The daily meanderings of a teacher

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  • Ponderingerest is that even a word?

    Bird Droppings September 11, 2017 Ponderingerest is that even a word?   Today is an interesting and yet solemn day; a day marked by memories, sixteen years ago I started teaching again after a twenty three year layoff, ten years ago today I started as a part – time Instructor for Piedmont College. Twenty eight…

    September 11, 2017
  • It is about understanding

    Bird Droppings September 10, 2017 It is about understanding     I read a psychological report yesterday of a student who can decode most any word put in front of them. The confusion comes when trying to tell you what was read. The two components of reading decoding and comprehension are both needed in order…

    September 10, 2017
  • The confines or infinity of a circle

    Bird Droppings September 9, 2017 The confines or infinity of a circle   As I am sitting here this morning wondering does a circle have a beginning and or an end? As learning begins often with a question so today a start and a beginning to my writing and thinking with a question. Many of…

    September 9, 2017
  • Looking for the right words in a new morning

    Bird Droppings September 8, 2017 Looking for the right words in a new morning   “The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands.” Robert M. Pirsig, American author   Whether it is trying to offer a few words of condolence to friends whose loved one has passed…

    September 8, 2017
  • I am where I need to be

    Bird Droppings September 7, 2017 I am where I need to be “A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.” Dr. Sam Keenre Many the day and time…

    September 7, 2017
  • Wisdom is not contagious?

    Bird Droppings September 5, 2017 Wisdom is not contagious?   I was reading in a friend’s blog about the Harry Potter series. She was addressing religious beliefs in her blog and how so many adhere verbatim to holy texts. As I read her blog which is rather good the ending was rather interesting. Maybe in…

    September 5, 2017
  • Understanding that all is connected and intertwined

    Bird Droppings September 2, 2017 Understanding that all is connected and intertwined As I thought about the Sydney J. Harris passage below and walked out to my car I thought of my quiet spot where I meditate and something hit me. I generally sit facing east towards the rising sun, daily the gossamer threads of…

    September 2, 2017
  • Sometimes history is a teacher and others only a memory

    Bird Droppings September 1, 2017 Sometimes history is a teacher and others only a memory   The anniversary of a day that will be a scar on our nation’s history is soon upon us.  On September 15, 1963 an explosion tore through the African-American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, it was a Sunday.…

    September 1, 2017
  • A chilly wet morning, it is still hard to kiss a frog.

    Bird Droppings August 31, 2017 A chilly wet morning, it is still hard to kiss a frog.   It is was a bit chilly and wet here in northeast Georgia with nighttime temperatures hanging in the low sixties. However a rumor persists of a nice weekend hanging out there. Many of us gardeners are glad…

    August 31, 2017
  • I wonder if there is such a thing as Essential Education?

    Bird Droppings August 29, 2017 I wonder if there is such a thing as Essential Education? It has been almost seven years since I was discussing various educational philosophies and pedagogies with my son, then a graduate education student. One topic happened to be essential education which per his text is only a slight step…

    August 29, 2017
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