a buffalo snort in the dark? “Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing…

September 29, 2017