The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings May 1, 2017 Pondering and researching education while remembering a waterfalls   It has been five years since I was staying at the Sylvan Mills Bed and Breakfast in a room literally over a waterfall. I went up to North Georgia to recharge perhaps another word might be to rekindle my passion for…

Bird Droppings April 28, 2017 Are you a Weginahsa?   “The work of a teacher – exhausting, complex, idiosyncratic, never twice the same – is at its heart, an intellectual and ethical enterprise. Teaching is the vocation of vocations, a calling that shepherds a multitude of other callings. It is an activity that is intensely…

Bird Droppings April 27, 2017 Is a circle a confined space or infinite undertaking?   My own philosophical meandering focuses on life as a circle. My thinking today revolves around that thought. Does a circle have a beginning and or an end? As learning begins often with a question so today a start and a…

Bird Droppings April 26, 2017 A man before his time   “A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.” Arthur Schopenhauer   Many great thinkers have found their motivation and beginnings in Schopenhauer. Arthur Schopenhauer was one of the first westerners to read and understand Eastern thought. He was well…

Bird Droppings April 25, 2017 Going up a mountain takes effort   I am looking forward to my next trip to Black Rock Mountain in North Georgia. It is the site of the Foxfire Museum property and was the site of the Piedmont College’s teacher’s class in The Foxfire Approach to teaching. My oldest son…

Bird Droppings April 24, 2017 Watching a hawk fly by   I was able to attend only a few track meets over the past few years and as always I did take a few photos as I tend to do. I recall about five years ago when I was not able to get to the…

Bird Droppings April 23, 2017 What does it take for that light bulb to go on?   Yesterday I headed to Statesboro and Georgia Southern University to get back on track for my doctorate. It has been nearly ten years since my doctorial cohort at Georgia Southern ended and we began the journey on our…

Bird Droppings April 20, 2017 Quietly listening to Hot Tuna and pondering the word inspiration   Nearly ten years ago at our county wide teacher kick off meeting which used to be before budget cuts traditionally a packaged inspirational meeting and welcome for the new school year lead by a brought in speaker. Someone is…

Bird Droppings April 19, 2017 “peaceful evolution versus violent revolution”   I have begun reading extensively the past few weeks putting together thoughts for my future dissertation at Georgia Southern University and for my teaching. One of those that passed through my hands these past few days and actually a few minutes ago on my…