The daily meanderings of a teacher

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.…

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…

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…

Bird Droppings August 28, 2017 Finding the right spot for the puzzle pieces  “In order to learn the nature of the myriad things, you must know that although they may look round or square, the other features of oceans and mountains are infinite in variety; whole worlds are there. It is so not only around…

Bird Droppings August 24, 2017 Can we find answers outside our windows? As I read and pondered a world engrossed with money and how we can spend more money. I wonder if perhaps some of the thinking that is bringing so many American Indians back to their more traditional world views has merit. I was…

Bird Droppings August 22, 2017 What does it take for that light bulb to go on?   It has been nearly twelve years since my doctorial cohort at Georgia Southern ended and we began the journey on our own. For a couple semesters I was a member of a new cohort at Piedmont College and…

Bird Droppings August 16, 2017 Our perceptions vary greatly about life   “Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it.” Irving Berlin   It was sixteen years ago I was waiting to go teach again after having spent nearly twenty three years in the publishing business. I was…

Bird Droppings August 15, 2017 Teaching can be successful   So as I do on many mornings when I get the time I walked out to a quiet corner of my back yard. Nestled in a patch of weeds and brush I laid claim to my quiet spot and look toward the east in the…