The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings May 11, 2024Wondering is a powerful tool. Several years back, we started a school-wide vocabulary of the week during the school year. I was reminded of this as I looked through my various files for quotes. About eight years ago, as the day wound down, an email from the head of the English…

Bird Droppings May 10, 2024Searching for a flower, the butterfly pea (Clitoria marina), or is it gone now Interestingly, I had two thoughts earlier in the week as I started the day that made me think of them. One I heard on the radio going to get some gas in my wife’s car from a…

Bird Droppings May 8, 2024We should many times question our questions. Yesterday, I was sitting at my computer area after a week or two of testing and then reading articles and innuendos about who and why Georgia students in high school and middle schools across the state do so poorly on certain mandatory tests. These…

Bird Droppings May 7, 2024 Being reborn is simply listening with the heart So often in life, we hear words and rationalize those utterances, develop an opinion, and then logically state a response. I got thinking back to a conversation sitting discussing existentialism with my granddaughter one night nearly eleven years ago as she cooed…

Bird Droppings May 6, 2024 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 some people are inherently grouchy in the scheme of things, and or by Lincoln’s view, they want to be grouchy. Sitting…

Bird Droppings May 3, 2024 Innocence is more than a definition. “Look at children. Of course, they may quarrel, but generally speaking, they do not harbor ill feelings as much or as long as adults do. Most adults have the advantage of education over children, but what is the use of an education if they…

Bird Droppings May 2, 2024Pondering early in the morning in my search for wisdom I started my day by routinely having a cup of green tea on my back porch, checking bird feeders, running to the corner for a biscuit, and filling up my car. I walked out, checked the outside ambient temperature and air,…

Bird Droppings April 29, 2024A rock flower and song A journey begins with a step, and apathy begins with turning your back and saying I don’t care. Before we left school for the virus last year, I had my last IEP. I recall my laptop was acting weirder than usual, and all of my school…

Bird Droppings April 25, 2024I think it is funny that unwoke folks used “pronouns” first. One of those days yesterday, and a word caught my attention as I was listening to a friend talk. The word was them. I never realized the extent of prejudice till a pronoun was used. Such words as they, them,…

Bird Droppings April 24, 2024I was quietly listening to Hot Tuna and pondering the word inspiration. It has been some time since I was made aware of Hot Tuna’s band. Sitting here listening to their music takes me back to 1973 or 4 in Macon, Georgia, and the fellow I went to school with. We…