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Finding where community exists
Bird Droppings November 17, 2011 Finding where community exists As I got near the end of my doctorial course work I was involved in a class on educational ethics which featured nine texts all of which have an under lying theme of caring and relationships as a key to education or I should say successful…
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Surmounting Learning Difficulties
Bird Droppings October 4, 2011 Surmounting learning difficulties “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” Dr. Seuss “There are two ways of meeting difficulties. You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.” Phyllis Bottome An interesting start to…
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Sitting, pondering and grandbaby sitting
Bird Droppings June 25, 2011 Sitting, pondering and grandbaby sitting I spent the better part of last week up on the side of Black Rock Mountain assisting in my own way the facilitating of a Foxfire Approach to teaching class for teachers and teachers to be. I am being somewhat sarcastic as I am doing…