The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings August 21, 2013 The Sixteen hour syndrome and should embrace it? It has been nearly thirteen years since I wrote about the Sixteen Hour Syndrome in relationship to emotionally and behaviorally disturbed students. The idea developed from my own observations of a group of twenty eight students in a Georgia high school. At…

Bird Droppings August 20, 2013 Staring into the sky listening to an owl call: LEARNING – KNOWING – FINDING When I went out on my morning excursion this morning or I should say several times as I think my dog plotted against me. I heard our dog and she wanted out so we went for…

Bird Droppings August 19, 2013 Is there much difference in our perceptions? “The delineation of the difference between modern (secular) society and traditional (Sacred) societies and their competing views of land and nature helps to explain the persistence of severe conflict between such societies. Unlike secular societies – where land signifies property, property signifies capital,…

Bird Droppings August 18, 2013 Thinking about where I am going “Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path… this is what I must do; this is what I’ve got to have. This is who I am. It’s important to ask yourself, how am I useful to others? What do people…

Bird Droppings August 16, 2013 Sometimes I wonder what is on my mind Where do I start twenty five years ago well almost my wife and I were at the hospital wondering if she was in labor. The doctor finally said she probably will go home but go check her in just to be safe.…

Bird Droppings August 15, 2013 I wonder what my favorite store is; Then again is it even important? Interesting two thoughts while similar struck me this morning as I started the day out. One I heard on the radio going to get gas for my wife the other morning from a radio announcer recalling an…

Bird Droppings August 14, 2013 Why does it take courage to teach? It has been several years’ back a tradition was started in my home town of Coatesville Pennsylvania. I recall an email about the event. One of the members of our high school graduating class lost his daughter to cancer a few years back…

Bird Droppings August 13, 2013 Can we find gratitude in our daily walk? By chance yesterday afternoon I went by my favorite bookstore. As I do so often searching the book shelves at Barnes and Nobles I found a few books over the past few trips; two books are by J. T. And William Garrett…

Bird Droppings August 12, 2013 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Manchu I began the day thinking back to a song one of my students chose to write about several years ago, Live like you were dying by Tim McGraw. I have been sorting through books and files and found a small inspirational book…

Bird Droppings August 11, 2013 Reflecting for class and thinking of others “I think that empathy is important not only as a means of enhancing compassion, but I think that generally speaking when dealing with others on any level, if you are having difficulties, it’s extremely helpful to be able and try and put yourself…