The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings April 12, 2021The great teachers of America: Where do they come from? After my ten-year doctorate leave, I started back to grad school and hopefully will finish up shortly. I am hopeful I can get into teaching education in college. Last year, I finished teaching and retired again from Alcovy high school, and…

Bird Droppings April 10, 2022Ethics and Politics There are so many things happening in our world that are often at the whim of a politician who we voted for or, in my case, against. Industry is being remade, wars are being fought, jobs are appearing and disappearing, and health care reform is possibly off and…

Bird Droppings April 8, 2022I am pondering ABNANBNANBNANBNANBNANBC or antecedent behavior, new antecedent, new behavior, etc. Last night I went back over some notes from one of my numerous posts on my various blog sites and graduate school comments. I had been reading from a paper on a program developed in the mid-1980s in California.…

Bird Droppings April 7, 2022Wind in the trees Over the past weeks, we have had several storms come through the area. Just before I went to bed last night, according to the weather, we were to get another tomorrow; now, it is clear through Saturday. Several times during the night, I awakened and a storm…

Bird Droppings April 6, 2022Sometimes I feel like I am missing a day So often, I speak of coincidences in life. A few evenings back, while helping my wife with some graphics and issues in a class she was teaching, I also thought about a new Bird Droppings. Some ideas had hit me, and I…

Bird Droppings April 5, 2022POTENTIAL “Love is a complex experience which seems to follow no rules but its own. Romantic love can have the power of a hurricane or the tenderness of a soft wet wind. I have known, too, a chance introduction which instantly and magically merged into a lifelong friendship. And I’ve known…

Bird Droppings April 3, 2021Hunting for the right words “The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands.” Robert M. Pirsig, American author Whether trying to offer a few words of condolence to friends whose loved one has passed away or trying to sort out the disaster somewhere…

Bird Droppings April 3, 2022A spiritual side to teaching. “Solitude does not necessarily mean living apart from others; rather, it’s never living apart from oneself. Not about the absence of other people – it is about being fully present to ourselves, whether or not we are with others.” Parker Palmer Dr. Parker Palmer is an…

Bird Droppings April 1, 2022Getting ready “In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been instituted there, and it’s a policy where they do not encourage, in fact, discourage, critical thinking and the creation of ideas and public education.” Russell Means I walked early this morning before the sunrise…

Birddroppings March 31, 2022 Engaging curriculum through Story Telling I am sitting at my computer, getting my thoughts together, writing about how to reach students, and thinking about being a student with a dissertation defense ahead. So today, a piece of my thoughts as I sit reviewing notes and setting up various programs to engage…