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The inability to surmount learning difficulties
Bird Droppings February 14, 2025The inability to surmount learning difficulties It has been a few days since my last actual sunrise. For most of the past few days, we have had clouds and rain. I have been extremely busy with some minor corrections and a presentation for my dissertation defense in three weeks. Last week,…
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To die a happy death:
Bird Droppings February 12, 2025 To die a happy death: My mother’s spirit passed on four years ago. She went to sleep and moved on. As I pondered my thoughts for today, I always thought about education. I have been teaching public high school for nearly twenty years now, elementary school for two, and college…
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I am pondering about Dr. Carl G. Jung and “school reform.”I find the answer is simple: CARING.
Bird Droppings February 8, 2025I 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 G. Jung Over…
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Bird Droppings February 7, 2025 Is it only a dropped feather? “If we consider the eagle feather with its light and dark colors, we could argue that ‘the dark colors are more beautiful and, therefore, naturally more valuable,’ or vice versa. Regardless of which colors are more beautiful, necessary, or valuable, the truth is the…
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Practicing Patience
Bird Droppings February 6, 2025Practicing Patience It has been nearly forty-five years since I first went to Hemmingway’s just off the interstate in Decatur, Georgia. It was a favorite local entertainment establishment. My wife and I would go before and after our marriage primarily to listen to a local singer who provided a fantastic evening…
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All of life is connected and intertwined.
Bird Droppings February 3, 2025All of life is connected and intertwined. “In all likelihood, one is in the past while in the present. The present is then veiled; the past is manifest and apparent. However, so transparently present that is veiled., and one assumes oneself to be in the present when one is not. To…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 