The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings June 7, 2017 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 5, 2017 Imagining future: the public school and possibilities Reading an article from before the dawn of numerous federal bills that altered the face of education, and addressing the idea of moving between predictable and possible, literally defined my own journey through public education the past sixteen years. (Greene, 2000) As I…

Bird Droppings June 2, 2017 Can we find learning on the banks of the Chattahoochee River?   Two years ago I was apprehensive as I got up on that Sunday 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…

Bird Droppings May 31, 2017 Is there passion in life or is it just obsession? “All games have an important and probably decisive influence on the destinies of the players under ordinary social conditions; but some offer more opportunities than others for life long careers and are more likely to involve innocent bystanders.” Dr. Eric…

Bird Droppings September 30, 2017 I am just sitting, pondering and thinking wiping away a tear or two   I was outside very early today as a great horned owl was irritating our dog keeping him up. It seems it was more than one as around me several were calling back and forth in an…

Bird Droppings May 24, 2017 Pondering and researching education while listening to a waterfalls   It has been five years since I was staying at the Sylvan Mills Bed and Breakfast in a room over a waterfalls. I went up to North Georgia to recharge perhaps another word might be to rekindle my passion for…

Bird Droppings May 23, 2017 Life is making a quilt   It was nearly ten years ago my wife walked in and told me that my mother said this day was to be a happy time a joyous occasion as we celebrated my father’s life after he had passed. She said I think we are…

Bird Droppings May 19, 2017 We exist   Yesterday was an ordinary day other than being one extra day of testing. I went from school to helping my wife with grand munchkins. After my son got home there they came over for a swim and when they headed home I was too tired last night…