The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings June 26, 2010 Finding Foxfire in the Kalahari I was walking about the yard and along the side of our nearby dirt road taking pictures of wildflowers and grasshoppers among other things I found a few days ago. I spent several minutes trying to photograph a seed from a broom sage plant floating…

Bird Droppings June 25, 2010 What we know “The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.” Booker T. Washington Yesterday I received an email containing a letter from a well known professor of education at the University of…

Bird Droppings June 24, 2010 Is there a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Abraham Lincoln Perhaps in the scheme of things there are people who are inherently grouchy and or by Lincolns view they simply want to…

Bird Droppings June 23, 2010 Why we do what we do? “Our task is to make our children into disciples of the good life, by our own actions toward them and toward other people. This is the only effective discipline in the long run. But it is more arduous, and takes longer, than simply “laying…

Bird droppings June 22, 2010 Translating and communicating “Scientific management is always on guard against people who don’t fit securely into boxes, whether because of too much competency, too much creativity, too much popularity or what have you. Although often hired, it is with the understanding they must be kept on a short leash and…

Bird Droppings June 21, 2010 A new journey revisited Nearly three years ago and a week my father passed away. It was in May of that same year my wife’s father passed away and that entire summer was much of a blur. I spent the better part of this year’s father’s day driving to and…

Bird Droppings June 18, 2010 Empathy; do we all have it? It is still dark in Statesboro Georgia as I sit here pondering do I go down and get breakfast or finish this dropping. It has been some what cooler here in South Georgia that what I have been living in at home with one…

Bird Droppings June 17, 2010 Looking at life in an airport “When it comes time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing…

Bird Droppings June 16, 2010 Sharpen the machete or bring a shovel “When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves.” Anthony J. D’Angelo Always in movies with a jungle setting the leader has a machete and hacks away at the undergrowth making the way clear for the group following.…

Bird Droppings June 15, 2010 So many thoughts for one morning “Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun.” Kent Nerburn Perhaps one of my favorite authors I started reading many years…