The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Albert Einstien

  • Do we teach or are we taught

    Bird Droppings November 23, 2011 Do we teach or are we taught “The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.” Albert Einstein So many times when discussing students who are having difficult times a individual teachers perspective is all that matters. Recently I was about to thump another teacher in the head…

  • A beginning to an end

    Bird Droppings May 17, 2011 A beginning to the 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 A few days ago I…

  • I can’t do it

    Bird Droppings September 17-18, 2010 I can’t do it “Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” St. Francis of Assisi I was giving a make up test in a literature class yesterday when a student asked why he should even take the test he was going…