The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings December 23, 24, and 25, 2010 Being patient It has been a few days and I am not used to having stayed off a computer for so long. An early morning trip to Florida and an early morning trip back along with getting ready for my grand daughters first Christmas Eve family gathering…

Bird Droppings December 22, 2010 Trying to find topsoil midst an erosion of soul “To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.” Simone Weil “The need for roots,” I saw this idea earlier as I web surfed thinking and pondering this morning or perhaps as I was…

Bird Droppings December 21, 2010 Go up another rung! A new week under way and the mountain is nearly climbed as we approach the holidays. I even with my aversion to shopping went out with my wife to brave the masses of the mall over the weekend and finish up the majority of holiday shopping.…

Bird Droppings December 20, 2010 Possibilities “Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.” Les Brown I was sitting talking with one of my sons yesterday remembering when I was their age. I should say trying to remember when I was their age that would be more appropriate. It has been a few days…

Bird Droppings December 19, 2010 Telling our grand children “I wanted to give something of my past to my grandson. So I took him into the woods, to a quiet spot. Seated at my feet he listened as I told him of the powers that were given to each creature. He moved not a muscle…

Bird Droppings December 17-18, 2010 Longing for the simplicity My reading and writing has taken a beating with the getting ready for the end of the semester and three trips to Florida to see a grandbaby. Of course nothing would have stopped me going to see our grandbaby. But I am looking forward to my…

Bird Droppings December 15-16, 2010 Words can be significant and or meaningless We seldom when we open our mouths to speak really think about what it is we are going to say it sort of just spills out. Occasionally we wonder I wish I could have held on to that word or used a different…

Bird Droppings December 9, 2010 There is an aspect you can not teach teachers “Studies suggest that instructional and management processes are key to effectiveness, but many interview and survey responses about effective teaching emphasize the teacher’s affective characteristics, or social and emotional behaviors, more than pedagogical practice.” James H. Stronge, Qualities of Effective Teachers…