Bird Droppings April 27, 2012 The depth of our souls   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…

Bird Droppings April 26, 2012 The journey   “Who, then, shall conduct education so that humanity may improve?” John Dewey   A very deep and broad question, I was thinking back to my own community and associations. We elect school board members who hire teachers and principals, they decide on schools to build and a…

Bird Droppings April 25, 2012 Neither Wolf nor Dog   It has been some time since I first read the book by this name written which happens to have been written by one of my favorite authors Kent Nerburn. Listening to political gibberish and sitting watching twitter comments through indigenous news casts the issue of…

Bird Droppings April 24, 2012 Where have all the teachers gone?   Over the past few days I have been talking with a veteran and a few new teachers to be, college seniors who are getting ready to go out and teach and even a few who are student teaching with our facility. As I…

Bird Droppings April 23, 2012 Just Sitting and thinking                  I was reading old emails and even looking at some old correspondence through my almost never used Xanga account. It was somewhere way back in 2005 and my middle son had posted a note that he had read the lyrics to a song.  Joni…

Bird Droppings April 22, 2012 Being who we are   “Realness in the facilitator of learning is critical. When the facilitator is a real person, being what she is, entering into a relationship with the learner without presenting a front or a façade, she is much more likely to be effective.” Carl Rodgers              …

Bird Droppings April 20, 2012 It is not always who we think we are   “I pulled into Nazareth, I was feelin’ about half past dead; I just need some place where I can lay my head. “Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?” He just grinned and shook…

Bird Droppings April 19, 2012 Sometimes in a crash   When we first moved to our house nearly six years ago our internet provider was a fickle one. Today all was well and tomorrow who knows. Sometimes during a storm service would go out and I would call India or should I say customer service…

Bird Droppings April 18, 2012 We are only a small part of all that is   “Every living thing is alive thanks to the living of everything else. The planet earth is a single cell. A person is ethical only when every living cell, whether plant or animal, is considered sacred and divine.” Dr. Lewis…

Bird Droppings April 17, 2012 So many things today   Five years ago today the headline of the Atlanta Journal Constitution drew everyone’s attention with four inch letters “Bloodbath” and the article went on to address the response of the nation to shootings at Virginia Tech the previous day. At that time my middle son…