The daily meanderings of a teacher

A journal from a teacher

Walking along the way in my own journey

Bird Droppings October 27, 2011 Walking along the way in my own journey As I think back over who I am as a teacher and as a person I often wonder as to how I came to be the way I am and why do I take such a differing outlook than so many teachers…

October 27, 2011
Having a heart

Bird Droppings October 26, 2011 Having a heart It is chilly out in northeast Georgia with evening temperatures still hanging in the high forties or low fifties but rumor of a near frost hanging out there has most of us gardeners bringing plants in. We have still a couple weeks till we are off from…

October 26, 2011
Who is responsible?

Bird Droppings October 25, 2011 Who is responsible? Several weeks ago I was involved in a debate of sorts on the issue of public versus private education; it circled around and about really going not too far. Just a few days ago I picked up our local paper and a letter to the editor caught…

October 25, 2011
An eceltic morning

Bird Droppings October 24, 2011 An eclectic morning Over the past week of vacation I was discussing with several friends, The DaVinci Code and other philosophical diversions and fearing death as a basis for religion came up somehow. “Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die…

October 24, 2011
Sometimes it takes an inner journey to help others

Bird Droppings October 23, 2011 Sometimes it takes an inner journey to help others It has been several months that I have focused on my own issues and problems and often let others problems drift by the wayside. I have been there but only perhaps in body so self focused that many things drifted by.…

October 23, 2011
Teachers are born not made

Bird Droppings October 22, 2011 Teachers are born not made I started this endeavor yesterday and got a bit side tracked with my granddaughter and came back to it this chilly morning. I walked out of the house and few crickets were calling as they do in the warmer weather during the summer. It was…

October 22, 2011
Thorns really only hurt by surprise

Bird Droppings October 21, 2011 Thorns really only hurt by surprise It has been an interesting week spending time with my granddaughter amazing how many different things she can find to get into. We recently had homecoming week and each day we the teachers and students could dress up according to various themes, 1980’s work…

October 21, 2011
Why do we consider thinking a bad word?

Bird Droppings October 20, 2011 Why do we consider thinking a bad word? “I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have…

October 21, 2011
Always looking for the definitive meaning

Bird Droppings October 19, 2011 Always looking for definitive meaning Today I walked out into the darkness and was hoping for some rain which we did get as the cold front collided with the warm front and therefore causing some rain to fall. I may have been too foggy to realize till I was alone…

October 19, 2011
Teach to where the learning will be not to where it is

Bird Droppings October 17-18, 2011 Teach to where the learning will be not to where it is I took a relaxing weekend with family and grand baby and sort of got my thoughts together as the days went by. Somewhere as the rain dissipated last week we had a few good days of sunshine even…

October 18, 2011