The daily meanderings of a teacher

July 25, 2010 Sunrise “When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with yourself.” Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief For many years I have read this passage…

July 24, 2010 Thinking about copperhead eggs I am sitting waiting here in my writing area finishing up a daily journal entry. Shortly I will run by the school to clean and feed animals in my room. In a few weeks I will be waiting on the bell to ring to start back a new…

July 23, 2010 Listening to a cricket Perhaps it is a sign of good luck to hear the first cricket of the evening. I heard this lone cricket earlier as I went out taking my West Highland Terrier for a minute or two of exterior roaming about. A lone cricket was chirping, within a few…

Bird Droppings July 22, 2010 The soul is the engine It has been nearly fifty years since diesel and electric engines replaced the giant steam locomotives that plied the tracks from Scranton Pennsylvania and the rich anthracite coal regions to New Jersey and New York, hauling the fuel of the times on the Delaware, Lackawanna…

Bird Droppings July 21, 2010 Right or Wrong a big issue? After watching all the election news and primaries most of my selections won their races and only one I am still concerned about and big money as usual took that race unfortunately the State School Superintendent. So I will be happy with my selections…

Bird Droppings July 20, 2010 I am right and you are wrong I went out on my back porch for a few moments early in the wee hours of the morning I have been fighting a head cold and have been having a hard time sleeping so I took the dog out into the cool.…

Bird Droppings July 19, 2010 Looking for answers It has been a few Saturdays away to be specific I spent the day taking tests for added certifications. These were not ones I sought but were being required by our county for Special Education teachers. I found it so interesting I have a Masters degree in…

Bird Droppings July 18, 2010 High Stakes Testing and/or Inspection does it work? About two years back we spent several months getting ready for a peer review, actually it is called a GAPPS Review. About the same time you throw in the Georgia High School Graduation retests and PSAT, and End of Course tests coming…

Bird Droppings July 17, 2010 How can I teach myself or can I? “There is then, nothing final about a logical rendering of experience. Its value is not contained in itself; its significance is that of standpoint, outlook, and method. It intervenes between the more casual, tentative, and roundabout experiences of the past, and more…

Bird Droppings July 16, 2010 Do children deserve more? I drove up to North Georgia with two of my son’s yesterday afternoon. I needed to meet with Dr. Hilton Smith about some material relating to my dissertation and to pick up a large quantity of rats and mice for my oldest sons hobby and part…