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The Journey
Bird Droppings June 27, 2011 A new journey “School divides life into two segments, which are increasingly of comparable length. As much as anything else, schooling implies custodial care for persons who are declared undesirable elsewhere by the simple fact that a school has been built to serve them.” Ivan Illich, 1971 I started with…
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Sitting, pondering and grandbaby sitting
Bird Droppings June 25, 2011 Sitting, pondering and grandbaby sitting I spent the better part of last week up on the side of Black Rock Mountain assisting in my own way the facilitating of a Foxfire Approach to teaching class for teachers and teachers to be. I am being somewhat sarcastic as I am doing…
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Seeing the fluidity of life
Bird Droppings June 21, 2011 Seeing the fluidity of life “Adverse circumstances test our courage, our strength of mind, and the depth of our conviction in the natural law. There is nothing exceptional about practicing in a good environment and atmosphere. The true test is if we can maintain our practice in adverse conditions.” Geshe…
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Sunset over Between
Bird Droppings June 19-20, 2011 Sunset over Between “When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, ‘Ours.’” Vine Deloria, Jr. It has been a rapid quick succession of journeys and trips along with trying to keep my herb gardens watered and weeded over the…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 