The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings September 7, 2021 What about routines? I was walking about Kroger today. It wasn’t that long ago I was using one of those electric carts to race around the store especially when my left leg is bothering me. On one of my last scoots no sooner did I get started and the cart…

Bird Droppings September 6, 2021Why we are not succeeding? Early this morning I stepped outside into the chill, a few crickets and tree frogs greeted me as I looked around in the darkness. The sky was clear as a bell stars blazing away over my head. Orion was the major force as I peered skyward.…

Bird Droppings September 5, 2021 Grandparenting/Teaching is telling our students and grandchildren the stories I have been lazy lately. I have been reading and documenting notes for my dissertation but had not pulled up in a few days. I am finishing up my first three chapters of my dissertation. My title has changed over the…

Bird Droppings September 3, 2021 Ponderingerest is that even a word? Coming up are some interesting days. One is interesting and yet solemn day; a day marked by dark memories; twenty years ago, I started teaching again after a twenty-three-year layoff, thirty-two years ago, we brought a new baby home. So many memories are coming…

Bird Droppings September 2, 2021 It is about understanding I read a student’s psychological report years back who could decode most any word put in front of them. The confusion comes when trying to tell you what was read. The two components of reading, decoding, and comprehension are needed to be a successful reader. As…

Bird Droppings September 1, 2021Looking for the right words in a new morning “The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands.” Robert M. Pirsig, American author Robert Maynard Pirsig September 6, 1928 – April 24, 2017 was an American writer and philosopher. He was the author of…

Bird Droppings August 31, 2021A beginning from an end “It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.” Albert Einstein The recent weather reminded me of…

Bird Droppings August 28, 2021 Sometimes history is a teacher and for others only a memory I read an article earlier this morning dealing with a college sophomore’s mental health. The student was wanting the social life of college back, parties, bars, events, and football tail gating.  As I read, I found I now have…

Bird Droppings August 27, 2021 I am told, there is a reason. Early today I should not get into disagreements on Covid, and I try to avoid. I have strong feelings about vaccines being a polio survivor and I mentioned I was one of the lucky ones. I thought further and luck is a superfluous…

Bird Droppings August 25, 2021Why do we have public education, to educate all our children? For all teachers today is a day of action. Standup for what you believe in. I read an article that references children as others yesterday. The way a profiteer looks at children are entities, simply others, consumers and I have…