The daily meanderings of a teacher

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…

Bird Droppings August 9, 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…

Bird Droppings August 8, 2017 What is the Holy Grail (solution/answer) in education?   “Obsessive search for the holy grail through only that which can be measured and documented effectively diminishes the sacred and leaves us standing empty without souls.” Dr. Grant Bennett   A day or two ago I got a bit carried away…

Bird Droppings August 4, 2017 Should children be left behind?   “I believe that our own experience instructs us that the secret of education lies in         respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It     is chosen and foreordained, and he only holds…

Bird Droppings August 3, 2017 Do we teach or are we taught “The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.” Albert Einstein “We as teachers should be the catalyst not the solution.” Frank Bird Ed.S. D.D. So many times when discussing students who are having difficult times an individual teacher’s perspective is…