The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings July 29, 2013 Listening to a chorus of Frogs, Crickets and an occasional owl “You don’t get harmony when everybody sings the same note.” Doug Floyd Most every night and early morning when I walk about especially early in the morning I am listening to the choral arrangement of tree frogs, crickets, whippoorwills…

Bird Droppings July 26, 2013 Can we use the word sacred truthfully? “Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom.” Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of freedom I have been a student…

Bird Droppings July 25, 2013 Are we not always getting ready? “In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been instituted there, and it’s a policy where they do not encourage, in fact, discourage, critical thinking and the creation of ideas and public education.” Russell Means I walked early…

Bird Droppings July 24, 2013 Why is experience the greatest teacher? “Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.” Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy What a way to start with a line from a…

Bird Droppings July 22, 2013 Did you know trees can talk? “Did you know that trees talk? Well they do. They talk to each other, and they’ll talk if you listen. Trouble is, white people don’t listen. They never learned to listen to the Indians so I don’t suppose they’ll listen to other voices in…

Bird Droppings July 22, 2013 Is it a paradox that sometimes small can be big? “I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.” Laura Ingalls Wilder It seems like yesterday that I was looking at some power point slides as we waited…

Bird Droppings July 21, 2013 Why is it so hard listening to a child? It has been some time since I was sitting in my class room when a friend came by with her baby brother about six weeks old at the time. There is something about newborns that is so special as she left…

Bird Droppings July 19, 2013 Let us change NCLB to OCAT today! I woke up like most other days and as you get older each day is a prize and for some reason sat at my computer pondering much longer than normal. I was looking at some comments and reviewing a post I had made…

Bird Droppings July 18, 2013 Is doing what you love really work? “To love what you do and feel that it matters, how could anything be more fun?” Katharine Graham After thirty plus days of rain yesterday a sunrise and no clouds or fog cover. That made for a great start to my day. I…