The daily meanderings of a teacher

A journal from a teacher

Patience

Bird Droppings June 15, 2011 Patience “The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” William Faulkner When I first read this earlier it hit me hard, so often in life we want to accomplish that great task all in one quick movement and all at one time. It has been a…

June 15, 2011
Listening to John Lennon and reading John Dewey

Bird Droppings June 14, 2011 Listening to John Lennon and reading John Dewey I ran my errands today including a trip to Barnes and Nobles. I got up and started my day driving and doing errands from yesterday and in the process a lot of thinking and pondering as I say. “As soon as you’re…

June 14, 2011
Using Calamity as an opening

Bird Droppings June 13, 2011 Using calamity as an opening “Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.” William Davenant I wasn’t sure from where to start today as I have been busy, feeding snakes and animals at the high school, ordering two books for graduate school, spending most of last…

June 13, 2011
Keeping the energy flowing

Bird Droppings June 12, 2011 Keeping the energy flowing I attend at least partially two Foxfire courses a year for teachers in Mountain City Georgia. This course is actually a graduate class of Piedmont College’s Education Department. Last night as my son and I made our way back, this was his first experience with Foxfire…

June 12, 2011
Is history what happened today or tomorrow?

Bird Droppings June 11, 2011 Is history what happened today or tomorrow? I am sitting on the porch of the Long House at the Foxfire property listening to the rain side of the mountains. Several miles away thunder is brewing and I can smell rain. There have been discussions of history obviously at this place…

June 12, 2011
Sitting at my kitchen table pondering

Bird Droppings June 10, 2011 Sitting at my kitchen table pondering I am very much a creature of habit. I like my routines and seem to follow very similar pathways daily. I can understand when walking through the woods and seeing a rabbit run or deer trail I would myself be doing the same thing…

June 10, 2011
Thinking, sitting, pondering and recovering

Bird Droppings June 9, 2011 Thinking, sitting, pondering and recovering I drove to north Georgia on Sunday and Tuesday and have been babysitting Charlie my grand daughter in between. I enjoy the drive up into the mountains always going part of the way on back roads. As I was sitting around yesterday evening my oldest…

June 9, 2011
John Dewey might appreciate Ralph Waldo Emerson

Bird Droppings June 8, 2011 John Dewey might appreciate Ralph Waldo Emerson It has been a few days since I wrote in the morning perhaps the summer laziness has come upon me although last night it I was sitting and wondering where the loud sound outside the bedroom window was coming from. I got home…

June 8, 2011
Annuals or Perennials

Bird Droppings June 7, 2011 Annuals or Perennials “We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.” Peter Drucker I have read so many times that education should be about teaching life long learners. Sadly as…

June 8, 2011
I could sit and listen to a stream all day

Bird Droppings June 6, 2011 I could sit and listen to a stream all day About an hour ago I woke up and took our Westie out and in the darkness of an early morning had to start thinking about why there were Westie’s anyhow. Granted my main reason was since this dog had kept…

June 6, 2011