The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings March 19, 2012 Seeking that one moment midst the many moments in life   “Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but moments.” Rose Kennedy   In a world filled with near misses everyone seems to be always seeking that one big one that perfect moment and lets close ones pass by unnoticed. I…

Bird Droppings March 17, 2012 Sadly far too often children will become who we assume they are   “We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.” Stacia Tauscher   So often I watch teachers treating students simply as things in the class room, items to be…

Bird Droppings March 15, 2012 When leaving behind and moving beyond a piece is always left   “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another!” Gail Sheehy, American journalist, author  …

Bird Droppings March 14, 2012 Can we change things?               Over this past weekend right after losing an hour of sleep I drove with my oldest son and one of his co-workers in the reptile trade to a reptile show in Colombia South Carolina. The drive to Colombia South Carolina to look at snakes…

Bird Droppings March 13, 2012 Finding solace along the way   Over the years many of my former and not so former students read my daily meanderings. It has been a couple years since I received an email from a former student who was not the best reader in high school. In his email he…