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Sometimes there is no concrete answer
Bird Droppings December 9, 2012 Sometimes there is no concrete answer “Obsessive search for the holy grail through only that which can be measured and documented effectively diminishes the sacred and leaves us standing empty without souls.” Dr. Grant Bennett A day or two ago I got a bit carried away and wandered…
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There is an aspect you cannot teach
Bird Droppings December 7, 2012 There is an aspect you cannot teach teachers “Studies suggest that instructional and management processes are key to effectiveness, but many interview and survey responses about effective teaching emphasize the teacher’s affective characteristics, or social and emotional behaviors, more than pedagogical practice.” James H. Stronge, Qualities of Effective Teachers…
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A new life coming
Bird Droppings December 3, 2012 A new life coming Resurrection By Susan Thomas Underwood The universe is energy in constant motion. There are ebbs and flows; Outcomes and income, And change…… Always change. The physical world reflects this motion In the cycles of life, There is spring and fall, winter and summer, Birth and…
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Can we find responsibility?
Bird Droppings December 2, 2012 Can we find Responsibility? As I begin my morning of writing and wondering and my first official second year as a grandfather the idea of responsibility sort of hit me. We live in a world of passing responsibility off to another generation be it natural resources, fiscal, educational, philosophical,…
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Listening to a philosopher
Bird Droppings November 30, 2012 Listening to a philosopher A beautiful sky this morning as I walked out and actually not too cold which is surprising as the sky while filled with clouds was clear. A moon reflecting across from the west is lighting up the sky and white billowing clouds presented a surreal picture…
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Observation is a skill therefore observing is learned
Bird Droppings November 29, 2012 Observation is a skill and therefore observing is learned “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…
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Some will see a tapestry as a spider spins others a cobweb
Bird Droppings November 28, 2012 Some will see a tapestry as a spider spins others a cobweb “For certain fortunate people there is something that transcends all classifications of behavior, and that is awareness, something which rises from the programming of the past, and that is spontaneity; and something that is more rewarding than…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 