Bird Droppings December 1, 2013 Can we find Responsibility? As I begin my morning of writing and wondering and my almost official third year as a grandfather the idea of responsibility sort of hit me. We live in a world of passing responsibility off to another generation be it natural resources, fiscal, educational, philosophical, judicial,…

Bird Droppings November 30, 2013 Trying to tie a knot with only one end It is a Saturday morning and no one else up but me and I am about to go out and wander in the darkness for a bit. I have over the years enjoyed greeting the morning. I have found my solace…

Bird Droppings November 29, 2013 Teaching is far more than just wanting to “I want to say one other challenge that we face is simply that we must find an alternative to war and bloodshed. Anyone who feels, and there are still a lot of people who feel that way, that war can solve the…

Bird Droppings November 27, 2013 Woven as the spider spins “For certain fortunate people, there is something that transcends all classifications of behavior, and that is awareness, something which rises from the programming of the past, and that is spontaneity; and something that is more rewarding than games and that is intimacy. But all of…

Bird Droppings November 26, 2013 To think or at least trying to think this morning “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” Joseph Campbell I wonder if it is for attention that so many teenagers seek the route of drama in their lives. Over reacting to…

Bird Droppings November 25, 2013 Am I a philosopher? There was a beautiful sky this morning as I walked out and actually rather cold which is surprising as the sky while filled with clouds was clear. I think most of my students were hoping for snow over the holidays although it is still showing up…

Bird Droppings November 22, 2013 Why are we deliberately trying to be wrong? I will admit that on Saturday night with a Powerball jackpot of only fifty million dollars I was pondering retiring if I won. I think I would be if I won retiring to devote time to education in a more positive way…

Bird Droppings November 21, 2013 Should children be left behind? “I believe that our own experience instructs us that the secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It is chosen and foreordained, and he only holds the key to…

Bird Droppings November 20, 2013 Can we find enough data through observing to decide on our own? “I do not write from mythology when I reflect upon Native American spirituality in this book. In my own opinion, mythology leads to superstition; and superstition has proved fatally destruction to many millions down through time. It is…

Bird Droppings November 19, 2013 Somewhere inside perhaps within ourselves “If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.” Mary Engelbreit I am very much a creature of routine of habit and when my daily path is altered I have occasion to be amiss. My…