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A journal from a teacher

Finding our piece and or place

Bird Droppings August 16, 2011 Finding our piece and or place “We are not all called to be great. But we are called to reach out our hands to our brothers and sisters, and to care for the earth in the time we are given” Kent Nerburn, Small Graces Many years ago when I lived…

August 16, 2011
Just do it! But when?

Bird Droppings August 15, 2011 Just Do It! – But when? “I am only one, but I am still one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” Helen Keller I have always held a…

August 15, 2011
Sharpen the machete or bring a shovel

Bird Droppings August 13, 2011 Sharpen the machete or bring a shovel “When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves.” Anthony J. D’Angelo Always in the movies with a jungle setting the leader has a machete and hacks away at the growth making the way clear for the group…

August 13, 2011
Looking back

Bird Droppings August 11. 2011 Looking back Occasionally I will check my horoscope and see what the future foretells, and or see what is in store for me for the day. I picked up my morning papers and checked my email horoscope as well; today’s was an interesting lot for me. “You could be tuning…

August 11, 2011
Filtering into bottles

Bird Droppings August 10, 2011 Filtering into bottles Starting back to school again today and sitting here on day one and thinking back. I remember how hard I was hit by the impact of No Child Left Behind so many years ago. I was testing or reading a test to students who within their IEP’s…

August 10, 2011
Children learn what they live and see

Bird Droppings August 9, 2011 Children learn what they live and See I was sitting in my room at school last night from three till nearly seven for our annual open house and talking with various parents and students that came by. Several made comments about how their child loved my class and my ego…

August 9, 2011
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

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