The daily meanderings of a teacher

A journal from a teacher

Why should it be neither wolf nor dog in education?

Bird Droppings March 9, 2017 Why should it be neither wolf nor dog in education? In light of watching current news and political turmoil I recalled a trip to the Atlanta Zoo. I was approached as I walked up the hill at the Zoo by an elderly man. I had never met this man…

March 9, 2017
Teaching can make a difference each day

Bird Droppings March 8, 2017 Teaching can make a difference each day “Dialogue, is the encounter between men, mediated by the world, in order to name the world” Paulo Freire A Brazilian educationalist and one of the most influential thinkers of the late twentieth century made famous the term dialogue in his writing.…

March 8, 2017
Potential is only that unless it is acted upon

Bird Droppings March 7, 2017 Potential is only that unless it is acted upon “Love is a complex experience which seems to follow no rules but its own. Romantic love can have the power of a hurricane or the tenderness of a soft wet wind. I have known, too, a chance introduction which instantly…

March 7, 2017
Is there a difference between progressive and traditional teachers?

Bird Droppings March 6, 2017 Is there a difference between progressive and traditional teachers? This is perhaps a loaded question in lieu of today’s educational climate. Watching the news and the major effort under way to dismantle public schools through vouchers, “school choice” and other means we need to look at what we want…

March 6, 2017
Teaching and life are simply feeding wolves

Bird Droppings March 3, 2017 Teaching and life are simply feeding wolves I have heard and seen this in many forms. “’One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a debate that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two “wolves” inside us all. One is Evil. It…

March 3, 2017
Puzzle’s always are missing a piece

Bird Droppings March 2, 2017 Puzzle’s always are missing a piece “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another!” Gail Sheehy, American journalist, author It has been a most…

March 2, 2017
I am pondering about Dr. Carl G. Jung and “school reform”. I find the answer is simple, CARING.

Bird Droppings March 2, 2017 I am pondering about Dr. Carl G. Jung and “school reform”. I find the answer is simple, CARING. “If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.” Carl…

March 1, 2017
Life, a journey only made difficult if there is no learning invloved

Bird Droppings February 28, 2017 Life, a journey only made difficult if there is no learning invloved “Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.” Henry Van Dyke I was visiting with my mother yesterday and I walked by my fathers…

February 28, 2017
Wandering about while I am waiting

Bird Droppings February 24, 2017 Wandering about while I am waiting Sitting listening to Crosby, Stills, and Nash acoustic while I write today. I have been saving my pennies to get a new lens hopefully to be ready for spring. There are so many possibilities with various flowers blooming all about and baby ducks…

February 24, 2017
An owl calling

Bird Droppings February 22, 2017 An owl calling Last night I woke for a few minutes as it turns out I forgot to turn on the ceiling fan. While up I stuck my nose out the door perhaps intuition who knows when wandering about the house half asleep. Deep in the pines an owl…

February 22, 2017