The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings June 30, 2021Teaching can be successful When I am home, I try and walk out to a quiet corner of my back yard except today I am away from home and my walk was two miles on the beach at Pawleys Island. Even at the beach is you look there are strands of…

Bird Droppings June 29, 2021What do we miss? Walking the beach at sunrise it is easy to miss the small things while gazing at a beautiful sunrise. A starfish or angel wing shell or even a cannon ball jellyfish. It is similar in life we often overlook small matters only focusing the on the large.…

Bird Droppings June 28, 2021In a world of data can we still use intuition? I spent the better part of today either sitting on or walking on the beach at Pawleys Island South Carolina. When ever my wife and I come we tend to make sure we see the sunrise every morning. It was supposed…

Bird Droppings June 26, 2021 Trying to find a way back to normal or is it abnormal “Your son or daughter may be flashing warning signals that he or she will soon drop out of society and join the “hippie” movement. If you know what to look for, you may be able to prevent it.”…

Bird Droppings June 25, 2021 Direction is needed when speaking of velocity Over the past week or so I worked on several paper ideas, had pacemaker surgery, dabbled in my yard briefly to the extent I could right hand only, started getting beach stuff dusted off, cleared spider webs, and seriously was thinking about driving…

Bird Droppings June 24, 2021It takes more than one strand to make a rope I opened a Matthew Fox daily meditation, and it was based on Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk. Merton’s words were of his Celtic heritage and his grandmother’s family name Bird. I found it interesting as I know my grandmother’s family came…

Bird droppings June 23, 2021Translating 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 regarded…

Bird Droppings June 22, 2021Today should always be a first day “I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man to depend simply upon himself.” Lone Man (Isna-la-wica)Teton Sioux So often in life we think we are the one. We can do it all on our own with absolutely…

Bird Droppings June 21, 2021 Constructivism Montessori, Piaget, Vygotsky, Dewey, and others Friday, I had a heart pacemaker installed. It is good for eight to ten years and amazingly I feel considerably better. My heart rate had been going as low as thirty-six and fluctuating all through the day. I was fatigued and tired all…

Bird Droppings June 17, 2021 Why do we wish, wonder and wait? “Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.” William Davenant It has been nearly fifteen years since we moved last and found ourselves in this house.  I was not sure from where to start several ideas have been running…