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I ponder educational genocide as this administration tries to gut education and or NCLB, norming children, only leaves the best
Bird Droppings February 25, 2025 I ponder educational genocide as this administration tries to gut education and or NCLB, norming children, only leaves the best I was huddled in my Carhart vest as I went outside to chase a sunrise this morning. I stopped along the way to think a bit about the up-and-coming defense…
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Are we going in the right direction?
Bird Droppings February 22, 2025Are we going in the right direction? I reviewed my student’s online work status four years ago. There were a couple of surprises and some that were not. I thought that when the virus finally moved on and the smoke cleared, some grades would go up, and some would drop. We…
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The Power of Example goes beyond the curriculum.
Bird Droppings February 21, 2025The Power of Example goes beyond the curriculum. “We taught our children by both example and instruction, but with an emphasis on example, because all learning is a dead language to one who gets it second hand.” Kent Nerburn, The Wisdom of the Native Americans For nearly twenty-five years, I have…
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Do we have a desire for freedom?
Bird Droppings February 20, 2025Do we have a desire for freedom? “Brute force, no matter how strongly applied, can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom and dignity. It is not enough, as communist systems have assumed, merely to provide people with food, shelter, and clothing. Human nature needs to breathe the precious air…
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Getting over the speed bumps
Bird Droppings February 17, 2025Getting over the speed bumps “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” Hannah More Perhaps ahead of her time, Ms. More wrote in abundance in the later 1700’s and early 1800’s. She was writing at a time when women should have been sitting…
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Can we find answers?
Bird Droppings February 15, 2025Can we find answers? Several years ago, I would have said there were answers to almost any question that could be asked. Today, sitting here, I wonder, granted; first, you have to ask what the question or questions are, but now I have a different attitude that allows for an unanswerable…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 