The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings July 22, 2022Why would some instead send a photo than write? “Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.” Aldus Huxley In 1965 I was introduced to this author in a tenth-grade English class. The book we were reading was Brave New…

Bird Droppings July 21, 2022Is there a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Over the past few days, several storms passed through quickly, each a definitive front literally flying by and ending with rainbows, or so I have been told. On one occasion, a twin rainbow. On the other hand, my sunrises…

Bird Droppings July 20, 2022Is it only a dropped feather? “If we consider the eagle feather with its light and dark colors, we could argue that ‘the dark colors are more beautiful and, therefore, naturally more valuable,’ or vice versa. Regardless of which colors are more beautiful, necessary, or valuable, the truth is the bottom…

Bird Droppings July 19, 2022Can we use the word sacred truthfully? “Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom.” Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of freedom I have been a student and…

Bird Droppings July 15, 2022 Pondering and thinking, wiping away a tear or two I was up early today, wishing I could have started my laps in the pool. I have several errands to run for my wife first and hope to avoid afternoon thunder and lightning. As I stood on my back porch, a…

Bird Droppings July 13, 2022 Should we consider ignorance a part of the journey? “If I want to justify my existence and continue to be obsessed with the notion that I’ve got to do something for humanity — well, teaching ought to quell that obsession — and if I can ever get around to an…

Bird Droppings July 12, 2022 How capable do we need to be? An idea inspired by a student. What a contrast to only a week or so ago, listening to the Atlantic Ocean, the moon is coming back smiling at me as I went out in the wee hours with a crystal-clear sky. There was…

Bird Droppings July 11, 2022Are we missing Creativity? Today was another quiet morning; as I wandered out and about, already birds hiding from view were calling. The crickets and frogs as always a beautiful chorus for the morning awakening. Yesterday, several tree frogs later visited our back porch, hiding under pots and a baseball cap.…

Bird Droppings July 8, 2022Just a morning observation “I do not write from mythology when I reflect upon Native American spirituality in this book. In my own opinion, mythology leads to superstition; and superstition has proved fatally destruction to many millions down through time. It is ironic, then, that Dominant Society accuses Native practices of…

Bird Droppings July 6, 2022Foxfire is a name for a fungus glowing in the dark until you wander up Black Rock Mountain A few weeks back, I was involved in another synchronous adventure, as I am daily. I have been thinking about it ever since. I have been a fan of Carl Jung and the idea…