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The sixteen hour syndrome and why we should embrace it
Bird Droppings August 22, 2010 The Sixteen hour syndrome and why we should embrace it It has been nearly ten years since I wrote about the Sixteen Hour Syndrome in relationship to emotionally and behaviorally disturbed students. The idea developed from my own observations of a group of twenty eight students in a Georgia high…
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An Emerson day
Bird Droppings August 21, 2010 An Emerson day Last night I was extremely tired after the first week of school and our first official football game. While just a scrimmage I went and took a few photos. I left earlier just exhausted and started watching a movie and then proceeded to walk around outside. It…
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A new morning
Bird Droppings August 20, 2010 A new morning It was a strange evening being home alone for a few moments yesterday my sons left for Daytona Beach for a National Reptile Show. They called of course confirming their arrival and as I walked our dog out remembered we had our first softball game coming up…
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A founding father
Bird Droppings August 19, 2010 A founding father “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 ideas and thoughts begun…
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A continuing saga
Bird Droppings August 18, 2010 A continuing saga It is so often that I write of coincidence it may seem boring to some. To me it is a never ending saga of special moments one after the other. During a college graduate class we discussed science and measuring of data, intuition and coincidence it seems…
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Working on a wedding
Bird Droppings August 17, 2010 Working on a wedding Nearly two years ago I performed a wedding service for one of my sons close friends. As I was pulling together material for a short sermon and discussion I found several pieces from many years ago. As I thought this morning and walked out just before…
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Trying to Succeed!
Bird Droppings August 16, 2010 Trying to succeed! “Succeeding is not really a life experience that does that much good. Failing is a much more sobering and enlightening experience.” Michael Eisner I wonder when a multibillionaire makes a statement like that how much meaning is in it. However as I read over the statement there…
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Experience is the best teacher
Bird Droppings August 14, 2010 Experience is the greatest teacher “Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.” Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy What a way to start with a line from a fiction…
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School is near can I make a difference?
Bird Droppings August 13, 2010 School is near can I make a difference? “There is wisdom to be found in examining differences such as between ‘morality’ and ‘moralizing.’ Nouns are treated as completed statues lined up on the top shelves of a person’s character. Verbs are active, no less demanding but requiring constant engagement. They…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 