The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: D. Svinicki

  • How capable do we need to be?

    Bird Droppings February 10, 2012 How capable do we need to be? What a contrast to yesterday as the sun was shining and moon was full as I went out in the wee hours with a crystal clear sky, a gentle wind blowing, chimes ringing peacefully and a beautiful full moon gazing at me between…

  • Seeking perfection midst near misses

    Bird Droppings February 9, 2012 Seeking perfection midst near misses   I was on my way again to school to do my writing and check on my critters when it dawned on me I forget to take my daily dose of medicinal morning medications. As we get older it seems we need help balancing blood…

  • Going to school and chasing a rainbow

    Bird Droppings February 8, 2012 Going to school and chasing a sunrise   It has been several years since I looked at public education simply as school. This morning I was heading into the high school totally devoid of students and most of staff since we have an intersession break of sorts when I got…

  • Fencing a friend

    Bird Droppings February 7, 2012 Fencing a friend   As I got home last night a full moon was directly in front of me rising up over the highway. By the time I got to the house it was nearly directly east and hidden behind the pines peeking through. This morning as the moon was…

  • Can we dig smaller holes?

    Bird Droppings February 6, 2012 Can we dig smaller holes?   While I can honestly say I have not read a book for several weeks although each day I read numerous articles and essays on various blog sites and pages as well as a daily dose of newspapers which for some reason even with technology…

  • Thinking about dreams

    Bird Droppings February 5, 2012 Thinking about dreams   “You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.” Richard Bach   It has been so many years since first experiencing and reading Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach’s whimsical tale of…

  • Why do we even have ears?

    Bird Droppings February 4, 2012 Why do we even have ears?   “No one every listened themselves out of a job.” Calvin Coolidge   Sitting in the dark at school with only my aquarium lights to light my writing area I am thinking back over many years of working with people in many different capacities.…

  • Why would anyone be a teacher?

    Bird Droppings February 3, 2012 Why would anyone be a teacher?   I was talking with students several days ago about going into teaching and one of the students actually wanted to be a teacher. Along that line the Georgia Legislator had discussed previously if only briefly increasing teacher pay by four percent after numerous…

  • Have we sold our souls?

    Bird Droppings February 2, 2012 Have we sold our souls?   Morning is a special time for me; it is a beginning and that is the easy way to say it. For me several aspects of this start to the day almost are routine, like taking our dog out then sitting down for writing and…

  • Apathy is being there and never having gone

    Bird Droppings February 1, 2012 Apathy is being there and never having gone “The problem isn’t materialism as such. Rather it is the underlying assumption that full satisfaction can arise from gratifying the senses alone. Unlike animals whose quest for happiness is restricted to survival and to the immediate gratification of sensory desires, we human…