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A journal from a teacher

Having a heart

Bird Droppings March 6, 2011 Having a heart “There are four bases of sympathy: charity, kind speech, doing a good turn, and treating all alike.” Buddha, Sayings of the Buddha Yesterday I worked with students expressing a news article in visual form. Over the past few years as I interact with people observing the various…

March 7, 2011
Changing behavior

Bird Droppings March 4, 2011 Changing Behavior “In order to change behavior of a person, the ultimate factor is motivation, and more attention needs to be paid to the mental state.” The Dalai Lama In dealing with students and people in general changing behavior is perhaps one element that crosses so many different aspects of…

March 4, 2011
Setting the example

Bird Droppings March 3, 2011 Setting the example I received an email many nights ago from a friend several months back in Pennslyvania referring to comments I had made in a Bird Droppings, she borrowed from scripture and discussed how a house should be built upon a solid base. She was talking about how we…

March 3, 2011
Who is responsible

Bird Droppings March 2, 2011 Who is responsible? Several weeks ago I was involved in a debate of sorts on the issue of public versus private education. Yesterday I picked up one of the local papers and a letter to the editor caught my attention and it was a blast at public education locally and…

March 2, 2011
Thinking for a minute of what to write

Bird Droppings February 28 – March 1, 2011 Thinking for a minute of what to write Over the past few weeks I have read several blogs and emails about counting sheep and last night as I lay down to get some sleep after a long day of working on graphics and writing, working in my…

March 1, 2011
Disipating embers can rekindle a fire

Bird Droppings February 27, 2011 Dissipating embers can rekindle a fire Most mornings weather permitting I will sit out and spend a few moments meditating in the corner of our back yard currently over grown with local plant life and in bad need of a mowing. For several years I have used a bit of…

February 27, 2011
A series of paradoxes and bewilderments

Bird Droppings February 25, 2011 A series of paradoxes and bewilderment I received the following in an email yesterday, a friend of mine sent it out and as I read the first time it was humorous. However as I pondered then as a teacher I read deeper into what was being said. I listened by…

February 25, 2011
It has been a long time

Bird Droppings February 24, 2011 It has been a long time I was sitting along the edge of reality somewhere in my backyard listening to the wind blow threw the pines, it seems pine trees make a better sound till the oak trees have all their leaves in place. Sort of a circular thing as…

February 24, 2011
Can we listen to silence?

Bird Droppings February 23, 2011 Can we listen to silence? Sitting in my yard as the moon is slowly dwindling almost down to a half moon as spring approaches. I was listening to the silence and to what was about me. I tried to hear the minutest of sounds, the echoes of dogs and coyotes…

February 23, 2011
Hope is more than a word it is a state of being

Bird Droppings February 22, 2011 Hope is more than a word it is a state of being “Man can live for about forty days without food, and about three days without water, about eight minutes without air … but only for one second without hope.” Hal Lindsey It was quite nice though waking up to…

February 22, 2011

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