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Our perceptions vary greatly about life
Bird Droppings September 9, 2011 Our perceptions vary greatly about life “Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it.” Irving Berlin It was ten years ago I was waiting to go teach again after having spent nearly twenty three years in the publishing business. I was anxious to…
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Our wonderful world of paradox and confusion
Bird Droppings September 7, 2011 Our wonderful world of paradox and confusion “What can we surmise about the likelihood of someone’s being caring and generous, loving and helpful, just from knowing that they are a believer? Virtually nothing, say psychologists, sociologists, and others who have studied that question for decades.” Alfie Kohn Yesterday in my…
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In the pursuit of excellence
Bird Droppings September 6, 2011 In the pursuit of excellence In a brief sojourn outside a few minutes ago the sky is a mass of swirling mixes of gray and black as remnants of Hurricane Irene cross our area. We received much needed rain and the breeze has dropped our ninety plus high temperatures to…
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Developing a community requires contributions of self
Bird Droppings September 4, 2011 Developing a community requires contributions of self We have become a world of self centered egotists which I know is a generalization of perhaps a bit too much. In education building an educational school community has consistently been shown to improve schools effectiveness yet we always seem to turn in…
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Culture is more than just a word
Bird Droppings September 2, 2011 Culture is far more than just a word “Silence was meaningful with the , and granting a space of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regardful of the rule that thought comes before speech. In the midst of sorrow, sickness, death or misfortune of…
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Looking at reflection beyond a mirror
Bird Droppings September 1, 2011 Looking at reflection beyond a mirror I picked up a local paper yesterday morning and have become a fan of one of our local featured columnists. Fred Wehner is a former journalist from the London Daily News, and then he founded and ran the New York News Agency before retiring…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 