The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings July 15, 2017 Like the spider web all of life is connected and intertwined   As I thought about the Sydney J. Harris passage below I recall a walk Saturday morning out to a quiet spot where I meditate and something hit me. As I faced east towards the rising sun the gossamer…

Bird Droppings July 13, 2017 Hearing and listening are critical   “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” Epictetus   A simple analogy yet we far too often do not understand that statement and perhaps it is because we have more jaw muscle than…

Bird Droppings July 12, 2017 In a world of data can we still use intuition?   I mentioned to a fellow teacher I can tell when a child has emotional issues most of the time after observing a few minutes and listening. Granted observations are part of most evaluations but I was referring to an…

Bird Droppings July 11, 2017 Just a morning observation   “I do not write from mythology when I reflect upon Native American spirituality in this book. In my own opinion, mythology leads to superstition; and superstition has proved fatally destruction to many millions down through time. It is ironic, then that Dominant Society accuses Native…

Bird Droppings July 10, 2017 Should we look within to who we really are?   Amazing what a day or two out of routine will do. I actually did not get on my computer and do anything of a writing sort the past several days knowing with the rest of the coming week my last…

Bird Droppings July 7, 2017 Why would some rather send a photo than write?   “Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.” Aldus Huxley   In 1965 I was introduced to this author in a tenth grade English Class. The book we were…

Bird Droppings July 4, 2017 the ability to surmount those learning difficulties   We celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence. I have watched the materialism of our culture run rampant. I am equally as involved planning fireworks and picnic etc. Perhaps I should not have read Russell Means thoughts on the Fourth of…

Bird Droppings July 3, 2017 Direction is needed when speaking of velocity   Over the past long weekend I worked on several paper ideas, sat in my recliner, dabbled in my yard briefly around rain drops and drove up to the mountains for the day with my wife. But I got thinking back to a…