The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings November 10, 2010 Sometimes we can offer a sigh of relieve A semester is nearing the end and my daily commute to another high school will end. But it is a relief. While I have really enjoyed the class students and teacher I am working with it adds an hour or so to…

Bird Droppings November 9, 2010 Can we add color to a gray world “Stress is the body and mind’s response to any pressure that disrupts its normal balance. It occurs when our perceptions of events don’t meet our expectations and we don’t manage our reaction to the disappointment. As a response, stress expresses itself as…

Bird Droppings November 8, 2010 A path to the top Sitting in my kitchen I was too lazy to take my computer upstairs this weekend and listening to a great horned owl calling outside. For several days I have been slowed down by a respiratory infection and literally spent most of Friday evening through this…

Bird Droppings November 7, 2010 Wanting to not leave anyone behind “I want to say one other challenge that we face is simply that we must find an alternative to war and bloodshed. Anyone who feels, and there are still a lot of people who feel that way, that war can solve the social problems…

Bird Droppings November 5, 2010 What was he really trying to say? “Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.” Alexander Hamilton As I looked through news this morning many of the situations go back to…

Bird Droppings November 4, 2010 It is so much more than just living “The peril we face today does not come from such differing philosophies of how to serve as stewards of the earth, but from the failure to exercise control over how we act upon those philosophies. If the preservation and sustenance of the…

Bird Droppings November 3, 2010 Getting that light bulb to go on After nearly a year and a half my doctorial cohort drew to an end just about three years ago. Most of us will have a class or two together here and there and soon with dissertations getting completed will be going our own…

Bird Droppings November 2, 2010 The Day after “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” Mark Twain I find my self using age to my advantage when the little girl at the register at Kroger asked for senior citizenship or not. I carry my AARP card with…