The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings April 14, 2021How deep is the soul? I received an email from a dear friend many years back after writing about humor and it truly made me think. As I looked back on some older notes and thoughts last night and as I pondered I found the response I sent to her. It…

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

Bird Droppings April 9, 2021Ethics 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, 2021Pondering ABNANBNANBNANBNANBNANBC or antecedent behavior new antecedent new behavior etc. Last night I went back over some notes from one of my numerous posts in my various blog sites and graduate school comments. I had been reading from a paper on a program that was developed in the mid 1980’s in…

Bird Droppings April 7, 2021A wind 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, although forecast is now for Saturday. Several times during the night I awakened, and no…

Bird Droppings April 6, 2021Sometimes 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 was also thinking about a new Bird Droppings. Some ideas had hit me and…

Bird Droppings April 5, 2021Green Bay Wisconsin is cold “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get back up.” Vince Lombardi It has been a few days since I used a Lombardi quote. Years back I can recall my father borrowing verbiage from the great coach of the Green bay Packers and…

Bird Droppings April 4, 2021POTENTIAL “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 it is trying to offer a few words of condolence to friends whose loved one has passed away or trying to sort out the…

Bird Droppings April 2, 2021A spiritual side to teaching “Solitude does not necessarily mean living apart from others; rather, it’s never living apart from one’s self. 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…