The daily meanderings of a teacher

A journal from a teacher

trying to understand

Bird Droppings August 8, 2011 Trying to understand As I went to school and such today it seemed a part of me was left home. I generally start each morning with writing, this has been a very relaxing part of my day and as I got up to start I was sort of out of…

August 8, 2011
Imagination a key to another level of thought

Bird Droppings August 7, 2011 Imagination a key to another level of thought “You can take a course in child development and think you’re prepared for parenthood, but until you have a child of your own, what you’ve been taught doesn’t mean a thing to you. So it come to our old teaching: Never claim…

August 7, 2011
Sailing off the edge and or thinking outside the box

Bird Droppings August 6, 2011 Sailing off the edge and or thinking out of a box “I believe that to meet the challenges of our times, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. Each of us must learn to work not just for oneself, one’s own family or nation, but…

August 6, 2011
Honesty as Policy

Bird droppings August 5, 2011 Honesty as Policy I walked out to a very still and quiet morning around two thirty this morning. Being my official first day back to school (work) I looked for a smiling moon sort of a good luck charm to no avail. I would use this reference to a moon…

August 5, 2011
Walking and Listening among the Cotton Woods

Bird Droppings August 4, 2011 Walking and listening among the Cotton Woods I walked outside earlier as I took our infamous dog Lil Girl out for her morning constitutional. The sky was overcast this morning with a mist of rain falling and wisps of fog scattered about on the warm earth were visible. Over the…

August 4, 2011
What do we miss?

Bird Droppings August 3, 2011 What do we miss? All Along the Watchtower There must be some way out of here, Said the joker to the thief, There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief. Businessmen, they drink my wine, Plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line Know what any of…

August 3, 2011
JOY!

Bird Droppings August 2, 2011 JOY! When I walk out in the dark of the morning on a clear day the pines to my left seem nearly black. I joke they would be a good setting for a horror film. The trees form a wall of pine. They were planted so close you literally cannot…

August 2, 2011
Listening intently to a buffalo snort in the dark

Bird Droppings August 1, 2011 Listening intently to a buffalo snort in the dark “She lifted me up to be embraced by the breeze as she spoke to the wind: “Please recognize this child. Sometimes you will blow strong, sometimes you’ll be gentle, but let him grow up knowing the value of your presence at…

August 1, 2011
Getting Ready

Bird Droppings July 31, 2011 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 this morning just before…

July 31, 2011
Doing what you love is not work

Bird Droppings July 29, 2011 Doing what you love is not really work “To love what you do and feel that it matters, how could anything be more fun?” Katharine Graham It seems I learn something every day as I wander about the internet and books I find along the way. My life’s journey the…

July 29, 2011